International environment, alternative energy and green news, statistics and reports updated hourly http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:08:26 +0100 http://http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/images/rss.gif http://http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com The feed is managed/created by GreenEnvironmentNews.com (http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com). http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Administrator+Signs+New+Policy+to+Enhance+Tribal+Treaty+Rights WASHINGTON -Today, E.P.A. (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy took an important step in helping protect the environment on tribal lands by issuing the E.P.A. Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes: Guidance for Discussing Tribal Treaty Rights (Guidance). Under the Constitution, treaties are part of the supreme law of the land, with the same legal force as federal statutes. While treaties do not expand EPA's authority, E.P.A. must ensure its actions do... Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/Governments+of+Canada+and+the+U.S.+Declare+Phosphorus+Reduction+Targets+of+40+percent+to+Enhance+Lake+Erie+Water+Quality+and+Reduce+Public+Health+Risk New targets to reduce toxic and nuisance algae blooms affecting Lake Erie WASHINGTON.- E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada's Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna today announced that Canada and the U.S. have adopted targets to reduce phosphorus entering affected areas of Lake Erie by 40 percent. The targets announced today will minimize the extent of low oxygen "dead zones" in the central basin of Lake Erie; maintain algae growth at a l... Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Administrator+Events+at+COP21+in+Paris WASHINGTON - From December 5-10, E.P.A. (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will participate in a series of public events as part of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, France. E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will speak about the progress the U.S. has made under President Obama's Climate Action Project and the need for ambitious climate targets from all countries. Last summer, President Obama launched EPA's Clean Power Plan-the biggest single step Am... Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/EPA%2C+Texas+Tech+Host+Children%26%238217%3Bs+Health+Symposium+in+El+Paso DALLAS - (Sept. 25, 2015) The E.P.A. (EPA) and the Texas Tech University Health Science Center hosted a symposium on children's environmental health, focusing on issues affecting communities near the U.S.-Mexico border. Healthcare professionals, public health professionals, and other participants attended sessions on a variety of environmental health issues-including lead poisoning, respiratory concerns and effects of climate change-over the two-day symposium, which wrapped up Friday... Fri, 25 Sep 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/EPA%2C+Mexico+Continue+Partnership+to+Enhance+Environment+on+Border DALLAS - (Sept. 23, 2015) The E.P.A. (EPA) has awarded in excess of $450,000 to fund environmental plans along the Texas and New Mexico U.S-Mexico border. The funds also supported the 1st biennial national coordinators meeting recently held in El Paso, Texas. Grant funds aided plans such as air monitoring improvement, waste collection and recycling expansion, and improving environmental awareness and education among area residents. "Working together, we take environmenta... Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/Environmental+Policy+Dialogue+Between+the+E.P.A.+and+Ministry+of+the+Environment+of+Japan JOINT STATEMENT August 24, 2015 Tokyo, Japan On August 24th, the Administrator of the E.P.A. (EPA), Gina McCarthy, and the Minister of Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ), Yoshio Mochizuki, met in Tokyo, Japan for a high-level bilateral dialogue. At the conclusion of the dialogue, Administrator McCarthy and Minister Mochizuki announced a common view to enhance bilateral and regional environmental collaboration related to mercury, climate c... Mon, 24 Aug 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Administrator+Traveling+to+Japan+to+Highlight+and+Advance+Environmental+Bilateral+Cooperation McCarthy to give international address on the need for global climate action WASHINGTON - E.P.A. (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will travel to Japan from August 23-29 to advance environmental bilateral cooperation between the U.S. Government and the Government of Japan. The trip builds on outcomes agreed to during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state visit to the U.S. in April 2015. EPA's bilateral relationship with Japan is rooted in a 40-year history of coop... Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Report+to+Congress%3A+Great+Lakes+Restoration+Initiative+is+Accelerating+Great+Lakes+Cleanup+and+Protection Chicago (July 28, 2015) - During its 1st 5 years, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative implemented in excess of 2500 plans to enhance water quality, clean up contaminated shoreline, protect and restore native habitat and species and prevent and control invasive species in the Great Lakes. That work, which began in 2010, is summarized in a new Report to Congress and the President. "The Great Lakes Restoration Initiati... Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/TODAY%3A+E.P.A.+Administrator+McCarthy+in+Boston+with+Canada+and+Mexico+for+Commission+on+Environmental+Cooperation BOSTON, MA; WASHINGTON - On Tuesday and Wednesday, E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will host Mexican Environment Deputy Secretary Dr. Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo representing Secretary Juan José Guerra Abud and Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq in Boston for the 22nd Regular Session of the Council for the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Council will discuss community resilience and adaptation to climate change and agree upon a new five-year strategic... Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Administrator+McCarthy+in+Boston+with+Canada+and+Mexico+for+Commission+on+Environmental+Cooperation BOSTON, MA; WASHINGTON - On Tuesday and Wednesday, E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will host Mexican Environment Deputy Secretary Dr. Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo representing Secretary Juan José Guerra Abud and Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq in Boston for the 22nd Regular Session of the Council for the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Council will discuss community resilience and adaptation to climate change and agree upon a new five-year strategic... Mon, 13 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/U.S.