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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 11-OPA030 EPA Postpones April 13 Public Meeting and Hearing on Jordan Development Disposal Well CHICAGO (April 8, 2011) - Due to uncertainty regarding appropriations for the federal government, the U.S
By John W. Frece Would you simply like to be able to walk from your home to the store? Or, to the doctor’s office? Is it easy – or difficult — to cross busy streets in your neighborhood? Are there sidewalks where you live? Or, do you have to rely on a car to go anywhere? A [...]
Last month, temperatures and precipitation in the contiguous United States averaged above normal, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2011 (Feb 28-Mar 4, 2011) - Presentations A week of activities, briefings, and events in Washington D.C. to highlight what is being done across the nation and around the world to stop and…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Guide to Implementation of Phytosanitary Standards in Forestry (2011) / YouTube Rap by Dr. Kerry Britton -- Don't be Bugged by Pests - go FAO! This guide, produced by an international group of scientists, phytosanitary…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Virginia Invasive Plant Removal Day -- May 7, 2011 Join volunteers for the 3rd annual event at sites throughout Virginia on an endeavor to stop the spread of non-native invasive plants. Invasive species are recognized nationally…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- An Action Plan on Invasive Species, for President Obama and the 112th Congress (Jan 2011) This report published by the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species (NECIS) outlines three areas in which the Obama…
(Boston, Mass. – April 7, 2011) – A Maine-based railroad has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle EPA claims that it violated the Clean Water Act and federal regulations designed to prevent oil spills from reaching waterways
By Elizabeth MyerThe severe winter conditions we’ve endured have at long last subsided, leaving us yearning for spring weather. The snow has melted, the ice has thawed and the sunlight is sticking around deeper into each evening as the days progress, infinitely raising the spirits of outdoor…
(San Juan, P.R.) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Lisa Garcia, the Agency’s Senior Advisor on Environmental Justice, today presented an award for outstanding work to further environmental justice to the ENLACE Cano Martin Pena Project
A girlfriend of mine decided to have some additional work done this spring on her home. It’s a spacious, old home build in the 1950s with lots of charm and plenty of things that need to be updated and repaired. Last year, they updated the kitchen. This year, they plan to expand her twins’…
Una amiga decidió remodelar su hogar esta primavera. Es una casa espaciosa construida en los años 50 con mucho encanto y muchas cosas por reparar. El año pasado, remodelaron la cocina. Este año, planean expandir las habitaciones de los gemelos para combinarlas en una sola habitación bien…
Opening keynote address as delivered on April 5 by Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator as part of the Albert, Norma, and Howard Geller '77 Endowed Lecture at Tilton Hall, Clark University
(CHICAGO – April 6, 2011) A $12 million Great Lakes Legacy Act cleanup of contaminated sediment at Muskegon Lake’s Division Street Outfall area is set to begin in May 2011
I am the grandchild of an Italian immigrant, Olimpia Viglione, who, as a young woman keeping house for a living, severely damaged her lungs cleaning floors with harsh chemicals. As a result, she spent most of her life suffering with lung congestion and chronic bronchitis, often struggling to…
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Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- VHS fish disease caused gizzard shad fish kill in Milwaukee Harbor ship canals (Apr 1, 2011) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. A massive fish kill of thousands of gizzard shad last month in the Milwaukee harbor has been…
By Ellen KurlanskyI will admit that there were times in the past decade and one-half that I feared we would never reduce toxic emissions from power plants . Last month, EPA proposed a regulation to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants. These…
(ATLANTA – Apr. 5, 2011) – Today, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a final determination that the Rome area meets the 1997 federal fine particulate matter standard. The Rome area includes Floyd County, Georgia in its entirety
Nearly 500 students from more than 35 classrooms 'virtually' accompanied researchers from the University of Hawaii and NOAA's Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) on the 1,000th dive by one of the lab’s twin Pisces manned-submersibles. Since 1981, HURL researchers have spent…