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October ranked the eighth warmest October on record. The first 10 months of 2010 tied with the same period in 1998 for the warmest combined land and ocean surface temperature on record.
Local groups, armed with a protection plan and $5.4 million in state & federal funding dramatically improve water quality in Bear Creek (Seattle Nov. 18, 2010) After years of hard work by local groups and $5.4 million in state and federal investment, areas of Bear Creek watershed are sho...
By Lina Younes The images of my summer vacation are still vivid in my mind, but not for the reasons you may think. During the first part of my vacation, my family and I had the opportunity to go to a beach resort with pristine waters and powdery white sands. The ambiance was like heaven on [...]
Por Lina YounesLas imágenes de mis vacaciones veraniegas viven todavía en mis recuerdos, pero no por las razones en que muchos piensan. Durante la primera etapa de mis vacaciones, mi familia y yo tuvimos la oportunidad de ir a un complejo turístico que daba al mar con diáfanas aguas y blancas…
WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has appointed Mayor Heather McTeer Hudson of Greenville, Miss., to chair EPAs Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC). LGAC is an independent committee of elected and appointed officials to advise the age...
WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has appointed Mayor Heather McTeer Hudson of Greenville, Miss., to chair EPAs Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC). LGAC is an independent committee of elected and appointed officials to advise the age...
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…