Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The financing faced criticism that it doesn’t mesh with U.S. commitments on climate change. Earlier, two climate advisers had resigned over the plan. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/climate/exim-financing-biden-bahrain-oil.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, March 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $1.2 million, in funding to 16 college student teams to research and develop innovative solutions that address environmental and public health challenges as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program. EPA is […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NUEVA YORK – La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) finalizó su plan de limpieza para remediar el suelo contaminado con arsénico y plomo, y los compuestos orgánicos volátiles (VOCs) en las aguas subterráneas en el Lugar Superfondo Battery Recycling Company en Arecibo, Puerto Rico. El plan final, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment State-owned Petrobras could soon be the world’s third-biggest oil producer, in stark contrast to the country’s promises to fight climate change and slow Amazon destruction. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/climate/brazil-oil-production.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In her elegant essay collection, “Lessons for Survival,” Emily Raboteau confronts climate collapse, societal breakdown and the Covid pandemic while trying to raise children in a responsible way. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/books/review/lessons-for-survival-emily-raboteau.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Hoy, 12 de marzo, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció una regla para enmendar las normas que rigen las instalaciones que utilizan quema y detonación al aire libre (OB/OD, por sus siglas en inglés) para tratar […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $43.5 million to fund projects that will help protect and restore San Francisco Bay and local watersheds and wetlands. EPA also announced today that the Agency will be launching a new program office later this year that […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cheyenne, Wyoming (March 12, 2024) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Air Act settlement in which Dyno Nobel, Inc. (Dyno Nobel) has agreed to pay a $394,906 civil administrative penalty as part of an ongoing, multi-step effort to address violations of Risk […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Lytton, British Columbia, used to draw backpackers, rafters and road-trippers until a wildfire destroyed it in 2021. Now, it’s a microcosm of how climate change is scrambling tourism. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/travel/lytton-fire-canada.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $94 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Village of New Lenox in northeastern Illinois. The community in New Lenox is growing and putting stress on the water infrastructure. EPA’s loan will help finance […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 11, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Following historic progress made since the President took office—with nearly 15 million jobs created and inflation down two-thirds—the Budget protects and builds on this progress by lowering costs for working […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a record 45 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and dozens of Metropolitan Statistical Areas have now developed climate action plans through investments made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The planning […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In his speech to Congress, the president spoke in sweeping terms about global warming, and contrasted his record with that of Donald Trump. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/climate/biden-state-of-the-union-climate.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER (March 7, 2024) – On Tuesday, March 5, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held the third community event as part of its Community, Equity and Resilience Road Show initiative in Commerce City, Colorado. More than 90 individuals registered for the event, representing Denver-area environmental justice organizations […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Recent heat waves in cities worldwide have the hallmarks of global warming, researchers said. And last month was the hottest February on record. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/climate/winter-february-heat-wave.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The rules, designed to inform investors of business risks from climate change, were rolled back amid opposition from the G.O.P., fossil fuel producers, farmers and others. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/climate/sec-climate-disclosure-regulations.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New U.N. research shows that climate change disproportionately erodes income in households led by women in poorer countries. But there are ways to fix it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/climate/women-families-poverty-global-warming.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians a $653,120 grant, funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expand recycling infrastructure, support good-paying jobs, and increase circular waste management on and off the Tribal land. “EPA […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, Mar. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding five sites and proposing to add three additional sites to the Superfund National Priorities List. The NPL is a list of known sites throughout the United States and its territories where historic releases of hazardous substances, […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lahaina, Hawaii – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed nighttime operations that required road closures in order to inspect a portion of the sewer line system on March 2nd, 2024. EPA cleared and inspected sanitary sewer lines on Honoapiʻilani Hwy and Keawe Street, between Leialiʻi Parkway […]