+E.P.A.+Looks+for+Public+Input+on+Binational+Phosphorus+Reduction+Targets+to+Combat+Lake+Erie+Algal+Blooms CHICAGO (July 7, 2015) - The E.P.A. is seeking public input on suggested phosphorus reduction targets to combat harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. The Great Lakes Water Quality Arrangement requires the U.S. and Canada to adopt targets to reduce excess phosphorus levels for Lake Erie by early 2016. "The U.S. and Canada are committed to cutting phosphorus levels to protect Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms," said U.S. E.P.A. Region five Administrator/Great Lakes National Plan Ma... Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Declares+Removal+of+2+Toxic+Hotspots+on+Lake+Superior+and+Lake+Michigan+from+Binational+List CHICAGO - The E.P.A. today announced that 2 U.S. Areas of Concern, Deer Lake in the Lake Superior basin and White Lake in the Lake Michigan basin, have been removed from the binational list of toxic hotspots that were targeted for cleanup in the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. After decades during which only one U.S. Area of Concern was delisted, federal agencies have accelerated cleanup actions during the past 5 years by using Great Lakes Restoration Initiative fu... Thu, 30 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Administrator+Declares+2015+Tribal+ecoAmbassadors WASHINGTON - Today, E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the agency's 2015 Tribal ecoAmbassadors, tribal college and university professors who work in partnership with E.P.A. scientists to enhance environmental conditions and public health in tribal communities, at the National Congress of American Indians' yearly convention in Atlanta, GA. The ecoAmbassadors plan funds research at tribal colleges and universities, bringing environmental enhancements to schools and neighborh... Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/TODAY%3A+E.P.A.+Administrator+Speaking+at+National+Congress+of+American+Indians+Yearly+Convention+in+Atlanta WASHINGTON - On Monday, E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will give remarks at the National Congress of American Indians Yearly Convention in Atlanta, GA. The Administrator will focus on the Obama Administration's commitment to strengthen our government-to-government relationship with tribal nations and the important partnership between E.P.A. and tribal governments. At the meeting, Administrator McCarthy will declare this year's Tribal ecoAmbassadors, a group of tribal college and ... Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/MONDAY%3A+E.P.A.+Administrator+Speaking+at+National+Congress+of+American+Indians+Yearly+Convention+in+Atlanta WASHINGTON - On Monday, E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will give remarks at the National Congress of American Indians Yearly Convention in Atlanta, GA. The Administrator will focus on the Obama Administration's commitment to strengthen our government-to-government relationship with tribal nations and the important partnership between E.P.A. and tribal governments. At the meeting, Administrator McCarthy will declare this year's Tribal ecoAmbassadors, a group of tribal college and ... Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Issues+Policy+Supporting+Tribal+and+Indigenous+Communities WASHINGTON - Today, E.P.A. (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy signed the E.P.A. Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Acknowledged Tribes and Indigenous Peoples, reinforcing the agency's commitment to work with tribes on a government-to-government basis when issues of environmental justice arise. "All tribal and indigenous communities deserve environmental and public health protection. Through this agreement, we are reinforcing our commitment to... Fri, 25 Jul 2014 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Administrator+to+Travel+to+Taipei+and+Hanoi+to+Highlight+Environmental+Education+and+Cooperation WASHINGTON - E.P.A. (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will be in Taipei and Hanoi April 14-16 to highlight environmental cooperation between the U.S. and partners within the Asia-Pacific region, and to underscore the importance of environmental education. While in Taiwan, Administrator McCarthy will meet with senior environmental authorities, other leading Taiwan authorities, and the American Institute in Taiwan. She will also deliver a keynote speech at National Taiwan ... Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/TODAY%3A+E.P.A.+Co-hosts+Sustainable+Energy+and+Transport+Solutions+Event+at+SEVENTH+World+Urban+Forum MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA - U.S. E.P.A. is partnering with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and the Organization of American States (OAS) to host a networking event at the seventh World Urban Forum (WUF) to share lessons on developing and implementing sustainable energy and transport solutions. The WUF brings together a several thousand urban leaders and experts every 2 years to examine pressing issues for cities and communities. Details: WHAT: ... Thu, 10 Apr 2014 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/E.P.A.+Administrator+Gina+McCarthy+to+Travel+to+China+to+Discuss+US-China+Clean+Air+and+Climate+Cooperation WASHINGTON - E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will arrive in China beginning on Monday, December 9, to discuss US-China cooperation on air quality, climate pollution and environmental issues. She will travel to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong during her four-day visit. While in China, Administrator McCarthy projects to underscore steps China has already taken to address air pollution, additional steps to come, and how the U.S. and China can continue to work together. Highl... Thu, 05 Dec 2013 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/International/TOMORROW%3A+E.P.A.+Acting+Administrator+Perciasepe+to+Join+Canadian+and+Mexican+Leaders+for+Discussions+on+Environmental%2C+Health+Goals WASHINGTON - July 10-11th, E.P.A. Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe will join leaders from Canada and Mexico to discuss the 3 countries' shared goals of greening transportation in North America, adapting to climate change and addressing hazardous waste across the continent. Acting Administrator Perciasepe will join Mexican Environment Secretary Juan José Guerra and Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for International Affairs Dan McDougall in Los Cabos, Mexico fo... Tue, 09 Jul 2013 07:00:00 +0100