Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has amended its administrative cleanup order for the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York on June 27, 2024, to address the middle segment of the canal – known as Remediation Target Area (RTA) […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with Accel Schools Ohio LLC to address lead paint concerns and asbestos at three of its schools in Ohio: Youngstown Academy of Excellence (1408 Rigby St., Youngstown); Niles Preparatory Academy (45 Chestnut Ave., Niles); and STEAM Academy of Warren (261 Elm Road, Warren). Under […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) June 25, 2024 Contact Information R3 Press (R3Press@epa.gov) PHILADELPHIA (June 25, 2024) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $22.4 million in grants to 13 selectees, through the Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction grant program as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The 13 […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, June 24, the Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Department of Justice and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a settlement with the Westchester Joint Water Works (WJWW), the town/village of Harrison, the village of Mamaroneck, and the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK (June 21, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia and We Stay/Nos Quedamos joined other dignitaries at a rooftop community garden to mark the selection of the organization to be awarded a half million dollars to support a climate […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, June 21, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $250,000 in cash prizes for the winners of the Small Communities — Big Challenges Prize Competition. The winners, representing local governments across five states, had innovative and unique strategies for engaging with their rural communities to identify […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ORLANDO, Fla. (June 21, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $250,000 in cash prizes for the winners of the Small Communities — Big Challenges Prize Competition. The winners, representing local governments across five states, had innovative and unique strategies for engaging with their rural communities […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Agricultural insecticides were a key factor, according to a study focused on the Midwest, though researchers emphasized the importance of climate change and habitat loss. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/climate/butterfly-declines-insecticides-monarch.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (JUNE 20, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced New England’s 2024 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) and the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA). “Environmental stewardship often begins in […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Yesterday, June 17, 2024, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan issued a proclamation announcing June 17-23, 2024, as National Pollinator Week. This year’s proclamation underscores EPA’s commitment to protecting pollinators from pesticides, including through mitigation measures for several pesticides and the upcoming issuance of the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CHICAGO (June 18, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, announced that Shari Insley, a fifth-grade math and science teacher at Pine Intermediate School in North Olmsted Ohio, has won the 2024 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While trying to save large amphibians native to Japan, herpetologists in the country unexpectedly found a way to potentially save an even bigger species in China. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/science/giant-salamanders-japan-china.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $315,000 in grant funding to help New York’s coastal and Great Lakes communities protect the health of beachgoers. The funding will assist New York in conducting water quality monitoring and public notification programs for their beaches. “This […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – Today, in San Diego, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, and the California Water Resources Control Board announced a $37 million investment in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to support the South Mission Storm Drain and […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (June 12, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached an agreement with a railroad transportation company headquartered in Bangor, Maine, resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations for fuel oil discharges into waters of the United States from two separate derailments of company-owned freight train […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, June 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Lucia Lammers, a senior at Harrison High School in Harrison, New York, has won EPA’s 2024 Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award at the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, CA. Lucia’s […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners Contact: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON — Today, June 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the winners of the seventh annual National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards. These awards highlight the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ATLANTA (June 5, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), announced the selection of Rabbit Valley Farmers Market, Inc. in Ringgold, Georgia to receive technical assistance through the Local Foods, Local Places program. Together, EPA and the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON—Today, June 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission, announced the selection of six communities that will receive technical assistance through the Local Foods, Local Places program. This shared effort will develop local food systems to advance environmental protection, strengthen local […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CHICAGO (May 30, 2024) – Next week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin investigating sediment impacts in the Grand Calumet River Area of Concern in Gary, Indiana. EPA is investing more than $3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for the project in a cost-sharing partnership with […]