Environmental Protection Agency – News

• •  EU Greenhouse Gases in 2011, More Countries on Track to Meet Kyoto Targets, Emissions Fall 2.5%: Oct. 24, 2012, The report ‘Approximated EU greenhouse gas inventory: early estimates for 2011’ gives early estimates of greenhouse gas emissions in the previous year and provides a key input to the report on ‘Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2012’, which assesses progress against the EU’s commitments under the Kyoto Protocol...


• •  Land Trust Community to Benefit From Wetland and Stream Mitigation Guide: Oct. 19, 2012, A handbook jointly issued today by the Environmental Law Institute and the Land Trust Alliance provides the land trust community and others with the tools necessary to understand the opportunities and liabilities associated with taking on the long-term stewardship of a compensatory mitigation project. Approximately 45,000 acres of wetlands are restored, enhanced, or established each year to offset the impacts associated with permits issued ...


• •  United States and Canada Sign Amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: Sep. 7, 2012, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canada’s Minister of the Environment Peter Kent today signed the newly amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement at a formal ceremony in Washington, D.C. First signed in 1972 and last amended in 1987, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a model of binational cooperation to protect the world’s largest surface freshwater system and the health of the surrounding...


• •  EPA Awards $15 Million to Assist U.S. Small Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems: Sep. 6, 2012, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $15 million in funding to provide training and technical assistance to small drinking and wastewater systems – those serving fewer than 10,000 people – and to private well owners. The funding will help provide training and tools to improve small system operations...


• •  EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition: Sep. 5, 2012, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, the Campus RainWorks Challenge, through which teams will compete to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management.


• •  Obama Administration Releases Report on Progress and Next Steps in Restoring the Everglades, Announces Additional $80 Million in Project Funding: July 13, 2012, The Obama Administration today released a report outlining the historic Federal investments and progress made in Everglades restoration under the leadership of President Obama, and announced $80 million in additional funding to support farmers and ranchers who voluntarily conserve wetlands on agricultural land in the Northern Everglades Watershed...


• •  EPA Cancels Registrations of Two Bird-Killing Pesticides: Mar. 1, 2012, The EPA has announced the cancellation of two toxic pesticides that were documented by American Bird Conservancy to have recurrently poisoned hundreds of birds. “ABC has repeatedly raised concerns...


• •  EPA Proposes Air Pollution Standards for Oil and Gas Production: July 28, 2011, The EPA today proposed standards to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. These proposed updated standards – which are being issued in response to a court order – would rely on cost-effective existing technologies to reduce emissions that contribute to smog pollution and can cause cancer...


• •  EPA Partnering with State Capitals on Green Design and Economic Revitalization: Aug. 12, 2011, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that through its Greening America’s Capitals (GAC) project, it will help the capital cities of Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, Nebraska and the District of Columbia to create healthy communities through green development. GAC will help to stimulate economic development, provide more housing and transportation choices, and reduce infrastructure and energy costs...


• •  President Obama Announces Historic 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standard: July 29, 2011, President Obama today announced a historic agreement with thirteen major automakers to pursue the next phase in the Administration’s national vehicle program, increasing fuel economy to 54.5 miles per gallon for cars and light-duty trucks by Model Year 2025. The President was joined by...


• •  2009 TRI (Toxics Release Inventory) National Analysis: Dec. 16, 2010, EPA released the 2009 TRI National Analysis on December 16, 2010. Read the Greenversations blog post “What’s in your neighborhood”. The TRI National Analysis is an annual report that displays EPA’s analysis of the most recent TRI data. It includes a variety of documents and webpages that outline national and local trends in toxic chemical disposal or other releases to the environment, as well as trends in toxic chemicals managed by...