• Obama Administration Announces New Partnership on Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Research

    WASHINGTON – Today, three federal agencies announced a formal partnership to coordinate and align all research associated with development of our nation’s abundant unconventional natural gas and oil resources. The partnership exemplifies the cross-government coordination required under President…

  • Obama Administration Announces New Partnership on Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Research

    WASHINGTON – Today, three federal agencies announced a formal partnership to coordinate and align all research associated with development of our nation’s abundant unconventional natural gas and oil resources. The partnership exemplifies the cross-government coordination required under President…

  • EPA Provides $100,000 to Help Assess Need for Children’s Health Center in Puerto Rico; EPA Regional Administrator to Participate in Children’s Health Conference

    (San Juan, Puerto Rico) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $100,000 in funding to assess the need for a new, independent Children’s Environmental Health Center in Puerto Rico. The news was announced by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck at a meeting of public health…

  • EPA Provides $100,000 to Help Assess Need for Children’s Health Center in Puerto Rico; EPA Regional Administrator to Participate in Children’s Health Conference

    (San Juan, Puerto Rico) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $100,000 in funding to assess the need for a new, independent Children’s Environmental Health Center in Puerto Rico. The news was announced by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck at a meeting of public health…

  • "Irene" retired from list of Atlantic Basin storm names

    Irene has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) hurricane committee because of the fatalities and damage it caused in August 2011 and will be replaced by Irma.

  • A Flowering Journey

    By Vanessa TrafasWhen I began my search for the perfect internship in Washington DC I already knew where I wanted to work. EPA was the perfect opportunity for what I wanted to do. And, so, it was to be. I remember my first day at the Office of the Pesticide Programs in the communications branch.…

  • What Do Pollution Prevention, Business Profitability And Green Jobs Have In Common?

    By Tom Murray

    • Obama Administration Announces New Partnership on Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Research

      WASHINGTON – Today, three federal agencies announced a formal partnership to coordinate and align all research associated with development of our nation’s abundant unconventional natural gas and oil resources. The partnership exemplifies the cross-government coordination required under President…

    • Obama Administration Announces New Partnership on Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Research

      WASHINGTON – Today, three federal agencies announced a formal partnership to coordinate and align all research associated with development of our nation’s abundant unconventional natural gas and oil resources. The partnership exemplifies the cross-government coordination required under President…

    • EPA Provides $100,000 to Help Assess Need for Children’s Health Center in Puerto Rico; EPA Regional Administrator to Participate in Children’s Health Conference

      (San Juan, Puerto Rico) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $100,000 in funding to assess the need for a new, independent Children’s Environmental Health Center in Puerto Rico. The news was announced by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck at a meeting of public health…

    • EPA Provides $100,000 to Help Assess Need for Children’s Health Center in Puerto Rico; EPA Regional Administrator to Participate in Children’s Health Conference

      (San Juan, Puerto Rico) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $100,000 in funding to assess the need for a new, independent Children’s Environmental Health Center in Puerto Rico. The news was announced by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck at a meeting of public health…

    • "Irene" retired from list of Atlantic Basin storm names

      Irene has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) hurricane committee because of the fatalities and damage it caused in August 2011 and will be replaced by Irma.

    • A Flowering Journey

      By Vanessa TrafasWhen I began my search for the perfect internship in Washington DC I already knew where I wanted to work. EPA was the perfect opportunity for what I wanted to do. And, so, it was to be. I remember my first day at the Office of the Pesticide Programs in the communications branch.…

    • What Do Pollution Prevention, Business Profitability And Green Jobs Have In Common?

      By Tom Murray The answer is a guy named Tim. The answer is a guy named Tim. I’ve been in the pollution prevention game for quite awhile now and I and others in the field can regale you with P2 success stories well into the night. But every once in a while a story crosses my desk that just grabs me and this is [...]

