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New Englanders Reminded that Skin Cancer is Most Common, and Most Preventable Cancer in U.S. ...

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

(Boston, Massachusetts - May 24, 2012) - With the traditional Memorial Day kick off to summertime activities, E.P.A. is reminding New England citizens and visitors about simple steps to take to protect their skin from too much sun exposure. This year E.P.A. has teamed up with the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and National Park Service to emphasize the dangers of skin cancer. The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention designated the ...

Skin Cancer is Most Common Cancer in US, Yet One of the Most Preventable/EPA, FDA, NPS, ...

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON - As summer quickly approaches, the E.P.A. (EPA) has joined the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Park Service (NPS) to emphasize the dangers of skin cancer and has provided simple steps Americans can take to protect themselves. The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention designated the Friday before Memorial Day "Don't Fry Day" as a way to highlight sun safety. "Skin cancer prevention and sun safety are...

National "Documerica" Environmental Photo Exhibit Comes to National Archives at ...

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., May 15, 2012) - The National Archives at Kansas City, in cooperation with E.P.A. Region 7, will open EPA's "Documerica" exhibit of photographs depicting environmental conditions of the past and present beginning May 16, 2012. The display's visit to Kansas City is the 7th stop in a national tour and will be open through May 31, 2012. From its development in 1971, "Documerica" became the United...

Niobrara, Neb., High School Students Gain E.P.A. ...

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

(Kansas City, Kan., April 17, 2012) - Students from Niobrara High School in Niobrara, Neb., have been selected to gain E.P.A. Region 7's 2011 President's Environmental Youth Award for their work on a wetlands conservation project. The Purple Loosestrife Plan focused on controlling purple loosestrife, an aggressively invasive plant species, around the town of Niobrara. The Plan developed 6 years ago as a project for the high school biology class to get out of the building and b...

E.P.A. Grant of $150,000 Awarded to Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., March 21, 2012) - E.P.A. has awarded a $150,000 Environmental Education Grant to the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education, of Manhattan, Kan. This grant will provide backing for approximately 19 small sub awards, up to $5,000 each, to organizations for the development and implementation of projects, programs and solutions to meet a variety of educational and environmental priorities. The sub awards will be based on priorities esta...

E.P.A. Provides Technical Assistance to Sutherland, Neb.

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., March 15, 2012) - The E.P.A. Region seven announced that the Village of Sutherland, Nebraska, recently received technical assistance from E.P.A. that will help the village become more sustainable. The assistance came in the form of a comprehensive report that provided the means for Sutherland to redevelop a number of former gas stations in its downtown. At the core of the technical assistance are 4 abandoned gas stations located along U.S. Hwy. 30, which ru...

TOMORROW: E.P.A. Chief to Declare Creation of Anacostia River Revitalization Fund

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON, DC -- E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and David O'Neill of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), joined by Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia, will declare the creation of The Anacostia River Revitalization Fund. The Fund will invest $1 million in restoration activities this year, with a total goal of investing $5 million over the next 3 years to protect and restore the Anacostia River and to create a...

E.P.A. Region Seven to Co-Host 6th Yearly Radon Stakeholders’ Meeting on March 14 in ...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., March 6, 2012) - E.P.A. Region seven will join state health agencies from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, and the American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST), to host the 6th Yearly Region seven Radon Stakeholders' Meeting on March 14 in Nebraska City, Neb. Partnering to present the daylong event with E.P.A. and AARST will be the Iowa Department of Public Health, t...

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Meeting Scheduled for March 13 in West Point, Neb.

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., March 1, 2012) - E.P.A. Region seven representatives will host a public informational meeting for livestock producers about the Agency's inspection plan for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on Tuesday, March 13, in West Point, Neb. E.P.A. Region 7's inspections are part of an increased national emphasis on ending harmful discharges of pollutants from CAFOs into rivers and streams.

Good News for Oklahoma: TransCanada Decision Means Cushing Pipeline Back on Track

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Contact: Matt Dempsey Matt_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-9797 Katie Brown Katie_Brown@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-2160 Good News for Oklahoma: TransCanada Decision Means Cushing Pipeline Back on Track Inhofe requests field hearing in Cushing, OK to address federal approval for portion of pipeline from Cushing t...

