Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – Money will go to greening marine economy and boosting resource efficiency among others – Since 2014, Italy contributed over 10.5 euro million to the Environment Fund Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27093&ArticleID=36345&l=en
Published by the Department of the Interior As America’s storyteller, the National Park Service preserves and interprets important places that teach us about our nation’s history and culture, so that future generations can learn from the past. The many African American heritage sites protected and maintained by the National Park Service honor the contributions African Americans […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme – 19 banks and investors, totalling $6.6 trillion in assets set new criteria for sustainable financial instruments – An estimated $5 to 7 trillion a year is needed to achieve the global sustainable development goals – Banks manage $140 trillion of assets and institutional investors over $100 trillion […]
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Fund joins a coalition of 28 international investors controlling over $3 trillion in assets Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27092&ArticleID=36341&l=en
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27092&ArticleID=36340&l=en
Published by the Department of the Interior Protecting an Arctic icon, honoring Harriet Tubman, saying goodbye to Secretary Jewell Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/this-week-interior-january-19-2017
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/magellan-pipeline-settles-alleged-clean-water-act-violations-related-spills-texas
Published by the United Nations [UN] Environment Programme Read the full article at: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=27092&ArticleID=36339&l=en
Published by the Department of the Interior In addition to drought contingency actions and updating the water agreement with Mexico, the agreements referenced in the Secretarial Order will maintain significant hydropower production and associated financial support for critical environmental programs, and they will help protect Indian treaty rights and recognized water rights. Read the full article […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hoy, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE.UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) publicaron sus consejos finales referentes al consumo de pescado. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/la-fda-y-la-epa-publican-consejos-finales-sobre-el-consumo-de-pescado
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Bandit Industries, Inc., for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act for selling non-road diesel engines and equipment used to process wood and waste that do not meet federal standards. Read the full article […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Tauber Oil Company, resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations stemming from the company’s sale of a fuel additive that was not registered with the EPA. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/tauber-oil-company-settles-allegations-selling-unregistered-fuel-additive-violation
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-and-fda-issue-final-fish-consumption-advice-0
Published by the Department of the Interior The Arctic Youth Ambassador program was established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Alaska Region, U.S. Department of the Interior, and U.S. Department of State in partnership with nonprofit partner Alaska Geographic. The ambassadors hail from Alaska and understand the Arctic, its people, and can explain it from a […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Kitty Hawk lease area begins about 24 nautical miles from shore and extends 25.7 nautical miles in a general southeast direction. Its seaward extent ranges from 13.5 nautical miles in the north to .6 of a nautical mile in the south. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-auction-122000-acres-offshore-north-carolina-wind-energy
Published by the Department of the Interior Editor’s note: Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Baihuashan National Nature Reserve in 2015 for a signing ceremony promoting tourism and strengthening international partnership and collaboration between the U.S. and China. This is a blog authored in Chinese and English by our colleagues at the reserve (in conjunction with Interior) about how the ongoing collaboration […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The settlements, negotiated during the past eight years, were ratified and approved in December 2016 under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-jewell-tribal-leaders-mark-enactment-four-additional-water-rights
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $12.7 million in grants to help small drinking and wastewater systems and private well owners. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-127-million-assist-small-drinking-water-and-wastewater-systems-0
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy finalized her decision to maintain the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model years 2022-2025 cars and light trucks. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/carbon-pollution-standards-cars-and-light-trucks-remain-unchanged-through-2025
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON–The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving swiftly to propose how it will prioritize and evaluate chemicals, given that the final processes must be in place within the first year of the new law’s enactment, or before June 22, 2017. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/first-time-40-years-epa-put-place-process-evaluate-chemicals-may-pose-risk