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NOAA's Fisheries Service today proposed designating a population of hatchery-raised steelhead salmon in Oregon's Deschutes River as "experimental," which would provide legal protection to anyone who harmed the fish while otherwise acting lawfully
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S
On May 17, 2011, NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco issued the following statement about the National Research Council’s release of its fifth and final report as part of the America's Climate Choices series
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Mike MessnerOne thing I love about EPA is the passion my colleagues bring to the job. We believe we make a difference to public health and environment. We assess the costs and benefits of our rules…
NOAA-sponsored explorers are searching a wild, largely unexplored and forgotten coastline for evidence and artifacts of one of the greatest seafaring traditions of the ancient New World, where Maya traders once paddled massive dugout canoes filled with trade goods from across Mexico and Central…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week: Jun 11-19, 2011 Michigan's Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week is an opportunity to learn about aquatic invasive species, their impacts on Michigan waters, as well as what you can do…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- New Invasive Species Conferences added, including : Soil and Water Conservation Society's 66th International Annual Conference - "Conservation Science and Policy: Global Perspectives and Applications" -- Jul 17-20,…
By Jeanethe FalveyI could not take my eyes off the jar of brown water and the woman’s face outside her home in Licking County Ohio, the scuttled Volkswagen in Jamaica Bay, New York, or the black smoke as discarded automobile batteries burned away in Texas. I had pored over and studied countless…
By Wendy DewWay more than you think! EPA Region 8 recently invited students to participate in the 2011 Earth Day “What Makes a School Green Art Challenge.”The contest asked students to draw or design “what makes their school green or what could make their school green”. Students could design…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 11-OPA42 (CHICAGO – May 12, 2011) WHAT: The U.S
Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers and their colleagues.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced improvements to the availability and usability of drinking water data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) tool
This post is cross-posted from Mom’s Rising.org By Administrator Lisa P. JacksonThis month is National Asthma Awareness Month, when we address an illness that affects nearly 25 million Americans and one in every ten children in the United States.Safeguarding the air we breathe and preventing…
The Earth experienced the seventh warmest April since record keeping began in 1880, as the climate phenomenon La Niña continued to be a significant factor.
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will oversee the removal of deteriorated drums, containers of hazardous materials and contaminated soil from a portion of the Newburgh landfill in Newburgh, N.Y
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will oversee the removal of deteriorated drums, containers of hazardous materials and contaminated soil from a portion of the Newburgh landfill in Newburgh, N.Y
WASHINGTON – As previously announced, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking additional public feedback and gathering more information on the final standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators that were issued in February 2011
Representatives from NOAA and the Agulhas-Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME) recently formalized an agreement that will help African and Indian Ocean states better manage their ocean ecosystems and resources.
Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Jewett, a NOAA scientist with diverse science and management experience in ocean acidification and coastal hypoxia (low oxygen) research programs, will be the first director of NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program.
NOAA's Fisheries Service today proposed designating a population of hatchery-raised steelhead salmon in Oregon's Deschutes River as "experimental," which would provide legal protection to anyone who harmed the fish while otherwise acting lawfully
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S
On May 17, 2011, NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco issued the following statement about the National Research Council’s release of its fifth and final report as part of the America's Climate Choices series
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Mike MessnerOne thing I love about EPA is the passion my colleagues bring to the job. We believe we make a difference to public health and environment. We assess the costs and benefits of our rules…
NOAA-sponsored explorers are searching a wild, largely unexplored and forgotten coastline for evidence and artifacts of one of the greatest seafaring traditions of the ancient New World, where Maya traders once paddled massive dugout canoes filled with trade goods from across Mexico and Central…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week: Jun 11-19, 2011 Michigan's Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week is an opportunity to learn about aquatic invasive species, their impacts on Michigan waters, as well as what you can do…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- New Invasive Species Conferences added, including : Soil and Water Conservation Society's 66th International Annual Conference - "Conservation Science and Policy: Global Perspectives and Applications" -- Jul 17-20,…
By Jeanethe FalveyI could not take my eyes off the jar of brown water and the woman’s face outside her home in Licking County Ohio, the scuttled Volkswagen in Jamaica Bay, New York, or the black smoke as discarded automobile batteries burned away in Texas. I had pored over and studied countless…
By Wendy DewWay more than you think! EPA Region 8 recently invited students to participate in the 2011 Earth Day “What Makes a School Green Art Challenge.”The contest asked students to draw or design “what makes their school green or what could make their school green”. Students could design…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 11-OPA42 (CHICAGO – May 12, 2011) WHAT: The U.S
Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers and their colleagues.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced improvements to the availability and usability of drinking water data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) tool
This post is cross-posted from Mom’s Rising.org By Administrator Lisa P. JacksonThis month is National Asthma Awareness Month, when we address an illness that affects nearly 25 million Americans and one in every ten children in the United States.Safeguarding the air we breathe and preventing…
The Earth experienced the seventh warmest April since record keeping began in 1880, as the climate phenomenon La Niña continued to be a significant factor.
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will oversee the removal of deteriorated drums, containers of hazardous materials and contaminated soil from a portion of the Newburgh landfill in Newburgh, N.Y
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will oversee the removal of deteriorated drums, containers of hazardous materials and contaminated soil from a portion of the Newburgh landfill in Newburgh, N.Y
WASHINGTON – As previously announced, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking additional public feedback and gathering more information on the final standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators that were issued in February 2011
Representatives from NOAA and the Agulhas-Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME) recently formalized an agreement that will help African and Indian Ocean states better manage their ocean ecosystems and resources.
Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Jewett, a NOAA scientist with diverse science and management experience in ocean acidification and coastal hypoxia (low oxygen) research programs, will be the first director of NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program.