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Emerald Ash Borer Found in Raleigh and Calhoun Counties (Jul 20, 2010) West Virginia Department of Agriculture. Emerald ash borer (EAB) has been detected in Raleigh and Calhoun Counties on purple prism traps seen in trees throughout the state, according to the West Virginia Department of…
MSU Sea Lamprey Research Sheds Light on How Stress Hormones Evolved (Jul 20, 2010) Michigan State University. Michigan State University researchers are the first to identify a stress hormone in the sea lamprey , using the 500 million-year-old species as a model to understand the evolution of the…
States and Cities Launch Initiative to Modernize the Chicago Area Waterway System and Protect the Great Lakes from Asian Carp (Jul 22, 2010) Great Lakes Commission. Great Lakes states and cities have announced an initiative, Envisioning a Chicago Area Waterway System for the 21st Century (PDF | 65…
(Boston, Mass. – July 27, 2010) – Unhealthy air quality is predicted for interior Connecticut, central Massachusetts, and southern coastal Maine on Wednesday due to high concentrations of ground-level ozone
USDA Forest Service Releases New Roadmap for Responding to Changing Climate (Jul 20, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA ForestService has released the NationalRoadmap for Responding to Climate Change (Jul 2010; PDF | 667 KB) and APerformance Scorecard for Implementing the Forest Service…
I’ve written a few times over the 18 months about our home renovation and how we went as green as we could afford. The last time, I was sitting in my dining room during our crazy-snowy winter. Almost six months later, we’ve just gone through one of the worst heat waves I can remember. [...]
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., July 27, 2010) - EPA has awarded the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) a total of $70,000 to assist with outreach, education and implementation of the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program
(Boston, Mass. - July 26, 2010) – Rhode Island Airport Corporation and its demolition contractors, O.R
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing an interim guidance document to help agency staff incorporate environmental justice into the agency’s rulemaking process. The rulemaking guidance is an important and positive step toward meeting EPA Administrator Lisa P
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing an interim guidance document to help agency staff incorporate environmental justice into the agency’s rulemaking process. The rulemaking guidance is an important and positive step toward meeting EPA Administrator Lisa P
(New York, NY) With the help of millions of dollars in Recovery Act funding, an important milestone was reached today in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) cleanup of the expansive Welsbach Superfund site in Camden, New Jersey
As the editor of Greenversations’ “Science Wendesday” posts I get to engage in regular discussions about what makes for a good blog post. An articulate blogger-scientist who likes to share their work is always a good recipe. On top of that, my favorites are those that feature timely,…
The California Geological Survey has several landslide specialists on staff in its southern California office (phone (213) 239-0878, e-mail cgsla@conserv.ca.gov ). Many cities and counties of southern California also employ geologists who are knowledgeable about landslides. Geotechnical consultants…
(ATLANTA – July 23, 2010) - Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit to Czar Coal Corporation for the Scaffold Lick Branch Coarse Refuse Storage Site project in eastern Kentucky. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s coordination with the U.S
(Boston, Mass. – July 23, 2010) – Unhealthy air quality is predicted for coastal Connecticut, all of Rhode Island and south coastal Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands, Saturday due to ground-level ozone
NOAA has awarded $2.5 million to the University of Notre Dame and its partners to predict the next wave of invasive species likely to enter the Great Lakes and to identify cost-effective countermeasures.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA078 (WASHINGTON – July 23, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc
My experiences at the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) Ceremony in Washington D.C. were simply unforgettable. It was an unbelievable opportunity to share my knowledge with some of the most influential people in the nation. Some of the highlights of my entire experience were being able…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) today released its second peer-reviewed, analytical summary report about subsurface oil monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico