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VHS Test Results In; Fish Disease Has Not Spread Inland (Aug 10, 2010) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources . State fisheries officials reported that the potentially deadly Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia fish virus did not spread to any inland Wisconsin waters that were tested for the virus in…
MetroInvasive - Globalization, Metropolitan Areas, Invasive Species MetroInvasive. Collaborative project between Federal Agencies and Universities researchers.Provides a perspective that considers urban areas as hubs of human-mediated invasionsin natural and managed ecosystems and provides resources…
Potato Late Blight Confirmed in Wisconsin (Jul 14, 2010) University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. Late blight , caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans , has been confirmed in a potato field in Marquette County on Jul 14, 2010. This is the first confirmed report of late…
South Florida Water Management District, U.S. Army Corps to Build "Bug Nursery" to Control Invasive Plants (PDF | 229 KB) (Aug 9, 2010) South Florida Water Management District. The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently signed a…
Vilsack Highlights Report Showing Threats to Private Forested Lands (Aug 11, 2010) U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack held a national conference call to highlighta USDA ForestService report entitled PrivateForests, Public Benefits: Increased Housing Density and Other…
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 12, 2010) - EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will attend the annual Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Aug. 16
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 12, 2010) - EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will attend the annual Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Aug. 16
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., August 12, 2010) - EPA has awarded $485,000 to the City of De Soto, Kan., for improvements to the drinking water system
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing two rules to ensure that businesses planning to build new, large facilities or make major expansions to existing ones will be able to obtain Clean Air Act permits that address their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
By Lina YounesMany a night I’ve put my children to bed while saying the rhyme “Night-night, sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite.” But it wasn’t until recently that I actually saw these little pests when I accompanied a Spanish language TV crew to a residence in Baltimore MD which had…
Por Lina YounesEn muchas ocasiones he dicho a mis hijas a la hora de acostarse la rima en inglés– “Night-night, sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite” que básicamente significa—que duermas bien, pero no dejes que las chinches te piquen. (Bueno, en inglés suena bien al menos.) Sin…
Philadelphia (Aug. 12, 2010) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a Clean Water Act complaint against International Petroleum Corporation of Delaware in connection with a 30 gallon oil spill that entered Trout Run in Avondale, Chester County, Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA094 CHICAGO (Aug. 11, 2010) — The state of Illinois, Chicago Public Schools and Harris N.A. have made the list of the nation’s top 50 green power partners using the most renewable electricity, U.S
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A new NOAA study has found that rain clouds form synchronous patterns in which individual clouds in a large cloud field respond to signals from other clouds, much like chirping crickets or flashing fireflies on a summer night. The study, published online today in the journal Nature also has…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Daniel LissOn Earth Day, I had the privilege of exhibiting my project—an energy efficient approach to food preservation—at EPA’s 6th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo. I was able to…
New Federal Register notices added recently. Also check out our new search feature that searches for invasive species related Federal Register Notices (1999-present); allows keyword search also by various dates. See our Federal Register section for more information. Highlights include: Lacey Act…
(08/10/10) HONOLULU – A comprehensive settlement has been reached with the City and County of Honolulu that will address Clean Water Act compliance at Honolulu’s wastewater collection and treatment systems, the Justice Department, U.S