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E.P.A. Acknowledges Ohio Student’s Environmental Plan

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Chicago (May 24, 2012) - The E.P.A. acknowledged a Powell, Ohio, high school student's extraordinary efforts to divert thousands of pounds of electronic waste from landfills with the 2011 regional President's Environmental Youth Award. E.P.A. presented Sachin Rudraraju with the award on May 22 at the Solid Waste Agency of Central Ohio yearly awards recognition event in Columbus. The President's Environmental Youth Awards plan is an yearly contest sponsored by E.P.A. to honor creative ...

E.P.A. to Hold Public Hearings in Washington, D.C. ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON - The E.P.A. (EPA) will hold 2 public hearings on May 24, 2012, on the suggested carbon pollution standard for new power plants. The suggested standard, which only applies to power plants built in the future, is flexible and would help minimize carbon pollution through the deployment of the same types of modern technologies and steps that power companies are already taking to build the next generation of power plants. Currently, there is no uniform national limit on the am...

Cleanup Brings Muskegon Lake Area of Concern Closer to Restoration, Delivers Results Under ...

Mon, 14 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

CHICAGO (May 14, 2012) - The E.P.A., Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the City and Co. of Muskegon today announced the completion of a contaminated sediment removal plan at the Division Street Outfall to Muskegon Lake. This plan brings Muskegon Lake closer to being removed from a binational list of Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes. "The work by federal, state, county, city and other partners over the years has helped deliver real results under the Great Lakes ...

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Acknowledged for Exceptional Asthma Plan

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Boston, Mass.-May 2, 2012) The Connecticut Children's Medical Center is one of 4 winners nationwide of the 2012 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management for its Easy Breathing Program, which includes patient education and environmental interventions. The plan is implemented across the state of Connecticut helping ensure that comprehensive asthma care is accessible to the 105,000 children with asthma now enrolled in the program. The Easy Breathing Plan is designed ...

Mission Health in Asheville, N.C. Achieves 2012 National Environmental Leadership Award

Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

ATLANTA - As part of Asthma Awareness Month, E.P.A. is honoring Mission Health in Asheville, N.C. with the 2012 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management. Mission Health was awarded for their efforts to enhance the lives of people with asthma in underserved communities across the country. Other winners include: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Conn.; L.A. Care Health Plan, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Michigan Department of Community Health's Asthma Pre...

E.P.A. Works to Help the Nearly 26 Million Americans with Asthma/Highlights Asthma Awareness ...

Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON - The E.P.A. (EPA) is encouraging Americans to take action against asthma by learning more about the disease and how it affects their families and communities. Nearly 26 million Americans, including in excess of seven million children, are affected by this chronic respiratory disease, including low income and minority populations at the highest rates. "Asthma is a disease that touches the lives of American families every day. E.P.A. is working hard to clean the ai...

Michigan State University Commits to Green Power

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

The Michigan State University (MSU) Board of Trustees voted to adopt the university's Energy Transition Plan, which requires the campus to acquire 40 percent of its energy use from renewable sources by 2030, with the ultimate goal to be eventually powered by 100 percent renewable energy. The project was created by the Energy Transition Steering Committee; a 24 member group of students, faculty and staff who developed the project to help MSU meet its future energy ne...

Rhode Island Citizens Gain Prestigious Regional E.P.A. Environmental Awards

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Boston, Massachusetts - April 25, 2012) - 4 Rhode Island citizens and a hospital from the Ocean State will be recognized today in Boston's Faneuil Hall as E.P.A. presented its yearly Environmental Merit Awards for 2012. The merit awards, recognizing valuable contributions to environmental awareness and problem solving, are a unique way that E.P.A. can recognize individuals and groups that are making significant impacts on environmental quality in distinct ways. Award...

House Approves Bipartisan Legislation to Safeguard Hunting & Fishing from Bureaucratic ...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON, D.C. , April 17, 2012 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012, with a bipartisan vote of 274-146. This bill protects the traditional right of American sportsmen to fish and hunt from unjustified bureaucratic restrictions and limitations. It will protect American jobs and foster economic growth by supporting recreational opportunities on these federal lands as well as reaffirm existing law barring the E.P.A. (EPA) from bannin...

