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Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 4, 2010) - EPA has approved Iowa's 2008 list of impaired waters. This decision will help the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) set priorities for restoration activities to improve water quality in the coming years
Joint News Release U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New England Regional Office Department of Justice (Boston, Mass. – Aug
A third (33 percent) of the total amount of oil released in the Deepwater Horizon/BP spill was captured or mitigated by the Unified Command recovery operations, including burning, skimming, chemical dispersion and direct recovery from the wellhead, according to a federal science report released…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will travel to Milwaukee, Wis. tomorrow, August 5, to meet with local leaders, water officials and scientists to discuss water innovation and conservation efforts
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Rachel CanfieldWhen Representative Donna Edwards (Maryland’s 4th District) addressed the audience at EPA’s Air Science 40 seminar, Clean Air for All? Air Quality across Social and Spatial Lines,…
Interior and Agriculture Departments Announce Joint New Climate Change Research Projects on SE and NW Freshwater Systems (Jul 27, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced joint scientific research projects that address the…
Filleting the Lion -- If we can't beat them, let's eat them! DOC. NOAA . National Ocean Service. The lionfish , a native of the Western Pacific Ocean, is a predator that is flourishing in coastal waters of the U.S. Southeast and the Caribbean. NOAA scientists researching the lionfish's…
What Lives in the Sea? Census of Marine Life Publishes Historic Roll Call of Species in 25 Key Ocean Areas (PDF | 894 KB) (Aug 2, 2010) Census of Marine Life. Census of Marine Life scientists released an inventory of species distribution and diversity in key global ocean areas. The scientists…
Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader (Jun 30, 2010) U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO -10-645. The U.S. government has a history of employing health surveillance to help limit malady, loss of life, and…
Obama Administration Officials Announce the Final Recommendations of the Ocean Policy Task Force (Jul 19, 2010) The President signed an Executive Order and the Administration released the final recommendations (PDF | 3.6 MB) of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force which would establish a National…
Climate Change Indicators in the United States (Apr 2010) Environmental Protection Agency. The report indicates the timing of natural events, such as flower blooms and animal migration, is influenced by changes in climate. Scientists have very high confidence that recent warming trends in global…
UK: Exploring Fish Invasion (Jul 18, 2010) University World News. A Bournemouth University Professor is leading an Anglo-Chinese expedition through remote parts of China to discover the origins of a global fish invasion. * See our International section for more resources.
See our Conference Calendar for more information: Emerald Ash Borer/Asian Longhorned Beetle Training Workshop -- Aug 3-5, 2010 Adirondack Forum on Invasive Species - "Opportunities for Communities, Lands, and Waters" -- Aug 10-11, 2010 Virtual Forum: Biology and Management of New Zealand…
(PHILADELPHIA – Aug. 3, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a new guide for improving the effectiveness of urban stormwater permits in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the mid-Atlantic Region
(Seattle – August 3, 2010) Happy Valley Dairy of Nampa, Idaho reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged Clean Water Act violations related to a construction project at the dairy
NOAA has awarded $543,336 for two competitive grants to better understand and manage outbreaks of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) that threaten public health and fisheries in Puget Sound. The grants cover the first year of multi-year projects, anticipated to cost almost $1.5 million over the next three…
The answer is yes. The environmental effects of acid rain include the acidification of lakes and streams, damage to trees at high altitude, the acceleration of decay in buildings and poorer air quality. The USGS studies these and other effects of acid rain, including accelerated erosion and…
NOAA has awarded New York-based Stony Brook University $285,895 as part of an anticipated three-year, nearly $500,000 project to determine how different kinds of phosphorous, a nutrient required by all plants for growth, trigger toxic blooms of blue-green algae in the Great Lakes.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar formalized an agreement between the two departments to coordinate and cooperate on climate related activities involving science, services, mitigation, adaptation, education and communication.
NOAA today decommissioned the research vessel NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan during a ceremony in Seattle. The 171-ft. ship conducted oceanographic, marine mammal and fisheries research in the Pacific for more than 40 years.