Tuesday, June 25, 2024
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced several new developments on the River Raisin on Tuesday, which, after three decades of designation as an area of concern, is beginning to recover through environmental projects funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed changes late last week in how imported and exported hazardous-waste shipments are managed to improve safety. The risk of mismanagement rises when hazardous waste is shipped through several countries' ports.
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BodyThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a release on Sept. 24 detailing its pollution prevention (P2) efforts, which work to reduce the amount of pollution generated under the principle that preventative efforts are more effective than restorative ones.
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The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will convene a hearing on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2167, in Washington.
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Following a Sept. 18 Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to several vehicle manufacturers alleging the use of defeat devices, the EPA has notified the companies that it will be performing additional evaluations for future confirmatory testing to search for similar violations.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said late last week that it has finalized a rule to require municipalities, industries and other facilities to report data required by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, under the Clean Water Act, electronically.
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Focusing on environmental health issues arising from lead poisoning, respiratory conditions and climate change impacts, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Tech University Health Science Center recently educated healthcare and public health officials at a symposium on children’s environmental health.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced Friday that it is accepting proposals for projects that support the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) water quality and environmental justice goals under the Urban Waters Small Grants Program.
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Energy plays a vital role in the national security of a country, and one person who wants to get that message across to U.S. policymakers is Keith Pekau, a member of the group Vets4Energy, which continues to serve the nation as advocates for energy policies to strengthen America's national security.
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced this week that it is accepting public comments on two reports assembled in partnership with local organizations on the health and restoration of the Valley Branch sub-watershed, which is part of the Lower St. Croix watershed.
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The Washington Department of Ecology (WDE) announced on Sept. 24 that the cleanup of Port Gamble Bay is set to begin Monday, spearheaded by contractor Orion Marine Group and liable to Poe Resources.
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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) announced today that the California Air Resources Board has determined that biodiesel has the best carbon score among liquid fuels in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday that it has added the Burnet County, Texas, Main Street Groundwater Plume site, discovered in 2010, to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday that it is accepting applications for rebates totaling nearly $7 million for school bus fleet owners, both public and private, who replace or retrofit older school buses.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday that it is updating its worker protection standards to better serve American farmworkers, giving them protections more in line with those provided to other industries.
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Deviating from a long-term reduction trend, New England experienced a slight uptick in the number of unhealthy air-quality days between April and September of this year, compared with the same period in the previous two years, with 24 days of ozone concentrations above healthy levels, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently said in a release.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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