Congress Must Act Now to Stop Bureaucratic Threats to Hunting and Fishing

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON, D.C. , April 17, 2012 - Today the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012. The ability of sportsmen to hunt, fish and shoot on public lands is currently being threatened by actions of the Obama Administration and activist environmental groups. Proposals to block access to public land and ban certain types of ammunition would cost jobs and cause economic harm in rural America. H.R. 4089 looks for to protect hunting and fishing acti...

U.S. Declares Innovative Clean Air Arrangement For Industrial Flares With Marathon Petroleum Company

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON - The E.P.A. (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced an innovative environmental arrangement with Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Company that already has significantly reduced air pollution from all 6 of the company's petroleum refineries. In a 1st for the refining industry, Marathon has agreed to state-of-the-art controls on combustion devices known as flares and to a cap on the volume of waste gas it will send to its flares. When fully implemented, the arrange...

D.O.E. Awards In excess of $5 Million to Reduce Cost of Advanced Fuel Cells

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

D.O.E. announced on March 29 the investment of $5 million to 2 companies for supporting research into reducing the cost of advanced fuel cells. The department awarded $3 million to 3M Company in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and $2 million to Eaton Corporation in Southfield, Michigan. The 3-year plans will focus on boosting the performance of fuel cell systems for vehicles and stationary applications while driving down costs. Both plans will seek to lower the cost of advanced fuel cell...

Obama Administration Declares Great Lakes Wind Plans Arrangement

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

The Obama Administration joined the governors of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania on March 30 to declare the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) streamlining offshore wind development in the Great Lakes. DOE, the U.S. Departments of Defense, the Army, the Coast Guard, the E.P.A., and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, are among the signatories. The MOU will enhance collaboration between federal and state agencies to speed review...

Michigan Company Eaton Awarded $2 Million by Energy Department to Reduce Cost of Advanced Fuel Cells

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

In support of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department today announced the investment of $2 million to Eaton Corporation in Southfield, Michigan, to lower the cost of advanced fuel cell systems by developing cost-effective, durable, and highly efficient fuel cell components. The 3-year plan will focus on boosting the performance of fuel cell systems for vehicles and stationary applications while reducing costs. These investments are a p...

Minnesota Company 3M Awarded $3 Million by Energy Department to Reduce Cost of Advanced Fuel Cells

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

In support of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department today announced the investment of $3 million to 3M Company in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to lower the cost of advanced fuel cell systems by developing cost-effective, durable, and highly efficient fuel cell components. The 3-year plan will focus on boosting the performance of fuel cell systems for vehicles and stationary applications while driving down costs. These investments are a par...

Illinois, last eligible state, joins national coastal management plan

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Donna Wieting, Deputy Director of NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management joins Marc Miller, Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, to display the new Illinois Coastal Management Plan banner in Chicago. ...

Drums from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund Location in Le Roy, New York To Be ...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(New York, N.Y.) The E.P.A. today announced that the removal of 235 drums from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund location in Le Roy, N.Y. will begin today. The E.P.A. reviewed the sampling results for the contents of all the drums and in all cases considers them to be non-hazardous. The drums, which contain soil and rocks generated when wells were drilled at the site, were sampled during the past month. A December 1970 train derailment resulted in the release of liqui...

Inhofe Comments on State of the Union Address43981

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Contacts: Matt Dempsey Matt_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-9797 Katie Brown Katie_Brown@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-2160 Inhofe Comments on State of the Union Address Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Pub...

City of South Bend agrees to enhance sewer system to address Clean Water Act violations

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Settlement Expected to Reduce Yearly Raw Sewage Discharges by 95 Percent Hammond, Indiana- The U.S. Attorney's Office and the E.P.A. (EPA) today announced that the City of South Bend, Indiana has agreed to make an estimated $509.5 million worth of enhancements to its combined sewer system to significantly reduce overflows of raw sewage to the Saint Joseph River, which is a tributary of Lake Michigan. One well-known stretch of the Saint Joseph River in South Bend, the East Ra...

Here’s What They’re Saying About Mercury and Air Toxics Requirements

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON - Today the E.P.A. (EPA) announced the 1st national requirements to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and air toxics like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. These new Mercury and Air Toxics Requirements will slash emissions of these dangerous pollutants by relying on widely available, proven pollution controls that are already in use at in excess of half of the nation's coal-fired power plants. Here's what people across the country, in...