House Passes Bipartisan American Energy Bill to Create Over a Million Jobs and Lower Energy Prices

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON, D.C. , February 16, 2012 - Today the Full House of Representatives passed H.R. 3408, with a bipartisan vote of 237-187. The legislation is a bipartisan project to expand offshore energy production, open less than 3 percent of ANWR for oil and natural gas production, encourage the development of 1.5 trillion barrels of oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West, and approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The

E.P.A. Regions Seven and Eight Meet State Agriculture Directors in Kansas City, Kan.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 20, 2012) - Officials from E.P.A. Regions seven and eight today hosted a meeting with the directors of state agriculture departments of Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The meeting, held at EPA's Region seven building in Kansas City, Kan., provided a forum for dialogue on E.P.A. programs and regulations as well as specific issues, interests and concerns of the agriculture sector. E.P.A. ...

TODAY: E.P.A. Chief and other Obama Administration Officials to Discuss Progress and Projects ...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

ATLANTA, Georgia - Today, E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will give keynote remarks at the 27th Yearly Everglades Coalition Conference. During the conference, she and other government officials will discuss projects for continuing historic progress in Everglades restoration. Business leaders, elected officials and environmentalists will gather to discuss opportunities and challenges for restoring the Everglades' unique ecosystem. Who: Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, E.P...

E.P.A. Chief and other Obama Administration Officials to Discuss Progress and Projects for ...

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

ATLANTA, Georgia - Tomorrow, E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will give keynote remarks at the 27th Yearly Everglades Coalition Conference. During the conference, she and other government officials will discuss projects for continuing historic progress in Everglades restoration. Business leaders, elected officials and environmentalists will gather to discuss opportunities and challenges for restoring the Everglades' unique ecosystem. Who: Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, ...

E.P.A. Region Seven Completes 10,000th Residential Yard Cleanup of Lead-Contaminated Soils at ...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 15, 2011) - Representatives of E.P.A. Region 7, the State of Nebraska, the City of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., and local residents gathered today in Omaha to celebrate EPA's completion of its 10,000th cleanup of toxic lead from residential yard soils in the city, a milestone in the Agency's continuing work at the Omaha Lead Superfund Site. Under the authority of the Superfund program, E.P.A. has been working in Omaha since 1999 to identify ...

E.P.A. Region Seven to Host News Conference Dec. ...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 14, 2011) - E.P.A. Regional Administrator Karl Brooks will host a news conference on Thursday, Dec. 15, in Omaha, Neb., to discuss a recent milestone in the Agency's continuing efforts to clean up toxic lead from residential yards and properties in the city. The news conference will be held at eleven a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15, in the Jesse Lowe Conference Room on the 3rd Floor of the Oma...

Inhofe Joins Republicans to Introduce Keystone Bill

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 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 Joins Republicans to Introduce Keystone Bill Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today j...

4 Groups in E.P.A. Region Six Gain In excess of $3.1 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

(DALLAS - November 29, 2011) In excess of $3.1 million in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funds have been granted to 4 organizations in E.P.A. Region six to aid in diesel emissions reductions. The organizations are the Houston-Galveston Area Council, Railroad Research Foundation, Leonardo Academy and Port of Houston Authority. The funds are part of $50 million allocated nationwide through the National Clean Diesel Program's DERA grant program. "Reducing diesel emissions is an...

Ag Processing Inc to Pay $96,588 Penalty for Failure to Develop Facility Response Project for ...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., November 16, 2011) - Ag Processing Inc (AGP), a farmer-owned cooperative involved in the acquisition, processing and marketing of grain products, has agreed to pay a $96,588 civil penalty to the U.S. for its failure to develop and implement a Facility Response Project for its soybean processing facility in Mason City, Iowa. According to an administrative consent arrangement filed by E.P.A. Region seven in Kansas City, Kan., the Agency inspected the Mason Ci...

NOAA: October warmer than average in the U.S.

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

October 2011 temperature "divisional rank" maps. High resolution...