Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) COLUMBIA, SC (November 17, 2022) – On November 16, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina approved a consent decree that resolves allegations that Defendant New Indy Containerboard Catawba LLC’s paper and pulp factory was causing an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected six entities based in California as Partners of the Year for the agency’s Safer Choice program, recognizing their achievements in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals. The Safer Choice program helps consumers […]
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 Canada is looking to its Indigenous communities to help manage its boreal forests, the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem and one of its biggest stores of carbon. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/climate/canada-climate-change-indigenous-people.html
Published by the Department of the Interior The administration today announced $109.48 million to catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and New Mexico. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-more-109-million-create-good-paying-union-jobs
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The deal is the most ambitious effort yet by the United States and European countries to persuade a developing nation to abandon the dirtiest of the fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/climate/indonesia-coal-agreement.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 […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to reestablish federal water quality standards for the State of Washington. The agency’s final rule follows the science to help protect the health of Washingtonians and Tribal members who eat fish and shellfish caught in the state. […]
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) 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 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
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 Several European leaders at COP27 announced funds to help poor nations recover from loss and damage caused by climate change. The United States was silent. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/climate/loss-and-damage-cop27-climate.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The city of Elyria, Ohio, has entered into a consent decree with the United States and the State of Ohio to complete a series of capital projects designed to eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from its sewer system into the Black River, 10 miles upstream from […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “The things Americans value most are at risk,” says a draft of the National Climate Assessment, a major federal scientific report slated for release next year. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/climate/national-climate-assessment.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The United States today announced that Utica Resource Operating LLC (URO) has agreed to a settlement resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations at URO’s oil and gas production well facilities in Ohio. The settlement addresses URO’s failure to capture and control air emissions from storage vessels […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 7th, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing Lemi Shine as an outstanding Safer Choice Formulator Product Manufacturer. Lemi Shine has prioritized educating consumers about how products that are safer for human health and the environment can also be affordable and perform […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Poor countries facing climate hazards want the United States and other industrialized nations to compensate them for the harm caused by greenhouse gases. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/climate/loss-and-damage-climate-cop27.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The United States will try to reassert global leadership at global talks in Egypt. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/climate/united-states-climate-summit.html