    • EPA Releases Ground Water Samples from the Lehigh Valley Site; Agency Plans Further Testing to Pinpoint Eastern Edge of Contamination

      (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available today the results of ground water sampling taken in December 2011 at the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund site in LeRoy, New York. This sampling is part of an ongoing investigation of the nature and extent of the…

    • Final Clean Air Permit Issued for Pioneer Valley Facility in Westfield, Mass.

      (Boston, Mass. – April 12, 2012) – EPA has issued a final Clean Air Act permit to the Pioneer Valley Energy Center for the construction and operation of a new 431 MW/hr combined cycle gas turbine in Westfield, Mass.  The permit is designed to prevent the significant deterioration of air quality…

    • ST Products to Pay $75,000 Penalty for Clean Water Act Violations at Blair County, Pa. Facility

      (PHILADELPHIA – April 12, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with ST Products resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations at the company’s metal tube fabrication facility in Duncansville, Blair County, Pa

    • EXCO Resources to Pay Penalty for Safe Drinking Water Act Violations in Clearfield County, Pa.

      (PHILADELPHIA – April 12, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with EXCO Resources (PA), LLC (EXCO) for violations of the federal law designed to protect underground sources of drinking water. The violations occurred at the company’s brine disposal well…

    • NOAA retires GOES-7 after 25 years as a weather and communications satellite

      This week, the GOES-7 satellite, one of NOAA’s earliest geostationary satellites, was moved into a higher orbit and retired from service. Launched in 1987, GOES-7 first served as a critical weather satellite, capturing images of developing hurricanes and other severe storms that impacted the…

    • Northeast Diesel Collaborative Honors Mass. and Vermont Groups for Reducing Air Pollution

      (Boston, Mass. – April 12, 2012) – The Northeast Diesel Collaborative – a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state agencies, and private and nonprofit groups – today recognized four organizations for their outstanding leadership and efforts in reducing diesel…

    • Port Angeles Harbor Natural Resource Trustees Sign Agreement

      Local environmental restoration projects will get a boost thanks to an agreement signed today by federal, state and tribal natural resource trustees to jointly conduct Natural Resource Damage Assessment(NRDA) activities within Port Angeles Harbor.

    • Northeast Diesel Collaborative Honors Groups for Reducing Air Pollution

      (New York, N.Y.) The Northeast Diesel Collaborative – a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state agencies, and private and nonprofit groups – today recognized four organizations for their outstanding leadership and efforts in reducing diesel emissions. The…

    • EPA and American Rivers Award $1.37 Million in Grants to Restore Potomac Highlands Rivers, Clean Water

      FROSTBURG, MD. (April 12, 2012) – The Environmental Protection Agency and American Rivers today announced the six recipients of $1,373,119 in environmental grants to benefit communities, and protect rivers and clean water in the Potomac Highlands region of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and…

    • Math Is Everywhere

      By Lina YounesEver since my children were young, I tried to instill in them a love for math and science. So, when I saw the news of a new exhibit in the Washington area entitled “MathAlive,” it definitely became part of my “must see” list. Of course, I didn’t mention the title right off…

    • Las matemáticas se encuentran en todas partes

      Por Lina YounesDesde que mis hijas eran pequeñas, traté de inculcarles un amor por las matemáticas y las ciencias. Cuando vi un artículo sobre una nueva exposición en el área de Washington titulada MathAlive,”  (Las Matemáticas Vivas) decidí inmediatamente que tenía que ir a dicha…

    • NOAA seeks input on possible expansion of Thunder Bay sanctuary

      NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries today announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider possible expansion of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron.

    • Boston Area Ranked 10th Metropolitan Area for Energy Star Labeled Buildings

      (Boston, Mass. – April  11, 2012) – The Boston metropolitan area continued to be ranked in the top 25 metropolitan areas of the country for Energy Star labeled buildings in 2011.  Boston was ranked number 10, up from number 12 in 2010

    I’ve been in the pollution prevention game for quite awhile now and I and others in the field can regale you with P2 success stories well into the night. But every once in a while a story crosses my desk that just grabs me and this is [...]

