Receives Environmental Award for Efficient Water Infrastructure SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld today recognized California State University, Fresno’s Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center at an environmental award ceremony.…
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld today recognized California State University, Fresno’s Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center at an environmental award ceremony. The Pacific Southwest Region’s 2012 Efficient Water…
By Jamie Fine GridWeek 2012 convened earlier this month in Washington D.C., and as a first time attendee, I left breathless and hopeful – yet confused – by inexplicable lingering complacency. Unbeknownst to me, by agreeing to be a panelist in two sessions, I was setting up a comparative…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Stop Brown Mamorated Stink Bug This initiative includes more than 50 researchers from 10 institutions across the U.S. working together on this project team. The team of researchers has mobilized to form a defense against the…
By Sitar Mody EDF founded Climate Corps in 2008 armed with a hunch and seven smart, young people. Five years later, we have placed nearly 300 elite graduate students in about 200 leading companies, cities and universities to uncover valuable energy savings. Today, EDF announces Climate Corps'…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated ground water at the Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in East Fishkill, New York. Past industrial activities contaminated the ground water with tetrachloroethene,…
Now is not the time to work out BP fine money split By Mike Marshall, The Press-Register (Mobile, Ala.). October 15, 2012. "Ever so quietly, deals are being cut right now to divvy up between $5 billion and $21 billion in BP fine money. And the U.S. Justice Department is doing the divvying,…
By Amy Miller The hundreds of little girls prancing around historic Portsmouth in pink tutus and silvery fairy wings were adorable. Of course. And even the mothers that put a splotch of glitter on their cheeks were endearing. But what really warmed my heart were the men – police officers? –…
EDF Fellows Find Cost-Saving Opportunities Worth $1 Million on Average; Nearly 200 Satisfied Hosts Include Companies, Cities, Schools and Universities EDF concludes 2012 Climate Corps summer …
This was originally posted on the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana's Coastal Currents blog . The much-debated West Bay Diversion will remain open for at least the next 10 years. That’s the word from the CWPPRA Task Force , which reversed its own 2008 decision to close the sediment…
(Buffalo, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the fire at the Hillcrest Industries facility in Attica, New York is now fully extinguished. The EPA is arranging the plastic and glass piles on site to a more manageable size to avoid reignition. A fire management and…
NOAA leaders joined members of Congress, as well as federal, state, and local emergency responders today at the grand opening of the Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center in Mobile, Ala.
By Steve Schwartzman Carbon markets are taking giant steps toward becoming a reality, with forests and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) central to the process. Many environmentalists support REDD+, but a few want to obstruct it. Many states around the world are…
Task force agrees to keep West Bay project open By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). October 13, 2012. "NEW ORLEANS — A federal-state coastal restoration task force voted Wednesday to rescind its 2010 decision to close the West Bay diversion coastal restoration project in lower…
By Happy Johnson, Amanda Moore and Elizabeth Skree Our Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign works to reconnect the Mississippi River to its delta to protect people, wildlife and jobs. At our core, we are the “ Power of We ”: a coalition of five national and local non-governmental…
According to NOAA scientists, the globally-averaged temperature for September 2012 tied with 2005 as the warmest September since recordkeeping began in 1880. It also marked the 36th consecutive September and 331st consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. ( full…
By Amy Miller Remember Bobby? He’s my brother who’s quietly doing his part to make the planet a little bit cleaner. One of his passions is biking. He bikes to work, synagogue, the grocery store and sometimes to see his nephew play baseball. He’s been biking since he was in high school in NYC…
By Kevin Chandler, Communications Coordinator, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign Last week, the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign’s Fall Flyway Migration Tour touched down in coastal Alabama for the 9 th Annual John L. Borom Coastal BirdFest . On October 4 and 5, we…
West Bay diversion wins reprieve from federal-state coastal restoration task force By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). Oct. 11, 2011. "The controversial West Bay sediment and freshwater diversion near the mouth of the Mississippi River will stay open for at least…
By Pam Lazos Let me start by saying that I’m relatively new to the sport of composting. For the decade I lived in Philadelphia there was no place for a bin, and for next decade I had my hands full with an extensive home restoration project: new walls, new windows, new wiring, a top-to-bottom job…