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Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Aaron FersterLast weekend, I hopped the northbound train out of Washington, DC for New Haven, Connecticut, where I joined 500 or so other science writers to talk shop at the National Association of…
WASHINGTON - For the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting a decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and a slight increase in the average fuel efficiency for new cars and light duty trucks, according to EPAs annual report Light-Duty…
See our Conference Calendar for more information: 15th Annual Southwest Florida Invasive Species Conference -- Dec 1, 2010 Invasive Species Advisory Committee -- Dec 7-9, 2010 Global Conference on Entomology (GCE 2011) -- Mar 5-9, 2011 15th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference -- Jun 20-23, 2011…
Beetles Offer Effective Weed Control, but Native Vegetation Hard to Re-establish (Nov 8, 2010) Allen Press. Rangeland Ecology & Management. With the help of the weed-eating flea beetle, researchers significantly reduced infestations of a non-native plant, Leafy Spurge , on Montana rangeland.…
Potential Hemlock Hybrids Tolerant to Invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Nov 10, 2010) USDA . Agricultural Research Service. New hemlock hybrids that are tolerant to the invasive insect known as Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) have been created by USDA scientists. Over the past few decades, two hemlocks…
GAO Report: Live Animal Imports. Agencies Need Better Collaboration to Reduce the Risk of Animal-Related Diseases (Nov 8, 2010) Government Accountability Office. GAO recommends thatthe Secretaries of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security,and the Interior develop a strategy to…
In response to a petition, NOAA's Fisheries Service will recommend that the Hawaiian insular false killer whale be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, to prevent the current population of less than 170 whales from going extinct.
WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that 16 areas across the country are not meeting the agencys national air quality standards for lead. These areas, located in 11 states, were designated as nonattainment because their 2007 to 2009 air quality monito...
On Tuesday, NOAA announced it is issuing notices of violations proposing civil administrative penalties against seven vessels for allegedly violating seasonal speed limits designed to protect one of the most endangered whales in the world. These civil administrative penalties are the first assessed…
(11/16/10) SAN FRANCISCO: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to upgrade its statewide stormwater management program, and exert stronger controls over stormwater discharges from its road construction and maintenance sites.…
WASHINGTON Yesterday, on America Recycles Day, President Obama signed a proclamation celebrating the strides the country has made in recycling generally, while also highlighting the need for greater attention to addressing electronic waste (e-waste). Last week, the Council on Environmental…
By Megan GavinRecently I attended the first Green Schools National Conference held in Minneapolis. One of the many cool things about the conference was the variety of people who came together with the common goal of how to make schools ‘greener’ and more sustainable. When you think about it,…
Coral reefs suffered record losses as a consequence of high ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean in 2005 according to the most comprehensive documentation of basin-scale bleaching to date. Collaborators from 22 countries report that more than 80 percent of surveyed corals…
Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Kansas City, Kan., November 15, 2010) HPI Products, Inc., of St. Joseph, Mo., along with an affiliated property holding corporation and the owner of both companies, have agreed to pay a total of $150,000 in civil penalties, in addition to covering…
Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Kansas City, Kan., November 15, 2010) HPI Products, Inc., of St. Joseph, Mo., along with an affiliated property holding corporation and the owner of both companies, have agreed to pay a total of $150,000 in civil penalties, in addition to covering…
Federal and state agencies received $27.5 million to restore conditions for fish, birds, sensitive habitats, wildlife and recreational use of the Delaware River areas impacted in 2004 by an oil spill from the vessel Athos I.
NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 8,403 square miles of Gulf waters which extend from the Louisiana state water line to due south of the Alabama/Florida state line. This is the eleventh reopening in federal waters since July 22.
(New York, N.Y.) Long Islands Southampton Hospital has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enhance the hospitals environmental practices. The hospital has pledged to eliminate mercury, reduce and recycle solid waste, conserve energy and water, and...
(New York, N.Y.) Long Islands Southampton Hospital has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enhance the hospitals environmental practices. The hospital has pledged to eliminate mercury, reduce and recycle solid waste, conserve energy and water, and...
By Felicia ChouThere is this beaten up, raggedy Garbage Gremlin costume we wear to events or school talks every year to encourage people of all ages to reduce, reuse, and recycle. The crusty, mold-green fur reeks of decades’ worth of sweat and tears from the EPA employees that have braved…