Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 19, 2023) – Newton, Kansas, landowner Stan Jost will pay a $50,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Jost placed felled trees and other debris in approximately 4,155 feet of Mud […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed enforcement action related to violations of the Clean Water Act on the Sacramento River in Red Bluff, Calif. EPA is proposing an administrative settlement with Justin Jenson, the owner of a residential property in […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund A 44,000-acre conservation easement will protect four of the world’s most important rivers for salmon habitat. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/a-big-win-for-the-planet-and-people-in-alaska
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The field of conservation paleobiology is helping scientists to bring living things back to parts of the Los Angeles River. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/science/la-river-fossils-paleobiology.html
Published by the Department of the Interior The Department of the Interior today announced a multiagency strategy that seeks to prevent imminent extinction of Hawaiian forest birds imperiled by mosquito-borne avian malaria. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-releases-multiagency-strategy-preventing-imminent-extinction
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (December 15, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Louisiana based company, Limitless Vistas Inc (LVI) will receive $500,000 in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs. The grants through the EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency highlighted the recent progress being made in the environmental restoration of the Rouge River Area of Concern, including the imminent completion of several habitat restoration projects. “Thanks to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and support from our local […]
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) SAN FRANCISCO – 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 Hawai’i. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization and cleanup […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1.5 million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in California. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will recruit, train, and place workers for community […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Ana Shellem has found peace and prosperity while searching for wild species off the North Carolina coast for her one-woman sustainable fishing company. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/business/ana-shellem-fishing-company.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a RCRA Section 3008 Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) with TForce Freight, Inc. (TForce) to resolve allegations of noncompliance with multiple hazardous waste regulations at 174 facilities across 39 states. TForce, which operates a freight distribution and […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Despite the dual threats of a rapidly warming planet and declining biodiversity, we still made major conservation strides toward protecting wildlife, wild places, and people in 2022. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/conservation-highlights-of-2022
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – Today, top federal and state environmental agencies and officials from New England and New York, including the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced 41 grants totaling $10.3 million to organizations and local governments to improve the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BERLIN, N.H. (Dec. 7, 2022) – Under a Consent Decree agreement recently entered by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of New Hampshire have entered into an agreement with settling defendants, Fort James […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers claim that the behavior of a massive extinct herbivore, the Steller’s sea cow, might inform conservation efforts of threatened ecosystems today. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/science/sea-cow-california-kelp.html
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The talks concluded with new and renewed global protections against poaching, illegal, and unsustainable trade in wild animals and plants that could help reverse trends driving biodiversity loss. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/international-wildlife-trade-talks-lead-to-more-protections-for-animals
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded nearly $169 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to New Jersey for water infrastructure improvements that will help communities access clean, safe and reliable drinking water, increase resilience, collect and treat wastewater to protect public health, clean […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – The United States and State of Wisconsin announced a settlement with Container Life Cycle Management LLC (CLCM) that addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at the company’s container reconditioning facilities in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area. The company will pay […]