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WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy will hold a press conference call Thursday, December 23, at 11:00 a.m. EST to discuss a Clean Air Act announcement related to greenhouse gas pollution. Due to limited lines...
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today determined that the economic effects of closing shellfish fisheries in Maine in 2009 due to a harmful algal bloom, commonly referred to as red tide, caused a commercial fishery failure.
Transition Will Affect Harris and Brazoria Counties (DALLAS December 22, 2010) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) to transition three of the company's Subchapter G flexible permits to SIP-approved permits…
WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District that will address the flow of untreated sewage into Cleveland area waterways and Lake Erie. Th...
WASHINGTON Yesterday, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson met with Senators Richard Durbin (IL), Mark Kirk (IL), Debbie Stabenow (MI), Bob Casey (PA), Ben Nelson (NE), Bill Nelson (FL), Daniel Akaka (HI), Dianne Feinstein (CA), Jeff Bingaman (NM), and Jeff Merkley (OR) to brief them on the issue of…
Billfish and tuna, important commercial and recreational fish species, may be more vulnerable to fishing pressure because of shrinking habitat according to a new study published by scientists from NOAA, The Billfish Foundation, and University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Aaron FersterWhile yesterday was the solstice and the “official” start of winter, it’s been feeling like the season got an early start around the Washington, DC area this year. It’s been…
(Boston, Mass. Dec. 22, 2010) The United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has filed a Motion to Intervene in U.S. District Court in a case against the Boston Water and Sewer Commission for violations of the Clean Water Act. The United States is seeking to join a…
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...
The Thistle, Utah, landslide cost in excess of $200 million dollars (1984 dollars) to fix. The landslide occurred during the spring of 1983, when unseasonably warm weather caused rapid snowmelt to saturate the slope. The landslide destroyed the railroad tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western…
A landslide is defined as, the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. (Cruden, 1991). Landslides are a type of "mass wasting" which denotes any down slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity. The term "landslide" encompasses events…
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 ,…