• THURSDAY: EPA Administrator Traveling to Miami for ABA Conference and King Tide Day

    WASHINGTON – EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is visiting Miami on Thursday to keynote the American Bar Association’s Environment, Energy, and Resources Fall Conference and to bring attention to the impact of our changing climate on rising sea levels in Miami. Administrator McCarthy will speak…

  • THURSDAY: EPA Administrator Traveling to Miami for ABA Conference and King Tide Day

    WASHINGTON – EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is visiting Miami on Thursday to keynote the American Bar Association’s Environment, Energy, and Resources Fall Conference and to bring attention to the impact of our changing climate on rising sea levels in Miami. Administrator McCarthy will speak…

  • Victory for Healthy Air: Court Rejects Nebraska Attorney General's Attempt to “Short-Circuit” the Law in Challenge to Carbon Pollution Standards

    By Megan Ceronsky Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning’s attempt to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to limit carbon pollution from power plants failed yesterday. The federal district court in Nebraska dismissed the Attorney General’s lawsuit challenging EPA’s…

  • Defend Our Future More than Halfway Toward 100,000 Pledge Goal

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  • EPA Settlement with Shine Bros. Corp. Recycling Facility Results in Pollution Prevention and Park Cleanup for Spencer, Iowa

    Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Oct. 7, 2014) - EPA Region 7 has reached an administrative settlement with Shine Bros. Corp., a commercial recycling facility in Spencer, Iowa, to resolve industrial stormwater violations under the Clean Water Act

  • EPA announces funding to reduce water pollution, recycle e-waste, improve environmental health along U.S.– Mexico border

    SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding over $8.6 million in grants to fund environmental improvement projects along the U.S.–Mexico border. The funds were announced today during a border tour led by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in San Diego. “Water, waste and…

  • EPA Honors Tennessee-based FedEx Express for Superior Supply Chain Efficiency

    (10/07/14-ATLANTA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring FedEx Exress along with 43 other top truck and multi-modal carriers as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency with its 2014 SmartWay Excellence Awards announced today by EPA Administrator…

  • EPA Protects Louisiana Coastal Waters; $2.5 million grant will help restore wetlands

    DALLAS – (Oct. 7, 2014) Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $2,502,401 to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana to improve coastal wetlands in Louisiana. The project will create 300 acres of barrier marsh and nourish 130 acres of developing marsh near…

  • EPA Honors Florida-based DHL Express USA for Superior Supply Chain Efficiency

    (10/07/14-ATLANTA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring DHL Express USA along with 43 other top truck and multi-modal carriers as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency with its 2014 SmartWay Excellence Awards announced today by EPA…

  • EPA Honors Alabama-based McElroy Truck Lines for Superior Supply Chain Efficiency

    (10/07/2014-ATLANTA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring McElroy Truck Lines along with 43 other top truck and multi-modal carriers as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency with its 2014 SmartWay Excellence Awards announced today by EPA…

  • The Social Cost of Stagnation: A Call for FERC Action

    By EDF Blogs By: James T. B. Tripp , EDF Senior Counsel America’s electricity industry – the single largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S. – is at the heart of some of the world’s biggest environmental challenges, especially climate change. Given this connection, you would think an…

  • EPA Finalizes Changes to Cleanup Plan to Address VOCs at the Olean Well Field Superfund Site on the Alleghany River in Cattaraugus County in New York

    (New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a revised plan to address contaminated soil and groundwater at the former Alcas Cutlery Corporation facility (now known as the Cutco facility) at the Olean Well Field Superfund site in Olean, New York. Soil and groundwater at the…

  • EPA Finalizes Changes to Cleanup Plan to Address VOCs at the Olean Well Field Superfund Site on the Alleghany River in Cattaraugus County in New York

    (New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a revised plan to address contaminated soil and groundwater at the former Alcas Cutlery Corporation facility (now known as the Cutco facility) at the Olean Well Field Superfund site in Olean, New York. Soil and groundwater at the…

  • 2,400 Urban Students to Get Unique Water Education Experience Officials Gather in Camden to Celebrate First Area Stop for ‘Canoemobile’

    PHILADELPHIA (October 7, 2014) As many as 2,400 urban students will paddle the Delaware River and other area waterways, test the quality of the waters and learn about key water issues over the next two weeks as the national “Canoemobile” program rolls into Delaware Basin cities. U.S. EPA…

  • EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cidra, Puerto Rico Superfund Site; Volatile Organic Compounds Contaminated Drinking Water

    (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater at the Cidra Groundwater Contamination site in Cidra, Puerto Rico. The site includes portions of the Cidra commercial district and an industrial park in Cidra

  • EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cidra, Puerto Rico Superfund Site; Volatile Organic Compounds Contaminated Drinking Water

    (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater at the Cidra Groundwater Contamination site in Cidra, Puerto Rico. The site includes portions of the Cidra commercial district and an industrial park in Cidra

  • EPA Honors Freight Carriers for Superior Supply Chain Efficiency

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring 44 top truck and multi-modal carriers as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency with its 2014 SmartWay Excellence Awards announced today by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at the American Trucking…

  • Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Oct. 7, 2014

    WWNO's Coastal Glossary By Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Jesse Hardman. Oct. 7, 2014. “As we explore the Gulf Coast more comprehensively than ever before, trying to understand better…” ( read more ) Major Gulf Spill Restoration Plan Approved By Dredging Today. Oct. 6, 2014. “NOAA together…

  • Safe Drinking Water Act Turning 40

    As a child in Cleveland in the 1960’s I grew used to seeing the signs of our bustling industrial city; flares on tall smokestacks just off the highway, the elegant Terminal Tower shrouded in haze and smog barely visible on a hot summer day, and the awful smells near “the Flats” by the Cuyahoga…

  • SXSWEco Day One Epiphanies, Head-scratchers, and Bravery Awards

    By Nancy Buzby There is so much going on at SXSWEco this week that it would be impossible for one person to do a comprehensive wrap-up, so please take this commentary as a slice of a very big pie. And, note that my particular slice is viewed through a very marketing and business-oriented lens.…