Published by the Environmental News Service MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, May 23, 2017 (ENS) – “While wildlife keeps all of us alive, its future is squarely in our hands,” says John Scanlon, who heads the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES. “We alone will determine the fate of the world’s wildlife and in doing […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Noel Patterson educates guests at the Miraval Resort & Spa in Tucson on the importance of bees, leads tastings and encourages backyard hives. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/travel/noel-patterson-hotel-beekeeper-honey-education.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The spending plan also calls for raising billions of dollars by opening up public lands to oil and gas drilling and selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/climate/trump-budget-energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-budget-returns-focus-core-statutory-mission
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, against FCA US LLC, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., V.M. Motori S.p.A., and V.M. North America, Inc. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/united-states-files-complaint-against-fiat-chrysler-automobiles-alleged-clean-air-act
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a 90-day administrative stay for the August 2016 New Source Performance Standards and Emissions Guidelines for municipal solid waste landfills. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-stays-landfill-methane-rules
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund The Trump administration is trying to dramatically reshape the federal government’s environmental budget, threatening our most basic protections. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/330000412/0/edf/blogs/feed~Trumps-EPA-budget-critical-public-health-programs-on-the-chopping-block
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2,652,592 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to help protect human health and the environment. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-multi-million-dollar-grant-north-carolina-protect-water-quality
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with the Congressional Coal Caucus on Monday and carried with him the message from President Donald Trump that the war on coal is over. Additionally, Administrator Pruitt highlighted many of the changes EPA has made from the last a Read […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – As part of his continued effort to prioritize Superfund cleanups, U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-superfund-task-force
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Perry’s “study” appears to have more to do with undermining state policies than it does grid reliability. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/326331230/0/edf/blogs/feed~Heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-Rick-Perrys-fake-power-grid-study-%E2%80%93-and-it-isnt-good
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Texas Congressman Pete Olson (TX-22) met on Friday to discuss clean air policy and other issues vitally important to Texas, its environment, and its economy. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-and-us-representative-pete-olson-discuss-issues-facing
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2017 (ENS) – A new public opinion poll finds that the majority of Americans support government regulations as the best way to encourage use of renewable energy, while a minority believes the private marketplace can do the job. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/05/18/pew-poll-federal-regs-needed-to-support-renewables/
Published by the Environmental News Service SACRAMENTO, California, May 18, 2017 (ENS) – Volkswagen will pay US$225 million, including $66 million to California, for harm resulting from the sale of its 3.0-liter diesel passenger cars that included emissions control “defeat devices,” under partial consent decrees signed Wednesday. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/05/18/vw-pays-millions-in-3-0-liter-diesel-defeat-device-case/
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Innovative solutions complement the Endangered Species Act and can benefit people as well as nature. Read the full article at: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/325097814/0/edf/blogs/feed~years-of-conservation-%E2%80%93-and-where-we-go-from-here
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON –The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) will receive approximately $343,883 in the form of a federal grant appropriated by Congress to identify, conserve, and protect the significant res Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-grant-albemarle-pamlico-national-estuary-partnership-protecting-natural
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the City of Joshua, Texas a one-time $675,083 Special Appropriation Act Program grant for drainage improvements for their growing city. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/water-infrastructure-investment-city-joshua-tx-protects-environment-and-sparks-economic
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today announced an agreement with Vopak Terminal Deer Park Inc. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/under-agreement-us-and-state-texas-vopak-reduce-hazardous-air-pollution-chemical
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/bill-signed-president-trump-gives-epas-wifia-program-additional-help-meet-communities
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Forty years ago, feline hyperthyroidism was virtually nonexistent. Now it’s an epidemic — and some scientists think a class of everyday chemicals might be to blame. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/magazine/the-mystery-of-the-wasting-house-cats.html?partner=rss&emc=rss