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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...

U.S. Wind Industry Grew 31% in 2011 over Previous Year: Report

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

The U.S. wind industry installed 6,816 megawatts (MW) of energy in 2011, a 31% gain over 2010, according to a report released April twelve by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The U.S. wind industry's trade association reported a total of 46,916 MW installed in the U.S. last year. The report noted that in excess of 8,300 MW are under construction. 5 states received in excess of 10% of their electricity from wind in 2011, with South Dakota leading the way with 22.3%. I...

Washington Post: U.S. oil resources: President Obama's 'non sequitur facts'

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. , March 15, 2012 - U.S. oil resources: President Obama's 'non sequitur facts' Washington Post By Glenn Kessler Thursday, March 15, 2012 "As a country that has two percent of the world's oil reserves, but uses 20 percent of the world's oil - I'm going to re...

National and Local Organizations Support Committee Efforts to Create Jobs and Restore Healthy ...

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. , February 16, 2012 - Today, the Committee will mark up H.R. 4019, the Federal Forest Co. Revenue, Schools and Jobs Act of 2012, a long-term solution that would provide rural counties with a stable revenue stream, create jobs and grow rural economies. Numerous national and local organizations, including local officials from 70 counties in 13 states, have contacted Congress to show their sup...

Natural Selenium Coproduct Good for Sheep

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

A more cost-effective, longer-lasting selenium supplement for livestock may soon be available, according to a U.S.D.A. (USDA) scientist. Animals as well as humans need selenium, a trace mineral and component of antioxidants, to stay healthy. Inadequate selenium in sheep reduces conception rates, increases neonatal mortality, and in some instances, causes "white muscle disease"-nutritional muscular dystrophy. Selenium def...

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. ...

E.P.A. Analysis Shows Increase in 2010 Toxic Chemical Delivers in Maine

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

(Boston, Massachusetts - Jan. 5, 2012) - EPA's most recent Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data is now accessible for the reporting year of 2010. TRI reporting provides Americans with vital information about their communities by publishing information on toxic chemical disposals and delivers into the air, land and water, as well as information on waste management and pollution prevention activities in neighborhoods across the country. In Maine, the reporting data show that overall...

E.P.A. Emergency Crews Successful in Snuffing Tire Fire (South Dakota)

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Contact: Kerry Guy, (303) 312-7288; Matthew Allen, (303) 312-6085 (Denver, Colo -, October 21, 2011) On October 10, 2011, E.P.A. Emergency Response crews completed extinguishing a tire pile fire adjacent to the Rosebud Sioux Reservation landfill, which was burning approximately 3 miles west of Carter, South Dakota. The fire started as a result of the Okreek fire which burned an 18-mile path through the reservation before being contained, including the landfill ...

U.S. experiences warmer than average September

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Significant events for September 2011. High resolution (Credit: NOAA...

Digital Cameras Open New View of America's West

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0100

A U.S.D.A. (USDA) aerial photography survey of 38,000 wildfire-burned acres in Idaho provided what is believed to be the 1st evidence that the invasive leafy spurge weed is displacing seedlings of native mountain big sagebrush. Terry Booth, a rangeland specialist with the Agricultural Research Servic...

South Dakota programs gain $100k in environmental education grant backing

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Grants support local watershed monitoring and environmental education in South Dakota Contact: Lisa McClain-Vanderpool (303)312-6077; Wendy Dew (303)312-6605 (Denver, Colo.-August 25, 2011) The E.P.A. has awarded over $100,000 to 2 South Dakota programs to enhance environmental education in the state. The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology was awarded $69,000 to carry out a watershed management and monitoring plan with students of the Oglala Sioux ...

E.P.A. R8 Enforcement News: Candle Development to pay penalty and restore wetlands at Sioux ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Candle Development to pay penalty and restore wetlands at Sioux Falls housing development Contact Information: Monica Heimdal, (303) 312-6359; Matthew Allen, (303) 312-6085 Construction company cited for damages to wetlands along 9 Mile Creek (Denver, Colo--, August eightth, 2011) E.P.A. today announced that a consent decree was entered with Sioux Falls-based Candle Development, LLC (Candle Development) in the U.S. District Court for the D...

City of New Underwood (SD) acknowledged for drinking water infrastructure

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:00:00 +0100

City of New Underwood (SD) acknowledged for drinking water infrastructure Recovery Act funds investments in new drinking water system Contact Information: Brian Friel, 303-312-6277, Lisa McClain-Vanderpool, 303-312-6077 (Denver, Colo. - July 13, 2011) The E.P.A. today presented an award to the City of New Underwood, SD, for its Water Remediation Technology package treatment system. Brian Friel, coordinator of EPA's state revolving fund plan in Denver, prese...

Sitting Bull College gains $300K to grow green jobs

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Sitting Bull College gains $300K to grow green jobs E.P.A. Brownfields job training grant to create opportunities on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation (Denver, Colorado - July 12, 2011) The E.P.A. today awarded Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota a $300,000 Workforce Development and Job Training Grant to promote green jobs on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The funds will be used to develop a training plan that will teach students environmenta...

City of Lennox (SD) acknowledged for water quality infrastructure

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Recovery Act funds investments in new sequencing batch reactor treatment system (Denver, Colo. - July 11, 2011) The E.P.A. today presented an award to the City of Lennox, SD, for its new treatment works facility. Brian Friel, coordinator of EPA's state revolving fund plan in Denver, presented Mayor Orville Wiebers a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) award for its new treatment facility project. In 2010, the City of Lennox received 2 loans with a sum of $2,796,0...

Field Hearing Examines Need for Long Term Solution to Fight Pine Beetle Epidemic, Prevent Wildfires

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON, D.C. , July 11, 2011 - On Sunday, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a field hearing in Hill City, South Dakota on the "Impact of the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in the Black Hills." Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) and Representative Kristi Noem (SD-At Large) attended the hearing and heard from government officials, local industry and private land owners who testified to the rava...

Widespread flood threat to continue through summer: 2011 could rival Great Flood of 1993

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Severe flooding. Download here. (Credit: With permission from Rick Murray.) Many rivers in the upper Midwest ...

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands to Hold South Dakota Field Hearing on ...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON, D.C. , June 30, 2011 - On Sunday, July 10, 2011 the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an Oversight Field Hearing in Hill City, South Dakota on the "Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in the Black Hills." Mountain Pine Beetles have spread throughout the West and reached epidemic levels in America's forests. These beetles specifically infect and kill t...

E.P.A. contains landfill fire on Pine Ridge Reservation

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0100

(Denver, Colorado - June 22, 2011) The E.P.A. has contained and smothered a landfill fire on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwest South Dakota. The landfill is located 13 miles south of Red Shirt along BIA Hwy. 41. When E.P.A. responders arrived on location on June 12, the fire had burned approximately 80%, or 5 acres, of the landfill. E.P.A. observed evidence of household hazardous waste, including pesticide containers, paint cans and small drums, throughout the burn zone....

Natural Resources Republicans Introduce Bills to Streamline Renewable Energy Production, ...

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON, D.C. , June 14, 2011 - As part of House Republicans' American Energy Initiative, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn and Reps. Ra�l Labrador, Kristi Noem and Rob Wittman today introduced a series of bills to expand renewable energy production and create jobs. The 4 renewable energy bills would streamline bureaucratic impediments to the efficient development of so...