Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fajardo, PR – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a community meeting for residents of Fajardo, Puerto Rico to share information about health risks from the chemical ethylene oxide or EtO, which is being emitted from a commercial sterilizer facility called Customed Inc. The community […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Villalba, PR – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a community meeting for residents of Villalba, Puerto Rico to share information about health risks from the chemical ethylene oxide or EtO, which is being emitted from a commercial sterilizer facility called Medtronics. The community meeting will […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The nation’s top consumer watchdog agency raised concerns about indoor air pollution from gas stoves. A political firestorm ensued. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/climate/gas-stoves-biden-administration.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The nation’s top consumer watchdog agency raised concerns about indoor air pollution from gas stoves. A political firestorm ensued. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/climate/gas-stoves-politics.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE (January 10, 2023) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it is proposing to approve portions of Alaska’s plan for combatting harmful particulate pollution in the Fairbanks-North Star Borough, and disapprove others. “Over the past 13-plus years, the state and borough have achieved important […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a proposal to strengthen a key national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for fine particle pollution, also known as PM2.5, to better protect communities, including those most overburdened by pollution. Fine particles, sometimes called soot, can penetrate […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 5, 2023) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a virtual community meeting for residents of Erie, Pennsylvania, to share information about health risks from the chemical, ethylene oxide or EtO. The community meeting will take place virtually on January 19 at 6 p.m. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator David W. Cash celebrated significant federal and state infrastructure investments in the City of Fall River which will directly improve public health for city residents. Cash was joined by U.S. Senators Markey and Warren, and by U.S. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator David W. Cash celebrated significant federal and state infrastructure investments in the City of Fall River which will directly improve public health for city residents. Cash was joined by U.S. Senators Markey and Warren, and by U.S. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vernal, Utah — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an air quality plan, called a Federal Implementation Plan, which will require enforceable controls on the emissions of air pollutants from new, modified, and existing oil and natural gas facilities on Indian country lands within the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Registration opens today for EPA’s virtual public hearing on the Agency’s supplemental proposal to strengthen its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution from oil and natural gas operations. The updates would provide more comprehensive requirements to reduce climate and health-harming air pollution, […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 5, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska to receive $266,064 for a community air pollution monitoring project. This grant is among 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will receive $53.4 million from President Biden’s […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed Clear Air Act settlement with Republic Steel, a steel manufacturer in Canton, Ohio, which will require the company to reduce its facility’s lead emissions that have caused airborne lead levels in the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, EPA issued a multi-part proposal that will build on the strong foundation for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program started in the Biden-Harris Administration and seeks to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. The RFS “Set” proposal requests public input […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The United States and State of Wisconsin announced a settlement with Container Life Cycle Management LLC (CLCM) that addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at the company’s container reconditioning facilities in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. The company will pay […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Seattle – November 29, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. of Seattle, Wash., paid a $345,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations at two of its facilities in Naknek, Alaska. As a result of an investigation, EPA discovered North Pacific […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 18, 2022) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a virtual community meeting for residents of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to share information about health risks from the chemical, ethylene oxide or EtO. The community meeting will take place virtually on December 1 at 6 p.m. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Healthy Communities Grants across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Two of the awarded grants will provide benefits throughout New England. Today’s announcement represents a $744,000 investment in community-based projects that will help […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled enforcement actions against two companies that violated state and federal clean air standards by allowing excessive idling of school buses at locations in four Massachusetts communities. The first settlement resolved EPA’s allegations that AA Transportation Co., Inc. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the oil refinery on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands may not resume operations without obtaining a new comprehensive Clean Air Act permit. The new permit, called a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit, would require […]