Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wild fires started earlier, are higher in number and spread across much of the country, burning millions of acres as climate change turns more of the country’s forest into a tinderbox. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/canada-wildfires-what-to-know.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Canada’s devastating fires and toxic smoke might not recur every year, but the heat from climate change increases the risks of a wide range of disasters. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/climate/wildfires-canada.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of the “Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students.” The winning stories include essays, infographics, videos and a mock newspaper article and highlight how pollution prevention (P2) practices that were implemented at businesses benefitted communities, […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (June 9, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $7,128,850 from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in New Hampshire while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected eight communities in New Hampshire to receive eight […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER (9 de junio de 2023) – La refinería de petróleo Suncor en Commerce City, Colorado, puede experimentar más incidentes de calidad del aire debido a deficiencias en el mantenimiento preventivo, las pruebas y la inspección de los sistemas de control de nivel de líquido y equipos […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brighton, Colo. (June 9, 2023) – Today, at an event in downtown Brighton, Colorado, representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined city officials and local leaders to announce a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment grant for the city. The purpose of the EPA funding is to conduct […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While many of them acknowledge that climate change is real, they largely downplay the issue and reject policies that would slow rising temperatures. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/us/politics/wildfires-republicans-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists have long warned that global warming will increase the chance of severe wildfires like those burning across Canada and heat waves like the one smothering Puerto Rico. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/climate/canada-wildfires-smoke-extreme-weather.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (8 de junio del 2023) – La próxima semana, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE. UU. (con sus siglas en inglés, EPA) llevará a cabo seminarios comunitarios de concientización sobre los efectos del plomo en la ciudad Memphis, Tennessee, en asociación con la ciudad […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CHICAGO (June 8, 2023) – Today, following successful completion of requirements to improve the safety of its drinking water and to protect residents from exposure to lead, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has terminated its order under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act to the city of […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister (right) presents a $642,400 ceremonial check to Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart (left) and Waterloo Community Planning and Development Director Noel Anderson in Waterloo, Iowa, on June 8, 2023. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 8, 2023) – Today, at the Crystal […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced another action to protect public health under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), proposing a ban on most uses of perchloroethylene (PCE), a chemical known to cause serious health risks such as neurotoxicity and cancer. Today’s proposal would protect […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – Smoke from wildfires in Quebec and Northern Ontario is continuing to cause elevated levels of air pollution in many portions of New England. The primary concern is high concentrations of fine particle air pollution that is unhealthy, especially for sensitive groups such as people with […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister (right) presents a $2 million ceremonial check to ECIA Director of Special Programs Jennifer Walker in Clinton, Iowa, on June 7, 2023. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 7, 2023) – Today, near a brownfield site in historic downtown Clinton, Iowa, […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) San Juan, PR – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy que LEAP Social Enterprise, Inc. recibirá una subvención de $500,000 del Programa Brownfields con el fin de realizar evaluaciones ambientales y desarrollar aproximadamente ocho planes de remediación […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister (right) presents a $500,000 ceremonial check to Clinton Mayor Scott Maddasion (left) and Clinton City Administrator Matt Brooke in Clinton, Iowa, on June 7, 2023. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 7, 2023) – Today, near a brownfield site in historic […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, due to elevated concentrations of fine particle air pollution from wildfires in Quebec and Northern Ontario. Areas predicted to exceed the Federal air quality standard for 24-hour particle pollution […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) San Juan, PR (June 7, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that LEAP Social Enterprise, Inc. will receive a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment grant to conduct environmental assessments and develop approximately eight cleanup plans at high-priority properties in Puerto Rico. The target areas for […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a new study, scientists found that the climate milestone could come about a decade sooner than anticipated, even if planet-warming emissions are gradually reduced. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/climate/arctic-sea-ice-melting.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As climate change speeds coastal erosion in France, can memory be preserved if the famous landing sites of the Allied invasion disappear? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/world/europe/d-days-beaches-climate-change.html