Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – As part of the national celebration of America Recycles Day this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Zabble, Inc., in Walnut Creek, Calif., has received a $400,000 contract to further the development of a zero waste management platform that uses artificial intelligence. […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a supplemental proposed rule modifying and adjusting certain aspects of the fees rule established under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA is publishing these changes to ensure that collected fees provide the Agency with 25% of authorized TSCA costs consistent with direction in the FY 2022 appropriations […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the appointment of 20 members, including the new Committee Chair and Committee Vice-Chair to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC), which provides independent policy advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate cooperation could get a boost from breakthroughs at a meeting of the world’s 20 biggest economies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/climate/biden-xi-g20-bali.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment During the U.N. climate conference in Egypt, world leaders pressed the Egyptian president to release Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been on a hunger strike for more than seven months. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/world/middleeast/egypt-alaa-abd-el-fattah-hunger-strike.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) marked one year of progress in implementing President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with the release of a new report detailing the Agency’s investments in the Nation’s infrastructure and communities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure law provides EPA with more than […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, to mark the 25th Anniversary of America Recycles Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is celebrating progress the agency has made on recycling and educating the public on the importance of recycling, one year after publishing its National Recycling Strategy. The strategy is the […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Secretary Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Cantor visited the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to highlight the Department’s efforts to bolster climate resilience in the U.S. territories. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-haaland-visit-highlights-climate-resilience-investments-us-territories
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Discussions about combating climate change between the world’s two largest economies — and two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases — had been frozen since August. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/business/china-us-climate-change.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and PEMEX recently announced a significant collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane, that will advance the ambitious global methane reduction goals of the Global Methane Pledge. With this new collaboration, EPA and PEMEX will work through diagnostic and […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 14th, 2022) — Construction for the final remedy has begun for part of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas, just east of Houston. The work involves excavation and off-site disposal of dioxin-containing wastes from the portion of the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced settlements with four separate solar farm owners to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. The alleged violations were construction permit violations and stormwater mismanagement at large-scale solar generating facilities: a site near […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a country where protests are banned, hundreds rallied at the COP27 climate talks, demanding climate reparations and freedom for a political prisoner. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/climate/cop27-protests-egypt.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Financial institutions have made big climate pledges. But they’ve also found reasons and ways to pass the buck, continuing to funnel money toward fossil fuels. Here’s why. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/finance-fossil-fuels-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The effects of global warming on the country’s monuments are already striking. And the changing weather is only amplifying centuries of destructive human impact. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/world/middleeast/climate-change-and-human-activity-erode-egypts-treasured-antiquities.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At climate talks in Egypt, President Biden apologized for his predecessor’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/biden-cop27-climate-speech.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president leaned hard into the Inflation Reduction Act, his signature climate bill. We’re analyzing his speech and the reaction. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/11/climate/cop27-climate-summit
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (Nov. 11, 2022) – Today at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is strengthening its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution. If finalized, these critical, commonsense standards will protect workers and communities, maintain and […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An effort decades in the making is showing results in Nepal, a rare success story in a world of cascading climate disasters and despair. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/world/asia/nepal-reforestration-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Global emissions from fossil fuels are likely to reach record highs this year, new data shows, putting nations further off track from stopping global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/climate/carbon-dioxide-emissions-global-warming.html