MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee to hold a press event in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina to highlight $7 Billion available for Solar for All grant competition

July 19, 2023 / by Region 04 / Climate

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (July 19, 2023) — On Friday, senior U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee will hold a press event at the EPA’s Research Triangle Park campus in North Carolina to highlight a $7 billion grant competition through President Biden’s Investing […]

El Consejo Asesor de Justicia Ambiental de la EPA celebrará su primera reunión en Puerto Rico

July 19, 2023 / by Region 02 / Climate

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NUEVA YORK – Por primera vez en sus 30 años de historia, el Consejo Asesor Nacional de Justicia Ambiental (NEJAC), un comité asesor federal de la Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA), se reunirá en Puerto Rico. El NEJAC proporciona asesoramiento y recomendaciones sobre temas amplios e intersectoriales […]

How the World’s Two Largest Polluters, U.S. and China, Stack Up

July 19, 2023 / by Lisa Friedman / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment From gas emissions to electric vehicles, here is how the world’s two biggest economies — and polluters — compare on taking steps to confront climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/climate/us-china-climate-issues.html

Spain, Facing a Future of Drought, Turns to Medieval Solutions

July 19, 2023 / by Constant Meheut / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Acequias, a network of water channels created by the Moors over 1,000 years ago, are being excavated and brought back to life to adapt to the crises of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/world/europe/spain-drought-acequias.html

Extreme Heat Grips 3 Continents as Climate Change Warms Earth

July 19, 2023 / by Alan Yuhas / Asia, Climate, Environment, Europe, Journalism, New York Times, North America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Across North America, Europe and Asia, hundreds of millions of people endured blistering conditions. The U.S. special envoy for climate change called it “a threat to all of humankind.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/extreme-heat-wave-us-europe-asia.html

A Third Party Soft Launches, but Its Politicians Disagree on Details

July 18, 2023 / by Jonathan Weisman / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Senator Joe Manchin III and former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. stressed that they were not a third-party presidential ticket — yet. And on issues like climate and guns, they debated their views. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/no-labels-manchin-huntsman-event.html

EPA Invites Public to Attend July 18 Community Advisory Group Meeting for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site

July 18, 2023 / by Region 07 / Climate

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 18, 2023) – The West Lake Community Advisory Group (CAG) will host a meeting today, July 18, to discuss the Design Investigation Report at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site. A representative from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be present to hear community […]

Fabricante de cuchillas de Kansas City pagará multa por presuntas violaciones de la ley ambiental

July 18, 2023 / by Region 07 / Climate

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (18 DE JULIO DE 2023) – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) cobrará una multa de $337,253 a Oregon Tool Inc., un fabricante de cuchillas de acero para cortadoras de césped de Kansas City, Missouri, para resolver presuntas […]

EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

July 18, 2023 / by Region 06 / Climate, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS – (July 18th, 2023) As the hurricane season kicks off, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds facility operators of preventing, minimizing, and reporting chemical releases during hazardous weather events. Facility operators are obligated to maintain safety, minimize releases that do occur, and report chemical releases […]

EPA to Host Environmental Justice Caucus in Detroit on August 7

July 18, 2023 / by Region 05 / Climate

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host an environmental justice caucus, a component of the National Brownfields Training Conference, on August 7 from 5 – 7 p.m. at Huntington Place Convention Center’s Portside Ballroom (room 206), located at 1 Washington Blvd., in Detroit. The caucus will be a […]

As China Bakes in Record Heat, John Kerry Presses Beijing on Climate Change

July 18, 2023 / by Vivian Wang and Lisa Friedman / Asia, Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The extreme heat wave choking China has become a talking point for John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, in his meetings with officials in Beijing. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/asia/china-heat-kerry.html

Kerry Says U.S. and China Must Set Aside Politics to Tackle Climate Change

July 17, 2023 / by Lisa Friedman / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, is in Beijing for three days of talks between the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gas pollution. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/world/asia/john-kerry-china-climate.html

New England Continues to Experience Poor Air Quality due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Tuesday July 18, 2023

July 17, 2023 / by Region 01 / Air Quality, Climate, Europe, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (July 18, 2023) – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting elevated concentrations of fine particle air pollution due to wildfires in Quebec and Northern Ontario. The primary concern is high concentrations of fine particle air pollution that is unhealthy, especially for sensitive groups such […]

Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Workplace Safety Requirements for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Worker Health, Fenceline Communities

July 17, 2023 / by Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP / Climate, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal that will better protect workers from exposure to carbon tetrachloride (CTC), a chemical known to cause serious health risks such as liver toxicity and cancer. This proposal, if finalized, would protect people from these risks by […]

As U.S. and China Resume Climate Talks, Here’s Where Things Stand

July 15, 2023 / by Lisa Friedman / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment John Kerry travels to Beijing for three days of talks, as the world’s two biggest economies, and two biggest polluters, try to cooperate on climate action. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/climate/us-china-climate-talks.html

In France, a Bastille Day With Fewer Fireworks

July 14, 2023 / by Constant Meheut / Climate, Environment, Europe, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Many French cities canceled their traditional firework shows over a familiar issue in France, social unrest, and a more daunting one, climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/world/europe/france-bastille-day-fireworks-cancelled.html

Farmers Insurance Retreat From Florida Signals Crisis With No Easy Fix

July 14, 2023 / by Emily Flitter / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Farmers is ending some policies in the Sunshine State as insurers struggle with the rising costs of covering climate change-related damage. No one can agree on whom to blame. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/business/farmers-homeowners-insurance-florida.html

Biden-Harris Administration Launches Historic $20 Billion in Grant Competitions to Create National Clean Financing Network as Part of Investing in America Agenda

July 14, 2023 / by Region 10 / Air Quality, Climate, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) for $20 billion across two grant competitions under the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, an Inflation Reduction Act program central to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda and environmental justice goals. […]

Biden-Harris Administration Launches Historic $20 Billion in Grant Competitions to Create National Clean Financing Network as Part of Investing in America Agenda

July 14, 2023 / by Office of the Administrator AO / Air Quality, Climate, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (July 14, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) for $20 billion across two grant competitions under the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, an Inflation Reduction Act program central to President Biden’s Investing in America […]

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