No. 13-OPA026 CHICAGO – Great Lakes beaches were open 94 percent of the time last summer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 BEACH report. EPA’s Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Report is available at: …
No. 13-OPA025 CHICAGO – Great Lakes beaches were open 94 percent of the time last summer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 BEACH report. EPA’s Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Report is available at: …
No. 13-OPA024 CHICAGO – Great Lakes beaches were open 94 percent of the time last summer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 BEACH report. EPA’s Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Report is available at: …
No. 13-OPA023 CHICAGO – Great Lakes beaches were open 94 percent of the time last summer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 BEACH report. EPA’s Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Report is available at: …
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., July 2, 2013) - The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has agreed to pay a $477,500 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at three road construction sites that are located near Lawrence, Manhattan, and…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Entomologists are Exploring the Causes of a Massive Die-off of the Honey Bee Population, from Viruses and Mites to the Role of Pesticides on Bee Health and Behavior (Jun 13, 2013) USDA estimates that honey bees and other polinators…
By Brad Copithorne This commentary originally appeared on EDF's California Dream 2.0 Blog Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) issued a proposed decision with the final implementation rules to create the nation’s first On-Bill Repayment (“OBR”) program for…
By Lina Younes Millions of people in the U.S. head to the beach for some relaxation and fun activities every summer. As many of you may be planning your trip, I wanted to share my family’s recent experience. Hopefully you will not repeat our mistakes. A couple of weeks ago, my family and I enjoyed…
By Jorge Madrid (This post first appeared on EDF voices ) Source: Thomas Hawk/Flickr I love California in the summertime, and Fourth of July weekend is one of my favorite holidays. But it is getting excruciatingly HOT out here, and according to the best science, it is going to get much hotter. …
By Brad Copithorne Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) issued a proposed decision with the final implementation rules to create the nation’s first On-Bill Repayment (“OBR”) program for commercial properties. If properly constructed, the program is expected to…
By Michael Rohwer For the past few years, I’ve been growing vegetables in an open plot behind my house, much like my family did as I grew up. It was easy to know when to begin planting in Michigan. Once the snow was gone it was time to plant. Now that I live in a [...]
Cleanup must continue By Editorial Page Staff, The Daily Comet (Thibodaux, La.). June 27, 2013. "If anyone still needed proof that the BP oil-spill cleanup is not yet complete, that proof was found off our coast a few weeks ago. A 40,000-pound tar ball was found just off Grand Terre…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Many New Upcoming Invasive Species Related Conferences added (U.S. and International), including : Aquatic Plant Management Society 2013 Annual Meeting -- Jul 14-17, 2013 8th International Conference on Urban Pests -- Jul 20-23,…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Annual Adirondack Park Invasive Species Awareness Week -- Jul 7-13, 2013 Adirondack communities and organizations will celebrate the 8th annual Invasive Species Awareness Week. * See our New York state resource page for more…
As I’ve written before, the Rigs to Reefs process of the federal and state agencies in the Gulf of Mexico is a good example of “finding ways that work”. This cooperative process enables the owners of oil and gas platforms to use those structures to create artificial reefs. In fact, this…
Last week I had the pleasure of accompanying senior fisheries officials from four Mexican states to Southern California, where they met with fishermen, seafood processors and members of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC). As they establish and reinforce their own fishery management…
By Jamie Fine This commentary originally appeared on EDF's California Dream 2.0 Blog When was the last time you really gave a lot of thought to your electric bill? If your answer is “not very often”, then you’re not alone. In fact, the typical household thinks about their electric bill…
By Jamie Fine When was the last time you really gave a lot of thought to your electric bill? If your answer is “not very often”, then you’re not alone. In fact, the typical household thinks about their electric bill only six minutes a year . The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)…
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (July 1, 2013) -- EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin made a visit to Howard County today to get a close up look at rain gardens being developed by a local youth group to help control storm water runoff and benefit the Chesapeake Bay
By Mordechai Treiger, Environmental Defense Fund Last month, Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident announced Phase III of their Early Restoration efforts. The NRDA Trustees include representatives from the five Gulf Coast states and…
