Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/health/sri-lanka-kidney-disease.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Danish capital is offering free museum tours, art workshops and more to visitors who take part in climate-friendly initiatives. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/travel/copenhagen-sustainable-tourism.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (July 5, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April. Fourteen EPA inspectors and five NMED inspectors […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, July 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that General Motors (GM) has agreed to retire approximately 50 million metric tons (megagrams) of greenhouse gas credits to resolve excess CO2 emissions identified through EPA’s light-duty vehicle in-use testing program. This agreement is the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Global warming is hitting the entire Northeast particularly hard, according to figures provided by Climate Central, a nonprofit group. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/nyregion/new-jersey-warming-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Here’s how the end of the Chevron doctrine could affect climate regulation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/climate/supreme-court-climate-chevron.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., over the weekend showed how wildfire damage, worsening under climate change, can put people at even greater risk than the fires themselves. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/climate/new-mexico-fire-floods.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, July 2, the United States Environmental Protection Agency released the Fifth Edition of Climate Change Indicators in the United States. The report highlights new data showing the continuing and far-reaching impacts of climate change on the people and environment of the United States. New […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden had paused new natural gas export terminals to assess their effects on the climate, economy and national security. A federal judge disagreed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/climate/federal-judge-biden-gas-exports.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 28, 2024) – Today, at City Hall in Waterloo, Iowa, EPA Region 7 Brownfields and Land Revitalization Branch Supervisor Stanley Walker presented a $1 million ceremonial check to the City of Waterloo as a Brownfields Multipurpose Grant selectee. EPA has selected the city to […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Ahead of the first presidential debate, we examined the climate stakes in this year’s election. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/climate/biden-vs-trump-on-climate-policy.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 27, 2024) – Today, at City Hall in Keokuk, Iowa, EPA Region 7 Brownfields and Land Revitalization Branch Supervisor Stanley Walker presented a $4.48 million ceremonial check to the City of Keokuk as a Brownfields Cleanup Grant selectee. EPA has selected the city to receive […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, June 27, at an event convening all EPA staff across headquarters and its 10 regional offices, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan delivered keynote remarks to mark historic progress achieved under President Biden’s leadership to address climate change, advance environmental justice, and highlight […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/climate/trump-clean-energy-china.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE (June 26, 2024) – The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Washington Department of Ecology announced today that they have reached an agreement in principle with King County and the City of Seattle that commits the local governments to significant expansion […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 26, 2024) – Today, at a brownfield site in Clinton, Iowa, EPA Region 7 Brownfields and Land Revitalization Branch Supervisor Stanley Walker presented a $3 million ceremonial check to the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA) in Iowa to supplement their Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF). […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Many American dams are aging and in need of serious repairs. Climate change only makes the problem more urgent. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/us/minnesota-dam-flooding.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj points to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/world/australia/record-heat-deaths-events.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) June 25, 2024 Contact Information R3 Press (R3Press@epa.gov) PHILADELPHIA (June 25, 2024) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $22.4 million in grants to 13 selectees, through the Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction grant program as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The 13 […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (June 25, 2024) – The Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with a seafood processor in Gloucester, Massachusetts, resolving alleged violations of the General Duty Clause of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. The violations stem from the company’s handling of anhydrous ammonia at its […]