Published by The New York Times Science & Environment John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, was criticized by Republicans as being too soft on China, the world’s biggest polluter. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/climate/kerry-climate-china-republicans.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER (July 13, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Region 8 Office is announcing a grant competition for an “Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center” (EJ TCTAC). The agency is offering this funding opportunity of up to $10 million to help communities and other environmental […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) TAMUNING, GUAM – Following Typhoon Mawar, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and their contractors committed to visit every Guam public school, in addition to other education-related facilities, to help assess the amounts and different types of typhoon-impacted hazardous waste and electronic waste (e-waste) needing proper disposal. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (July 13th, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera that detects hydrocarbon leaks. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment America’s compounding natural disasters show the reality of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/briefing/extreme-weather.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (July 12, 2023) – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, due to elevated ground-level ozone. The areas that are predicted to exceed the Federal air quality standard for ozone on Wednesday, July 12 are: Rhode Island […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 12, 2023) – Today, at the John Bardo Center on the Wichita State University (WSU) Innovation Campus, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister joined WSU officials and Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) partners to celebrate the opening of the Region 7 […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (12 DE JULIO DE 2023) – Hoy, en el Centro John Bardo en el campus de la Universidad Estatal de Wichita (WSU), la Administradora de la Región 7 de la EPA, Meg McCollister, se unió a funcionarios de WSU y socios del Centro de Asistencia Técnica […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Even as climate change upends our lives, we seem set on doing things the way we’ve always done them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/magazine/royal-soldier-fainting-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The lack of a comprehensive national rainfall database and current flood maps hampers the ability to prepare for storms intensified by climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/climate/climate-change-floods-preparedness.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites you to join a public session on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and protection priorities at the Rochester Museum and Science Center on Wednesday July 19, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “The Great Lakes are […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Polypeptide Labs Inc. for claims of violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act tied to emissions at the company’s Torrance, California facility. Polypeptide has agreed to pay a $57,472 civil penalty and has […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 11, 2023) – Millenia Products LLC, doing business as La Palm Spa Products, will pay a $118,483 civil penalty for allegedly failing to properly label a pesticide product called “Hospital Disinfectant” and failing to register the product with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a settlement with J.R. Simplot Company involving Simplot’s Don Plant manufacturing facility located near Pocatello, Idaho. The settlement resolves allegations primarily under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at the facility, including […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest action to phase down the use of climate super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), issuing a final rule to implement a 40% reduction below historic levels from 2024 through 2028. The rule aligns with the bipartisan American Innovation and […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Basements and train tunnels constantly leak heat, causing the land to sink and straining building foundations. Scientists call it “underground climate change.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/climate/chicago-underground-heat.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers suggest that strategies to cope with higher temperatures aren’t keeping pace with global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/climate/heat-waves-europe-deaths.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (10 de julio de 2023) De conformidad con una modificación del acuerdo con la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Departamento de Justicia (DOJ) de los Estados Unidos, la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Pursuant to a settlement modification with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has agreed to make major improvements and upgrades to the island’s sanitary collection system and wastewater treatment plants. These upgrades […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In “The Parrot and the Igloo,” the novelist and journalist David Lipsky spins top-flight climate literature into cliffhanger entertainment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/books/review/the-parrot-and-the-igloo-david-lipsky.html