  • EPA Releases Ground Water Samples from the Lehigh Valley Site; Agency Plans Further Testing to Pinpoint Eastern Edge of Contamination

    (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available today the results of ground water sampling taken in December 2011 at the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund site in LeRoy, New York. This sampling is part of an ongoing investigation of the nature and extent of the…

  • Final Clean Air Permit Issued for Pioneer Valley Facility in Westfield, Mass.

    (Boston, Mass. – April 12, 2012) – EPA has issued a final Clean Air Act permit to the Pioneer Valley Energy Center for the construction and operation of a new 431 MW/hr combined cycle gas turbine in Westfield, Mass.  The permit is designed to prevent the significant deterioration of air quality…

  • ST Products to Pay $75,000 Penalty for Clean Water Act Violations at Blair County, Pa. Facility

    (PHILADELPHIA – April 12, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with ST Products resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations at the company’s metal tube fabrication facility in Duncansville, Blair County, Pa

  • EXCO Resources to Pay Penalty for Safe Drinking Water Act Violations in Clearfield County, Pa.

    (PHILADELPHIA – April 12, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with EXCO Resources (PA), LLC (EXCO) for violations of the federal law designed to protect underground sources of drinking water. The violations occurred at the company’s brine disposal well…

  • NOAA retires GOES-7 after 25 years as a weather and communications satellite

    This week, the GOES-7 satellite, one of NOAA’s earliest geostationary satellites, was moved into a higher orbit and retired from service. Launched in 1987, GOES-7 first served as a critical weather satellite, capturing images of developing hurricanes and other severe storms that impacted the…

  • Northeast Diesel Collaborative Honors Mass. and Vermont Groups for Reducing Air Pollution

    (Boston, Mass. – April 12, 2012) – The Northeast Diesel Collaborative – a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state agencies, and private and nonprofit groups – today recognized four organizations for their outstanding leadership and efforts in reducing diesel…

  • Port Angeles Harbor Natural Resource Trustees Sign Agreement

    Local environmental restoration projects will get a boost thanks to an agreement signed today by federal, state and tribal natural resource trustees to jointly conduct Natural Resource Damage Assessment(NRDA) activities within Port Angeles Harbor.

  • Northeast Diesel Collaborative Honors Groups for Reducing Air Pollution

    (New York, N.Y.) The Northeast Diesel Collaborative – a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state agencies, and private and nonprofit groups – today recognized four organizations for their outstanding leadership and efforts in reducing diesel emissions. The…

  • EPA and American Rivers Award $1.37 Million in Grants to Restore Potomac Highlands Rivers, Clean Water

    FROSTBURG, MD. (April 12, 2012) – The Environmental Protection Agency and American Rivers today announced the six recipients of $1,373,119 in environmental grants to benefit communities, and protect rivers and clean water in the Potomac Highlands region of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and…

  • Math Is Everywhere

    By Lina YounesEver since my children were young, I tried to instill in them a love for math and science. So, when I saw the news of a new exhibit in the Washington area entitled “MathAlive,” it definitely became part of my “must see” list. Of course, I didn’t mention the title right off…

  • Las matemáticas se encuentran en todas partes

    Por Lina YounesDesde que mis hijas eran pequeñas, traté de inculcarles un amor por las matemáticas y las ciencias. Cuando vi un artículo sobre una nueva exposición en el área de Washington titulada MathAlive,”  (Las Matemáticas Vivas) decidí inmediatamente que tenía que ir a dicha…

  • NOAA seeks input on possible expansion of Thunder Bay sanctuary

    NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries today announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider possible expansion of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron.

  • Boston Area Ranked 10th Metropolitan Area for Energy Star Labeled Buildings

    (Boston, Mass. – April  11, 2012) – The Boston metropolitan area continued to be ranked in the top 25 metropolitan areas of the country for Energy Star labeled buildings in 2011.  Boston was ranked number 10, up from number 12 in 2010