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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 11-OPA096 EPA Provides More than Half a Million Dollars for Muskegon Area Project (Muskegon, Michigan - October 5, 2011) The U.S
PHILADELPHIA (October 5, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has approved new performance standards for controlling urban stormwater runoff in Washington, D.C
(Boston, Mass. – October 5, 2011) – Grimmel Industries, a metal scrap recycler located on the banks of the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth, N.H. faces a large fine for allowing polluted stormwater to flow into surrounding waters, in violation of the Clean Water Act
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Sarah BlauIt starts off sounding like a bad riddle: you cannot see it, smell it or taste it, and boiling it in water will not get rid of it. But then the riddle turns serious: it can cause high blood…
WASHINGTON - The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, chaired by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, today released for public review and feedback its comprehensive preliminary strategy for long term ecosystem restoration
(Atlanta, Ga. – Oct. 4, 2011) – On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7-8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 will kick-off its Children’s Health Month observance in Jacksonville by hosting a children’s health fair and environmental justice (EJ) showcase recognition event
By Erica ArnoldIn August, I had the incredible opportunity to learn from and exchange ideas on sustainability with students from Japan, Poland, and Thailand. At the Toshiba Youth Conference 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand, four other students, two teachers and I had the honor of representing the US at a…
By Matthew Dalbey A few years ago, my son Noah, then in first grade, received a stopwatch from his grandmother. That day we passed by the apartment where I lived when I was his age. Seeing a potential moment for father-son bonding, Noah and I used his stopwatch to see how long it took us to [...]
By Leon LatinoOne of my oldest gardening memories is picking Japanese peapods for my grandfather, a 2nd generation Italian-American who moved the family from Worcester, MA to rural East Brookfield, where he had room to plant massive gardens. Though I did not really enjoy picking peas or watering…
SAN FRANCISCO--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is approving California's air quality plans for fine particles -- known as PM2.5 -- in the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley. These plans will reduce pollution to the level required by the health based 1997 PM2.5 standard by 2015
Release date: 10/03/2011 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a plan to clean up ground water at the Peninsula Boulevard Ground Water Plume Superfund site in Hempstead, N.Y. by removing and treating contaminated ground water from the site
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 3, 2011) - An Osage County, Mo., landowner has agreed to pay a $24,500 civil penalty to the United States for performing unpermitted dredge and fill activities that impacted approximately 1,490 feet of Baileys Creek
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 11-OPA093 (Chicago - October 3, 2011) The U.S
Release date: 10/03/2011 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a plan to clean up ground water at the Peninsula Boulevard Ground Water Plume Superfund site in Hempstead, N.Y. by removing and treating contaminated ground water from the site
Release date: 10/03/2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 11-OPA 092 EPA provides nearly $2.4 million for Ohio projects (Chicago - October 3, 2011) The U.S
Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 30, 2011) - A team of EPA scientists, Center High School students and Blue River Watershed Association volunteers will monitor water quality, examine aquatic life and clean up Indian Creek in Kansas City, Mo
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S
WASHINGTON — Bret A. Simpson, the owner of Principle Metals, LLC, was indicted by a federal grand jury with two violations of the Clean Water Act. The grand jury charges that Simpson unlawfully discharged oil into the Columbia River near Camas, Wash., between Dec. 3, 2010 and Jan. 28, 2011
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the release of a new mapping feature in EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database