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DURHAM, NC – A ribbon-cutting ceremony for an innovative solar-paneled air monitoring system, incorporated into a park bench made from recycled milk jugs, will be held at 10 a.m. June 22 at Durham County Library South Regional. The prototype monitoring system developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is being tested at the library in partnership […]

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Lenexa, Kan., June 17, 2013) - EPA will host a green street design workshop and meetings that will provide Joplin, Mo., with technical assistance to consider “green complete street” options for the city’s 20th Street Corridor from Main Street to Highview Avenue. The first workshop, for city leadership, will be held fro […]

(Boston, MA—June 12, 2013) — EPA recently settled a case with Connecticut Freezers, Inc. and Maritime International, Inc. stemming from the release of about 5,000 pounds of ammonia from a cold storage warehouse in New Haven, Conn. The settlement requires a $50,000 penalty and performance of $160,000 worth of environmental projects, including trainings for ot […]

(Boston, Mass. – June 12, 2013) – A team of three New England-educated scientists who have designed an innovative clothing line to help measure the harmful health effects of air pollution has been awarded $100,000 in a prestigious federal award. The winning team includes Gabrielle Dockterman of Carlisle, Mass., David Kuller of Milan, Italy, formerly of Minne […]

(New York, N.Y. – June 11, 2013) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its final approval of an air permit for the construction and operation of a new 77 megawatt solid waste facility, owned by Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC’s, at the former site of Global Fibers Paper Mill in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The permit requires Energy Answers to use t […]

(New York, N.Y.) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congress Member Sean Patrick Maloney today visited three Superfund sites in Orange and Dutchess Counties to review and assess progress on the cleanup of contamination at these hazardous waste sites. Their first stop was the Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contaminati […]

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided $50,000 to the Lake George Park Commission for the purchase of two boat inspection and washing stations that will reduce the threat of aquatic invasive species being introduced into the Lake George ecosystem. The stations began operating over the 2013 Memorial Day weekend, the start of th […]