Wednesday, June 26, 2024
EPA awards $30,000 Environmental Justice Grant to project studying mercury levels in fish from SC’s Gill Creek

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded 40 Environmental Justice Small Grants totalling $1.2 million, including a $30,000 grant for South Carolina’s Gills Greek Watershed Association to study the potential of mercury exposure for those fishing from the creek.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Nov. 23

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 23

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Nov. 23?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Rule published on Nov. 23 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Nov. 23

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice published by Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 23

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Nov. 23?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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EPA awards four Environmental Education grants for Massachusetts

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded Environmental Education grants worth a total of more than $275,000 to four Massachusetts organizations.
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Cuomo celebrates seven organizations for environmental efforts at annual awards

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently applauded the environmental, social and economic efforts of seven organizations at the 12th Annual New York State Environmental Excellence Awards.
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Daines calls for advancement of bill on wildfire management

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) recently urged his fellow legislators to advance legislation that would provide funding for fighting wildfires, reform associated litigation procedures and increase active forest management.
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Ohio EPA awards $5,000 grant for Lake Erie Island Water Trials Guide

Ohio’s Put-in-Bay Township Park District recently won an Environmental Education Mini Grant for its Lake Erie Island Water Trails Project.
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EPA releases final risk assessment for Libby Asbestos Superfund site

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its final human health risk assessment for Montana’s Libby Asbestos Superfund Site, located near the towns of Libby and Troy, which is the former site of a vermiculite mine.
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Oregon DEQ extends public comment period for Clean Water Services water quality permit

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently extended the public comment period on a National Pollutant Elimination System (NPDES) permit for Clean Water Services.
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EPA accepting applications for 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards

The Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards honor organizations that promote chemical safety through the Safer Choice Program.
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USDA announces $350 million in funding for agriculture easements

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that landowners on key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands throughout the country may be eligible to receive some of the $350 million in funding available through the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program (ACEP).
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New England organizations win National Food Recovery Challenge honors

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently celebrated the achievements of four New England area organizations in preventing food waste, as well as 24 organizations that earned Food Recovery Challenge Regional Achievement Certificates.
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USDA releases National Organic Farming Handbook

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released a new Organic Farming Handbook for Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff members who are working with organic producers and farmers looking to get into organics.
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GLRI grants contributing to improvements in St. Louis River Area of Concern

Federal, state and local officials recently celebrated the gains made at the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior, where one major habitat restoration project has just been completed and another has received funding.
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Inhofe uses lack of Senate-approved CEQ chairman to question legality of guidance documents

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) sent two letters, to President Barack Obama and to the Managing Director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), on the council’s prolonged lack of a Senate-confirmed chairman.
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