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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 11-OPA42 (CHICAGO – May 12, 2011) WHAT: The U.S
Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers and their colleagues.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced improvements to the availability and usability of drinking water data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) tool
This post is cross-posted from Mom’s Rising.org By Administrator Lisa P. JacksonThis month is National Asthma Awareness Month, when we address an illness that affects nearly 25 million Americans and one in every ten children in the United States.Safeguarding the air we breathe and preventing…
The Earth experienced the seventh warmest April since record keeping began in 1880, as the climate phenomenon La Niña continued to be a significant factor.
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will oversee the removal of deteriorated drums, containers of hazardous materials and contaminated soil from a portion of the Newburgh landfill in Newburgh, N.Y
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will oversee the removal of deteriorated drums, containers of hazardous materials and contaminated soil from a portion of the Newburgh landfill in Newburgh, N.Y
WASHINGTON – As previously announced, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking additional public feedback and gathering more information on the final standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators that were issued in February 2011
Representatives from NOAA and the Agulhas-Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME) recently formalized an agreement that will help African and Indian Ocean states better manage their ocean ecosystems and resources.
Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Jewett, a NOAA scientist with diverse science and management experience in ocean acidification and coastal hypoxia (low oxygen) research programs, will be the first director of NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program.
(Boston, Mass
NOAA's Fisheries Service said today it was authorizing the states of Washington and Oregon to lethally remove specific California sea lions that congregate 140 miles from the Pacific Ocean just below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam to eat thousands of adult salmon and steelhead swimming…
Asthma remains a critical public health challenge – nearly 25 million people in the U.S. have asthma, including 7 million children. But what is perhaps even more alarming is how asthma disproportionately affects minority and disadvantaged children. Among children with asthma, black and Hispanic…
By Aaron FersterI’ve been working—and commuting—in Washington, DC since 1996 when I moved to the area from the Bronx for a job writing interpretive signs at the National Zoo.My wife and I lived just behind the back entrance to the park. It was a five-minute ride to work, but 15-minutes home…
By Kahi Kahakui– Ocean AdvocateAs a part Native Hawaiian woman, my culture is based upon the concept of resource management. My ancestors called it Kuleana – the responsibility of taking care of resources not only for the present, but for the next seven generations. They had strict rules about…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- USDA Announces New Outreach Campaign to Prevent the Spread of Gypsy Moth (Apr 28, 2011) The new outreach campaign, "Your Move Gypsy Moth-Free," designed to stop the accidental spread of gypsy moth by people moving or…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Opportunity to Comment "Importation of Plants for Planting" -- NAPPRA (Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis) Prevention is the key to keeping invasive plants out of our country! APHIS is establishing a new category…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Historical Gypsy Moth Publications This collection of publications in NAL's Digital Repository provides access to and addresses a number of topics concerning the gypsy and the related brown-tail moths, from biological control…
PHILADELPHIA (May 12, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today directed six natural gas drillers to disclose how and where the companies dispose of or recycle drilling process water in the region