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By John MartinAlthough I prefer riding the train to get around town, sometimes taking a cab isn’t a bad option. If I’m with a group of people, or I’m running late, taking a taxi sometimes just makes sense. As a New Yorker, I understand the value of having cabs filling our streets, but I also…
Tuesday, NOAA released phase one of an independent assessment of the fishery management system in New England that was requested last year.
By Yvette ChenauxI teach environmental education at Oshki Ogimaag, a charter school on the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation where the students are Anishinaabe, also known as Ojibwe, or Chippewa. At school, the students have varied lesson plans, including language lessons in…
To improve energy production by wind farms, NOAA researchers and colleagues are launching a study this month to make visible the invisible "wakes" produced behind wind turbines.
Green Team saved school $24,000 in landfill expenses and initiated composting program (Seattle—April 25, 2011) Tahoma Senior High School is in the national spotlight for its extraordinary student-led effort to implement green operations at its campus
(New York, N.Y. – April 25, 2011) The U.S
(Seattle - April 25, 2011) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 today released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Toledo Elementary School in Toledo, Oregon. The report is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair
(Seattle – April 25, 2011) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Harriet Tubman School in Portland, Oregon
As a kid, it was easy for me to describe Earth Day. It was the Earth’s birthday (which was conveniently the day after my own). Now I’m older and a little wiser (I hope), but I have trouble describing exactly what Earth Day means to me. In a way, I think Earth Day is the time [...]
Eric Schwaab, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries, joined officials from the town of Brewster, Mass., and other partners today on the shores of Cape Cod’s Stony Brook to celebrate the completion of a American Reinvestment and Recovery Act project that restored natural tidal flow to 20 acres…
NOAA hurricane experts will visit five U.S. East Coast cities aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft to raise awareness about storm threats and the danger of being caught without a personal hurricane plan.
PHILADELPHIA (April 25, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has directed Chesapeake Energy Corp. to supply information in connection with the discharge of drilling fluids from a natural gas well last week in Leroy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
by Administrator Lisa P. JacksonThe first Earth Day came together 41 years ago because people all across America wanted clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and swim in, and clean lands to build their homes, businesses, schools and churches. The movement they started has made remarkable steps:…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- New Technique Improves Sensitivity of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) Pathogen Detection (Apr 21, 2011) ARS scientists have developed a more sensitive test called "Bio-PCR" that can provide better detection of many plant…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- 2009-2010 Wisconsin Aquatic Invasive Species Progress Report: Prevent... Contain... Control... This report contains a few of the highlights of the past two years, along with details on the work going on to protect Wisconsin's…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- No Traces of Asian Carp Found in Milwaukee Waterways (Mar 22, 2011) No traces of Asian carp DNA have been found in water samples collected from major Milwaukee waterways, according to the University of Notre Dame researchers who…
(Seattle—April 22, 2011) Three companies operating five gas stations in eastern Washington will pay over $8,000 for violating federal air rules on tribal land, according to several orders issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Botanic Gardens Blamed for Spreading Plant Invaders (Mar 17, 2011) More than half of the world's most invasive plant species spread into new habitats from botanic gardens, according to an analysis of historic "alien"…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Bighead Carp Added to Federal List of Injurious Wildlife (Mar 21, 2011) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule in the Mar 22 Federal Register officially adding the bighead carp to the federal injurious wildlife…