EPA visits Halfmoon Creek Watershed in Centre County, PA to learn more about local conservation efforts, water quality improvements

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County, Pennsylvania to see first-hand the positive impact ClearWater Conservancy is having on local and downstream water quality. Donnan Stoicovy, Interim Executive Director; Jennifer Dombroskie, Riparian Program Manager; Suzy Yetter, Ecologist […]

Biden-Harris Administration announces $206 million to selectees to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay through community partnerships

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (March 27, 2024) – Today, in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Trust have been awarded approximately $206 million in grants to fund local projects and technical assistance to protect and restore the Chesapeake […]

Gulf of Mexico Alliance receives EPA funding for water quality improvement in Louisiana

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (March 27, 2024) – The Gulf of Mexico Alliance recently received a grant for more than $1.4 million from the Gulf of Mexico Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will be used to improve water quality in northeast Louisiana. As part of […]

EPA announces $12M to protect salmon by reducing toxic tire dust, other pollutants in stormwater 

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE – Today at an event in Tacoma with U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer, Regional Administrator Casey Sixkiller and other officials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott announced $12 million in new Puget Sound stormwater funding to address pollution entering Puget Sound through […]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $35 million to Selectees to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Great Lakes

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of four applicants to receive more than $35 million to fund projects that advance environmental justice in underserved and overburdened communities across the Great Lakes. Through EPA’s newly created Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program, […]

EPA Pacific Southwest Region Announces New Toxics Release Inventory, Covering Expanded Sectors and Chemicals

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program were 21% lower in 2022 than 2013. This includes a 26% decrease in air releases. During […]

Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 21, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program were 21% lower in 2022 compared to 2013. This includes a 26% decrease in […]

New Toxics Release Inventory Data Reported

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that environmental releases of TRI chemicals from facilities covered by the program were 21% lower in 2022 compared to 2013. This includes a 26% decrease in air releases. During […]

EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER (March 21, 2024) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, including detailed information on the management of toxic chemicals from facilities in EPA’s Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 28 […]

Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to prohibit ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos, the only known form of asbestos currently used in or imported to the United States. The ban on ongoing uses of asbestos is the […]

16th annual Fix a Leak Week reminds businesses to reduce water waste

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense program is celebrating the 16th annual Fix a Leak Week. Minor leaks account for nearly one trillion gallons of water wasted each year in U.S. homes. During the third week of March each year, […]

Court Temporarily Halts S.E.C.’s New Climate Rules

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Two fracking companies had challenged requirements that some businesses disclose more information about the risks they face from climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/sec-climate-rules-lawsuit.html

EPA Starts Process to Take the Rochester Embayment off List of Badly Polluted Areas in the Great Lakes

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – After decades of restoration and cleanup work, the Rochester Embayment Area of Concern (AOC) is no longer a polluted hotspot in the Great Lakes basin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Monroe County, and other partners […]

EPA Investing Over $43 Million in New Funding to Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $43.5 million to fund projects that will help protect and restore San Francisco Bay and local watersheds and wetlands. EPA also announced today that the Agency will be launching a new program office later this year that […]

EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lahaina, Hawaii – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed inspecting the sanitary sewer lines in Lahaina, Hawai’i. EPA cleared debris, such as sediment, rocks, rags, and grease from the lines. Once cleared, a robotic camera was used to assess conditions of the lines and […]

EPA Adds Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site to National Priorities List

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                  Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Site map showing site boundary. (U.S. EPA image) LENEXA, KAN. (MARCH 5, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding five sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), including the Lot […]

Landowner to pay $10,000 for Clean Water Act violations in Central, Alaska

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Ryan Smith and Noah Smith will pay $10,000 for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act at their property in Central, Alaska. In April 2021, Ryan Smith and Noah Smith cleared over five acres of wetlands adjacent to Crooked […]

EPA’s Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (Mar 4, 2024) – The Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) Fund is an EPA New England program designed to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout southeast New England. With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the EPA program will invest […]

La EPA anuncia fondos de la Ley Bipartidista de Infraestructura para limpieza en el Lugar Superfondo de Scorpio Recycling en Puerto Rico

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NUEVA YORK – La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos (USEPA) anunció hoy que el lugar Superfondo Scorpio Recycling, Inc. en Toa Baja, Puerto Rico se encuentra entre más de 100 lugares en todo el país que reciben más de mil millones de dólares para […]

EPA Reaches Settlement with S & W Atlas Iron & Metal of Los Angeles over Stormwater Pollution Claims

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an Administrative Order on Consent with S & W Atlas Iron & Metal Co. Inc. over claims of Clean Water Act violations at its facility in Los Angeles, California. Under the terms of the agreement, the company […]

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