Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, April 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized 32 clean water and drinking water infrastructure projects for excellence and innovation. These projects were funded in part by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs. EPA’s AQUARIUS and PISCES […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE – Today, at an event at the West Point Treatment Plant, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott announced a $194 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to King County in Washington. This loan is the first installment of […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County, Pennsylvania to see first-hand the positive impact ClearWater Conservancy is having on local and downstream water quality. Donnan Stoicovy, Interim Executive Director; Jennifer Dombroskie, Riparian Program Manager; Suzy Yetter, Ecologist […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (March 27, 2024) – Today, in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Trust have been awarded approximately $206 million in grants to fund local projects and technical assistance to protect and restore the Chesapeake […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (March 27, 2024) – The Gulf of Mexico Alliance recently received a grant for more than $1.4 million from the Gulf of Mexico Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will be used to improve water quality in northeast Louisiana. As part of […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE – Today at an event in Tacoma with U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer, Regional Administrator Casey Sixkiller and other officials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott announced $12 million in new Puget Sound stormwater funding to address pollution entering Puget Sound through […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of four applicants to receive more than $35 million to fund projects that advance environmental justice in underserved and overburdened communities across the Great Lakes. Through EPA’s newly created Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program, […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program were 21% lower in 2022 than 2013. This includes a 26% decrease in air releases. During […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 21, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program were 21% lower in 2022 compared to 2013. This includes a 26% decrease in […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program were 21% lower in 2022 compared to 2013. This includes a 26% decrease in air releases. During […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER (March 21, 2024) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, including detailed information on the management of toxic chemicals from facilities in EPA’s Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 28 […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to prohibit ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos, the only known form of asbestos currently used in or imported to the United States. The ban on ongoing uses of asbestos is the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense program is celebrating the 16th annual Fix a Leak Week. Minor leaks account for nearly one trillion gallons of water wasted each year in U.S. homes. During the third week of March each year, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Two fracking companies had challenged requirements that some businesses disclose more information about the risks they face from climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/sec-climate-rules-lawsuit.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – After decades of restoration and cleanup work, the Rochester Embayment Area of Concern (AOC) is no longer a polluted hotspot in the Great Lakes basin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Monroe County, and other partners […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $43.5 million to fund projects that will help protect and restore San Francisco Bay and local watersheds and wetlands. EPA also announced today that the Agency will be launching a new program office later this year that […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lahaina, Hawaii – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed inspecting the sanitary sewer lines in Lahaina, Hawai’i. EPA cleared debris, such as sediment, rocks, rags, and grease from the lines. Once cleared, a robotic camera was used to assess conditions of the lines and […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Site map showing site boundary. (U.S. EPA image) LENEXA, KAN. (MARCH 5, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding five sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), including the Lot […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Ryan Smith and Noah Smith will pay $10,000 for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act at their property in Central, Alaska. In April 2021, Ryan Smith and Noah Smith cleared over five acres of wetlands adjacent to Crooked […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (Mar 4, 2024) – The Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) Fund is an EPA New England program designed to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout southeast New England. With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the EPA program will invest […]