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President Obama announces intent to nominate Kathryn D. Sullivan, PhD, as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Observation and Prediction.
WASHINGTON Today marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an event commemorated both by EPA staff and by outside groups and individuals in a variety of ways throughout the week. Below is a list of the activities that took place and will continue to take place ...
WASHINGTON Today marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an event commemorated both by EPA staff and by outside groups and individuals in a variety of ways throughout the week. Below is a list of the activities that took place and will continue to take place ...
WASHINGTON Today marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an event commemorated both by EPA staff and by outside groups and individuals in a variety of ways throughout the week. Below is a list of the activities that took place and will continue to take place ...
(DALLAS December 2, 2010) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) take the necessary steps to reissue Clean Water Act discharge permits to sewage treatment plants and industrial facilities in Texas. The TCEQ has a significant…
WASHINGTON Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a national residential homebuilder, has agreed today to pay a $925,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites in 21 states, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. As pa...
Frank Marks, Ph.D., director of hurricane research at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, will receive the prestigious Verner E. Suomi Award by the American Meteorological Society. Marks will receive the Suomi medallion at the AMS 91st Annual Meeting in Seattle…
By Lina Younes and Joanne OxleyJoanne: I have always been a storyteller, much to my parents chagrin, and for the past 17 years I have been telling EPA’s story. This year, when we began to talk about ways to commemorate the 40th anniversary of EPA, my first thought was that we needed to provide a…
Por Joanne Oxley y Lina YounesJoanne: Siempre he sido una cuentista para el desconsuelo de mis padres. Por los pasados 17 años, he narrado la historia de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE.UU., la EPA, por sus siglas en inglés. Este año, cuando estábamos conversando acerca de maneras para…
(Boston, Mass. Dec. 2, 2010) - A company in Billerica that makes X-ray detection and related equipment has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle EPA claims that it violated the federal Clean Water Act.According to EPAs New England office, American Science & Engineering violated the Clean Water…
NOAA today announced $2 million in grants from its National Sea Grant College Program to prevent and control aquatic invasive species. NOAA awarded five regional grants to combat high-priority aquatic invasive species identified by natural resource managers in each region.
The NOAA National Sea Grant College Program has selected seven graduate students to join the group of Sea Grant/NOAA’s Fisheries Service Fellows earning doctoral degrees in either population dynamics or marine resource economics.
NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Spain’s Ministry of Culture announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding outlining a framework to jointly identify, protect, manage and preserve underwater cultural resources of mutual interest within their respective areas of…
By Paul AnastasWow! November 30th was an amazing day for the EPA. Not only are we in the midst of commemorating four decades of accomplishments in protecting the health and the environment, but Administrator Jackson also made a landmark speech at the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National…
WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the 2010 Game Day Challenge winners. U.S. colleges and universities competed to reduce the most amount of waste during a home football game. Throwing away valuable materials, on Game Day or any other day, is literally…
NOAA announced today that the fee for registering with the National Saltwater Angler Registry will be $15 as of January 1. The change affects anglers, spear fishers and for-hire fishing vessels in Hawaii, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S.V.I., although some anglers are exempt.
By Megan GavinHave you ever seen someone littering and you think to yourself….say something!…but you don’t? How many of us know that switching your light bulbs to CFL type blubs save energy but haven’t gotten around to making the switch? Recently, I heard about a 15-year-old boy from…
An Invitation from the PPQ Deputy Administrator to Stakeholders to Provide Feedback (Nov 23, 2010) USDA . APHIS . Plant Protection and Quarantine. Stakeholders are invited to comment on the draft Road Map to 2015: A Strategic Plan for Plant Protection & Quarantine (PDF | 487 KB) . The team…
Assessment to support continued development of the EU Strategy to combat invasive alien species (2010; PDF | 2.5 MB) Institute for European Environmental Policy. This study, prepared by the Institute for European Environmental Policy , analyses the policy baseline, and outlines priorities and…
U.S. Forest Service and Two Universities Team Up to Develop New Ecosystems for Hawaiian Forests (Nov 23, 2010) USDA . FS . Pacific Southwest Research Station. In collaboration with Stanford University and the University of Hawaii, Hilo, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research…