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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA099 Chicago (Sept. 1, 2010) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced today that the final report based on the school air toxics monitoring data from St
In the EPA Office of Air, my staff and I spend a lot of time working toward practical solutions that improve the quality of the air we breathe and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. This includes providing you with the information you need to make decisions that help…
By Tina ChenThe second day of the Expedition was our first day biking and we had a 40+ mile ride ahead of us. Our trusty guides and volunteers marked the route and setup checkpoints with water, snacks, and words of encouragement along the way. We cheered, “To the Bay!” and we were off.Riding…
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced more than $2 million in funding for air quality improvement projects in Kern County
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced final findings from school air monitoring tests conducted at Stevens Creek Elementary School in Cupertino, California
NASA and NOAA's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-15, has successfully completed five months of on-orbit testing and has been accepted into service. The satellite has demonstrated operational readiness of its subsystems, spacecraft instruments and communications…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Paul T. Anastas, Ph.D.Last week, EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) convened a gathering of its own living history, bringing eight former Assistant Administrators together to help…
(Boston, Mass. – Sept. 1, 2010) – Significant funding from the Recovery Act will help the Chelsea Produce Market to dramatically reduce diesel emissions, improving air quality in a busy urban shipping center, protecting health for thousands of Boston-area residents
New York, NY – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a new venue and dates for the public meeting on EPA’s upcoming hydraulic fracturing study originally scheduled for August 12, 2010
(DALLAS – Aug. 31, 2010) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved aspects of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) clean-air permitting program that do not meet federal Clean Air Act requirements
(Boston, Mass. – August 31, 2010) – Unhealthy air quality is predicted for most of Connecticut, all Rhode Island, southeastern and central into northeastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire, and coastal Maine on Wednesday, Sept. 1 due to ground-level ozone
By Robert CourtnageA 4:30 AM wake-up is rough. But on the first day of our 4-day Chesapeake Bay Expedition, it didn’t feel so bad as the excitement had me extra motivated to be up and ready to go. Eighteen dedicated EPA Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) athletes trained for months to physically…
By Wendy Dew Everyone is talking about how best to educate students about the environment. It seems to me one of the best ways is to let students take what they have learned and pass it on. Only teens can grasp the best way to reach out to each other and one amazing teenager did it [...]
Burning Invasive Juniper Trees Boosts Perennial Grass Recovery (Aug 27, 2010) USDA . Agricultural Resarch Service. ARS rangeland scientists have figured out that cutting down invasive juniper trees and burning them in the wintertime not only reduces the wildfire risk from the dead trees, but also…
WASHINGTON – As a new generation of cars and light trucks start appearing on the market, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S
NOAA’s National Weather Service is closely monitoring the strengthening Hurricane Earl in the western Atlantic Ocean. For the latest forecasts visit weather.gov or hurricanes.gov.
By Wendy SchumacherPrior to relocating to Washington in 2007, I had to sell my home in Fort Collins, Colorado. The biggest challenge to marketing the property wasn’t the original1962 kitchen cabinets or the three feet of snow covering the beautiful drought tolerant garden, it was determining if…
Today NOAA reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states.
Lisa P. JacksonAdministratorI was in New Orleans visiting my mother in the days before Hurricane Katrina struck. As the warnings grew more dire, we packed a car and drove out of the city, escaping the destructive force of the storm and the water that flooded the home where I grew up.While my mother…