Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The former industrial town in Minnesota is coming to terms with its status as a refuge for people moving from across the country because of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/realestate/duluth-minnesota-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The climate pattern that tends to bring drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half has ended, NOAA said Thursday. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/us/la-nina-weather.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2024 to the Congress. The Budget requests over $12 billion in discretionary budget authority for the EPA in 2024, a $1.9 billion or 19-percent increase from the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. EPA will release […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON – The Lepage Bakery of Lewiston was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of 86 U.S. manufacturing plants that earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY STAR certification. The bakery was the only facility recognized in New England. The designation is reserved for manufacturing […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (March 9th, 2023) –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $176,868,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the states; Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas for this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment American and European officials are trying to reach agreement on the outlines of a limited trade deal that could help resolve a major rift over America’s new climate legislation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/business/economy/us-europe-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/climate/sheldon-whitehouse-climate-senator.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE (March 8, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $16 million in new grant funding opportunities for states and tribes to provide technical assistance to help local businesses develop and adopt pollution prevention or P2 practices and to better address environmental justice concerns in […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $16 million for two new grant opportunities to support states and Tribes in providing technical assistance to businesses seeking to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices that advance environmental justice in underserved communities. EPA […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER – Are you interested in learning more about the many new grant opportunities available from the Environmental Protection Agency, but don’t know where to start? This webinar is for you! On Wednesday, March 15, EPA Region 8 will host a webinar from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) HELENA -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced approximately $65 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address cleanup projects at three Superfund sites across Montana: the Basin Mining Area, in Jefferson County; the Carpenter Snow Creek Mining District, in Cascade County; and the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC of Ashtabula, Ohio to resolve alleged violations of its Clean Water Act permit limits for pollutant discharges. Pollutants including chlorine, mercury and E. coli were discharged into the Diamond Shamrock tributary which flows to […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and seabed mining. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/climate/united-nations-treaty-oceans-biodiversity.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Relatively optimistic forecasts for global warming assume that developing countries will quit coal rapidly. South Africa’s case shows that it won’t be easy. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/climate/the-coal-challenge.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (March 3, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Permian Resources Operating, LLC (Permian Resources), formerly known as Centennial Resource Production, LLC, for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued orders to drinking water systems in Caro and Worth Township, Michigan, and in Bellwood, Illinois, for failing to meet requirements under America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. EPA took action to ensure Caro and Worth Township certify their emergency response plans […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK (March 2, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an administrative order requiring Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem) to design the interim cleanup plan that EPA selected in September 2021 for the upper nine miles of the Lower Passaic River Study Area of […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced several enforcement actions that support national and international goals to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in our fight against climate change. These civil penalty actions include three landmark settlements with HFC importers who failed to report their […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) announces two public listening sessions to receive individual input related to concerns about potential liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as “Superfund.” The input received will […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is making $250 million available to develop innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean energy economies. These planning grants, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are the first tranche of funding going to states, local governments, Tribes, and territories […]