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Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Globalization Burdens Future Generations with Biological Invasions (Dec 20, 2010) Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. A new study on biological invasions based on extensive data of alien species from 10 taxonomic groups…
Posted by USDA’s National Invasive Species Information Center -- See our Conference Calendar for more information for these new conferences and more... 27th Annual Society of American Florists Pest and Production Management Conference -- Feb 24-26, 2011 6th New Zealand Mudsnail National…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2010 WASHINGTON Today, EPA issued the following statement and background information in response to a study released on December 20, 2010 by the Environmental Working Group: EPA absolutely has a drinking water standard for total chromium, which inc...
(DALLAS December 21, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took two major actions that will bring significant environmental benefits to the people of New Mexico. In the first action, EPA announced a $500 million clean up plan for the Molycorp Superfund site near Questa. In ...
PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 21, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the report on air toxics monitoring at Neale Elementary in Vienna, West Virginia and at Warren Elementary and The Ohio Valley Educational Service Center in Marietta, Ohio has been posted on the agencys…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA157Chicago (Dec. 17 2010) ) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the report on air toxics monitoring at Warren Elementary, and the Ohio Valley Educational Service Center in Marietta, Ohio, and N...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA156Chicago (Dec. 21, 2010) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced today that the final report based on the school air toxics monitoring data from Jefferson Elementary in Gary, In...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA155Chicago (Dec. 21, 2010) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced today that the final report based on the school air toxics monitoring data from Elm Street Elementary in Wauseo...
By Erin JonesOne of the first tasks I was given when I began my internship in environmental education at EPA in Region 5 was to create a poster to help students better understand climate change.I began to think about keywords associated with this phenomenon like glaciers, sea level, the Arctic,…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Obama Administration Releases 2011 Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (Dec 16, 2010) White House. President Barack Obama. The Obama Administration announced a series of new measures to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp ,…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- USDA Releases 2010 Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Progress Report (Dec 17, 2010) USDA . Agricultural Research Service. ARS scientists are hard at work trying to solve the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder , which results in…
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 20, 2010) - Two South Dakota men have agreed to a civil settlement with EPA Region 7 in which one of the men will pay $65,000 for using earth moving equipment to perform unauthorized excavation and dredging work that imp...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report that shows 15 years of successful results from its nationwide effort to address acid rain. Since its inception in 1995 as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, EPAs Acid Rain Program has earned widespread ac...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing actions under the greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program to address issues about the public availability of certain data that some businesses may consider to be confidential. The total emissions for each facility is still…
By Sharon Jaffess As a child in 1970, I played along the shores of Jamaica Bay in Far Rockaway, New York and collected water samples to look at under my microscope. I wrote a letter to EPA and was excited to receive a response. Just like Derek Jeter knew he wanted to be a New York [...]
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Public Meetings Scheduled on Draft Updated Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations and Draft Management Plan: Written Comment can be Submitted through Jan 10, 2011 (Nov 24, 2010) Arizona Game and Fish Department. The Arizona Game and…
Posted by USDA 's National Invasive Species Information Center -- National Strategy on Invasive Species in Mexico - Prevention, Control, Eradication (2010; PDF | 3.7 MB) CONABIO. Information System on Invasive Species in Mexico. Prepared by: National Advisory Committee on Invasive Species,…
Posted by USDA 's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Noxious Weed Threatens the Biggest Wildlife Migration on the Planet (Nov 24, 2010) International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Serengeti - Masai Mara ecosystem in Africa, which hosts the largest wildlife migration known…
As planned and in coordination and consultation with state and local partners, the federal government's response framework for the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill will transition on Friday, allowing for long-term response operations to be overseen by regional U.S. Coast Guard units rather than…
By Kara KoehrnHave you ever wondered what’s coming out of that factory stack you pass on the way home, or whether there are chemicals being released upstream from your favorite fishing spot? If so, maybe I can help you. I work with the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which was designed to…