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As part of our response to the ongoing BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, we’ve been analyzing environmental conditions, including air, water, sediment, and oily wastes. Right from the beginning, we’ve followed our open government approach, which means providing the data as soon as we have it.…
NOAA's National Ocean Service and Fisheries Service launched the second online educational game in the WaterLife series, Sea Turtles and the Quest to Nest, earlier today. The web-based game encourages and explains loggerhead sea turtle conservation through a series of games and animations aimed…
Today, NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco issued the following statement on the Commerce Department Inspector General’s report on the Asset Forfeiture Fund.
(PHILADELPHIA - July 8, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting an informational public meeting in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pa. about its proposed study of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and potential impacts on drinking water
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Monsanto Company Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to resolve misbranding violations related to the sale and distribution of cotton seed products containing genetically engineered pesticides
NOAA has received calls from concerned citizens to help coastal populations of bottlenose dolphins. NOAA is working closely with its state and local partners to assess and respond to distressed dolphins or dolphins found in areas affected by oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP spill event.
(Boston, Mass. – July 8, 2010) – The coastal waters of Pleasant Bay/Chatham Harbor now join all of Cape Cod Bay and most other coastal Massachusetts waters by having attained a “No Discharge Area” designation
A small paradise lies 17 miles east of Puerto Rico and 12 miles west of St. Thomas – Culebra island. Culebra (which means Snake Island in Spanish). This gem of an island – seven by four miles – boasts one of the oldest wildlife refuges in the United States. Culebra, like Vieques Island, was…
Un pequeño paraíso yace a 17 millas al este de Puerto Rico y 12 millas al oeste de St. Thomas: la isla de Culebra. Culebra es una gema en el Caribe con una extensión territorial de siete millas por cuatro millas de ancho y posee uno de los refugios de vida silvestre más antiguo de [...]
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Announces Clean Water Act Decision to Fight Pollution and Improve Safety and Public Health for Local Communities LOS ANGELES -- U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P
The first joint expedition by the Republic of Indonesia and the United States to explore unknown deep-sea areas in Indonesian waters is under way. This expedition is the first activity in a multi-year partnership to advance ocean science, technology and education.
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., July 7, 2010) - EPA Region 7 and City of O’Fallon will host a public event July 8, offering exhibits and information about energy savings and pollution reduction plans in eight Missouri communities
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., July 7, 2010) - EPA Region 7 and City of O’Fallon will host a public event July 8, offering exhibits and information about energy savings and pollution reduction plans in eight Missouri communities
(ATLANTA – February 22, 2010) U.S
The largest civil penalty ever assessed by NOAA will boost the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund to implement marine conservation plans in the Pacific.
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.As I walked toward the EPA Booth at the Durham Earth Day Festival, a display to my right caught my eye — something that looked like a roof with a garden growing on top of it. An enthusiastic student…
NOAA officials today announced they have selected the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison for continued studies to improve climate and severe weather forecasts.
NOAA selected Michele Brustolon, an eighth grade science teacher at Woodbury Middle School in Salem, Mass., to join scientists aboard the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson as part of its Teacher at Sea program to bridge science and education.
NOAA selected Rebecca Kimport, a high school science teacher at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., to join scientists aboard the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson as part of its Teacher at Sea program to bridge science and education.