Published by The New York Times Science & Environment ‘Decarb bros’ think the best way to combat climate change is to ditch the gloom of earlier environmentalism and focus on what new technology can do. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/business/decarb-bros-climate-change.html
Published by the Department of the Interior Interior today announced a $140 million investment for water conservation and efficiency projects as part of the President’s Investing in America agenda to enhance the resilience of the West to drought and climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-over-140-million-water-conservation-and
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment We picked some of our favorite articles from the Times’s Climate Desk. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/climate/earth-day-reads.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, has awarded the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators to Amanda Schaeffer, a teacher at Hilliard Innovative Learning Hub in Hilliard, Ohio. Ms. Schaeffer teaches “Art and Ecology,” a course she created to empower students […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (April 21, 2023) – Today at an event in Raleigh, North Carolina, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the Walnut Creek watershed as the 21st Urban Waters Federal Partnership location. With […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, has awarded the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators to Ayesha Qazi-Lampert, a teacher at Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Qazi-Lampert teaches more than AP Environmental Science – she teaches the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ATLANTA (April 21, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the City of Atlanta observed Earth Day, by participating in a Cross Agency Community Engagement Event at the Truly Living Well Center for Urban Agriculture in Atlanta, Georgia. “Preventing […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) VICKSBURG, Miss.– (April 21, 2023) The U.S Department of the Army (Army) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host community sessions on May 4-5,2023, to present and receive feedback on their joint recommended preferred approach to flood risk reduction in the Yazoo Backwater Area (YBA). These […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that students from the Waukegan (Illinois) High School Environmental Club have won the President’s Environmental Youth Award for their project, Waukegan Zero. Through this project, students planted enough trees in the City of Waukegan to offset emissions produced by Waukegan High School. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The promise to help Brazil protect the Amazon must be approved by Congress, where Republicans are opposed to foreign climate aid. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/climate/biden-amazon-deforestation-climate.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hoy, Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Departamento de Justicia anunciaron tres acuerdos separados con procesadores de gas natural que requerirán que las compañías paguen $9.25 millones combinados en multas civiles y hagan mejoras en 25 plantas procesadoras de gas y […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (April 20th, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced The Deep South for Environmental Justice and the New Mexico State University has been selected to serve as Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (EJ TCTACs) that will receive at least $10 million each […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER – The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced three separate Clean Air Act settlements with natural gas processors WES DJ Gathering LLC f/k/a/ Kerr McGee Gathering, LLC; MPLX LP; and The Williams Companies, Inc., et al which will require the companies […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, EPA and the Department of Justice announced three separate settlements with natural gas processors that will require the companies to pay a combined $9.25 million in civil penalties and make improvements at 25 gas processing plants and 91 compressor stations. These settlements will reduce harmful […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – On April 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a training session in Mayaguez for people who conduct inspections of construction sites in Puerto Rico. These inspectors must ensure that construction projects have proper coverage from an EPA general permit and take certain […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) and the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA). “We are thrilled to honor the crucial work that […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The Environmental Protection Agency today released an aggressive $290 million plan to reduce the amount of pollution in Seattle’s East Waterway, one of two industrial channels of the Lower Duwamish River below the Spokane Street Bridge. Under EPA oversight, cleanup of the East Waterway is primarily being […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest action to protect public health under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), proposing a ban on most uses of methylene chloride, a dangerous chemical known to cause serious health risks and even death. Today’s proposal […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A climate reporter explains the findings of a distressing report and why the crisis never really fades from the news cycle, even if it seems otherwise. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/insider/why-solving-climate-change-is-not-an-issue-where-we-succeed-or-fail.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – Beginning with a visit to the islands by Regional Administrator Martha Guzman, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to provide input on the pursuit of Zero Waste as a goal and solid waste […]