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(Seattle Jan. 5, 2011) The City of Bonners Ferry, Idaho has agreed to pay a $12,300 penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its wastewater treatment plant, according to an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. From June 2005 through May 2010, the plant had...
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Curt SpaldingNew England is abuzz with discussions and planning to position the Northeast as a green chemistry force for the country and the world.What is Green Chemistry? Simply put, it seeks to…
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PHILADELPHIA (January 4, 2011) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and theU.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvanias Department of Corrections and the Department of General Services for alleged Clean Air Act violations at boiler plants…
NOAA-funded scientists have found extensive and biologically diverse coral ecosystems occurring at depths between 100-500 feet within a 12 mile span off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. With the overall health of shallow coral reefs and the abundance of reef fish in Puerto Rico in decline,…
Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 4, 2011) - A private construction company hired by the Iowa Department of Transportation to work on a section of Interstate 35 in Clarke County, Iowa, has agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to the United States for performing…
Action culminates 13 years of state and federal efforts to develop pollution limits for 17 North Coast California water bodies SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Californias water quality improvement plan for restoring salmon fisheries and water quality i...
By Terry IppolitoThere are lots of conflicting opinions about oil drilling. Some people are really against and some are in favor of oil drilling. Did you know there are some people who think a moratorium on oil drilling could actually have harmful effects in their communities? Before you wonder how…
NOAA is now using enhanced weather and marine forecast models for the Great Lakes that will extend forecasts from 36 hours to 60 hours into the future to better serve commercial and recreational mariners, the shipping industry, emergency responders, water resource managers and the private weather…
Company to reduce air pollution by more than 550 tons per year from Uinta Basin operations(Denver, Colo. January 3, 2010) Gasco Energy, Inc., the former operator of the Riverbend Compressor Station on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation near Vernal, Utah, has agreed to resolve alleged…
By Denise OwensI took my car into my dealership for my routine oil change; the service writer asked if I would like to have my car winterized. Winterized? What’s that I asked? He then explained the procedures that will be taken to perform this maintenance. I decided to start my new year off right…
WASHINGTON January is National Radon Action Month and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and eight other federal agencies are announcing a new effort to strengthen the fight against radon exposure. Radon exposure is the leading cause of non-smoking lung cancer. Senior leaders from...
A team of state and federal biologists assisted a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale off the coast of Daytona, Fla., on Dec. 30, 2010. The team successfully removed more than 150 feet of ropes wrapped around the whale’s head and fins, and cut portions of entangling ropes that remain on…
(Boston, Mass. Dec. 30, 2010) Poor air quality due to fine particle pollution is predicted for Friday, Dec. 31, in the following areas of New England: all of Connecticut; the Connecticut River Valley, including Springfield, as well as other valley locations in Mass.; populated valley locations…
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 30, 2010) - EPA has awarded $485,000 to Garner, Iowa, for rehabilitation of its existing sanitary sewer system. The project is expected to be completed by the spring of 2011. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks said,...
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 30, 2010) - The operator of a beef feedlot in Sioux County, Iowa, has agreed to pay a $30,000 civil penalty for unpermitted discharges of wastewater from the facility into Otter Creek. Darin Green, doing business as Darin...