Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indian Health Service completed a formal agreement that provides more than $23 million to build a new water treatment plant at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. IHS obligated $13,601,000 toward the project and EPA provided $10,262,000. Nearly all the funding […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NUEVA YORK – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) de Estados Unidos y el Departamento de Justicia (DOJ) de Estados Unidos han anunciado hoy una propuesta de decreto de consentimiento con 85 partes potencialmente responsables, exigiéndoles el pago de un total de $150 millones para apoyar los trabajos […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for an environmental job training program in Indiana. EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program grant will recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites. Thanks to […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (14 de diciembre de 2022) – En el día de hoy, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA) anunció la selección de 29 organizaciones como destinatarias de un monto total que supera los $14 millones de dólares en subvenciones financiadas por la Ley de […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 29 organizations to receive a total of more than $14 million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs across the country. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vernal, Utah — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an air quality plan, called a Federal Implementation Plan, which will require enforceable controls on the emissions of air pollutants from new, modified, and existing oil and natural gas facilities on Indian country lands within the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A concept paper sent to the European Union suggests a new trade approach to tax metal made with higher carbon emissions in countries like China. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/business/economy/steel-tariffs-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “I will not compromise on the availability of power,” India’s energy minister has declared in defense of fossil fuel use, which is heavily subsidized. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/business/energy-environment/india-energy-subsidies.html
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The new legislation will help prevent captive tigers from ending up in the illegal trade of their parts and products—a primary threat to big cats in the wild. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/in-a-win-for-wild-tigers-the-us-senate-passes-major-legislation-against-wildlife-crime
Published by the Department of the Interior Interior today announced new policies to strengthen the federal government’s responsibility to ensure regular consultation with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-strengthens-tribal-consultation-policies-and-procedures
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, during the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced a proposal to revise the federal water quality standards regulations to better protect Tribal rights under the Clean Water Act (CWA). With this action, EPA is working […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plus Malaysia’s new prime minister and the week in culture. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/24/briefing/covid-foxconn-protests-malaysia-asia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Makers of wind turbines are reporting mounting losses, and fret about losing out to rivals from China, as countries chase ambitious clean energy targets. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/business/wind-power-europe.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The return of smog season in India’s capital has again left residents asking why nothing has changed. The answer may be largely political. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/world/asia/india-china-air-pollution.html
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Snares, rudimentary traps that people have set by the millions on forest floors and snowy mountain pathways across Asia, are barely visible to the eye and a fatal danger to all wildlife. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/predators-of-predators-the-snaring-crisis-threatening-the-survival-of-asia-s-big-cats
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Droughts, cyclones and floods have forced the people of Madagascar, a poor country in the southern Indian Ocean, to find new homes, new livelihoods and even new diets. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/world/africa/madagascar-climate-change-drought-cyclone.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plus India could be key to peace in Ukraine and a child’s death in China sparks new outrage over the zero Covid policy. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/briefing/cop27-loss-damages-climate.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (4 de noviembre de 2022) – Cumpliendo su compromiso de brindar soluciones a la gente de Puerto Rico, el Administrador de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos, Michael S. Regan, anunció hoy una serie de medidas iniciales que responden directamente a las preocupaciones que […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (November 4, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced initial public engagement and input opportunities for a subset of new and existing programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. These programs, which include funding for air quality projects and climate projects addressing […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (Nobyembre 4, 2022) – Ngayong araw, ipinahayag ng U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ang paunang pakikibahagi ng publiko at mga oportunidad upang makapagbigay ng input para sa subset ng mga bago at kasalukuyang ipinapatupad na mga programa na pinopondohan sa ilalim ng Inflation Reduction Act ni […]