Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Russia may be having major difficulties in Ukraine, but it remains a vast power in the north and the Arctic, where climate change is opening new sea routes for trade and trouble. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/world/europe/blinken-arctic-nato-russia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When Californians aren’t thirsting for water, they’re drowning in it. But experts see a way to navigate climate swings. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/magazine/california-floods-droughts.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (May 31, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $500,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the cleanup of a brownfields site in Rhode Island while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected one community in Rhode Island to receive one grant […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Meg McCollister’s first stop on the EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour will be Hannibal, Missouri, on June 5. (U.S. EPA image) LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 31, 2023) – On Monday, June 5, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister will begin a four-day tour through […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (May 31, 2023) – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting elevated concentrations of fine particle air pollution due to wildfires in central and southern Nova Scotia. Areas predicted to reach the Moderate 24-hour particle pollution level concentrations on May 31 are: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (May 31, 2023) – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, due to elevated ground-level ozone, commonly referred to as “smog.” The areas that are predicted to exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone on Thursday, […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is transforming how children get to school, accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles, and producing cleaner air for our communities. That is the message delivered today by EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia in Saratoga Springs. In the last round […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) has issued an updated draft permit under the Clean Water Act for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Deer Island Treatment Plant and several effluent outfalls associated with the system. The proposed permit would significantly update protections for Boston […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) TAMPA (May 31, 2023) – The EPA together with other federal and local partners will host a press event in Tampa on Thursday to highlight an investment of $1 million in Brownfields job training funds in Florida. Under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate activists are livid over a provision in the debt limit agreement that orders federal agencies to issue permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline — and says courts can’t review them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/climate/mountain-valley-pipe.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO (May 30, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Tetra Tech the second Navajo Area Abandoned Uranium Mines Response, Assessment, and Evaluation Services (RAES) contract, worth $65 million, to address risks to public health and the environment from former mines on Navajo land. Under […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW TAZEWELL, Tenn. (May 30, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a community meeting to share information about two actions to address a chemical, ethylene oxide (EtO), released from commercial sterilizers including the DeRoyal Industries facility located at 1135 Highway 33 in South New Tazewell. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of approximately $12 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda for environmental job training grants under the Fiscal Year 2024 Brownfields Job Training Program. EPA is seeking applications for the program and anticipates awarding approximately […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/climate/ricky-revesz-oira-regulation-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Experts have linked recent deadly rains in the north of the country to climate change, but decades of urbanization and neglect helped lay the groundwork for a calamity. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/world/europe/italy-floods-emilia-romagna.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Regional Administrator David Cash joined elected officials and school leaders in New Bedford to celebrate the award of 14 zero emission school buses to the City of New Bedford. The buses were part of nearly […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate change appears to be disrupting the hibernation of females in the Far North, scientists say, and that could affect mating season. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/climate/arctic-squirrels-climate-change.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHA (May 25, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $1.9 million to the state of Virginia from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Virginia while advancing environmental justice. EPA made four selections in Virginia for […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (May 25, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $13,790,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in Massachusetts while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected 14 communities in Massachusetts to receive 14 grants totaling […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) FRANKFORT, KY (May 25, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $7,999,560 from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Kentucky while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected ten communities in Kentucky to receive grants totaling […]