EPA Announces Nation’s Top 50 Green Power Organizations
On August 2, 2010, the EPA announced the Top 50 Green Power Organizations in the United States.
Today, the EPA announced its 2011 proposal on renewable fuel standards.
I received the email copied below this morning…As if the BP oil spill wasn’t bad enough this information is terribly disturbing.
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CONTACT: EPA Adds More Than 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Unprecedented access provided for the first time WASHINGTON – As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s “The addition to Envirofacts will provide the American people with The Envirofacts database is EPA’s single point of access on the EPA has conducted a series of aggressive efforts to increase the More information on Envirofacts: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/ Note: If a link above doesn't work, please copy and paste the URL
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Dale Kemery
kemery.dale@epa.gov
202-564-7839
202-564-4355
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2010
Chemical Facilities to Public Database
commitment to increase public access to information on chemicals, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than 6,300
chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) to a public database called Envirofacts.
unprecedented access to information about chemicals that are
manufactured in their communities,” said Steve Owens, assistant
administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention. “This is another step EPA is taking to empower the public
with information on chemicals in their communities.”
Internet for information about environmental activities that may affect
air, water and land in the U.S and provides tools for analyzing the
data. It includes facility name and address information, aerial image
of the facility and surrounding area, map location of the facility, and
links to other EPA information on the facility, such as EPA’s inspection
and compliance reports that are available through the
Enforcement Compliance History Online (ECHO) database. EPA is also
adding historic facility information for another 2,500 facilities.
public’s access to chemical information including reducing
confidentiality claims by industry and making the public portion of the
TSCA inventory available free of charge on the agency’s Web site. EPA
intends to take additional actions in the months ahead to further
increase the amount of information available to the public.
More information about EPA’s efforts on increasing transparency on
chemical information: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12,
EPA Releases Land Management
WASHINGTON - On the same day the federal government announced a comprehensive
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Guidance to Reduce Water
Pollution to Chesapeake Bay
strategy to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced guidance to help
federal facilities reduce their pollution to the bay. EPA is delivering
to federal land managers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed the most
effective tools and practices to reduce water pollution from a variety
of nonpoint sources, including agricultural lands, urban and suburban
areas and septic systems. This guidance to provide the technical tools
that will be needed to restore
the bay is in response to the Chesapeake Bay executive order issued by
President Obama in May 2009.
guidance provides federal land managers with the help they need to
implement the best proven tools and practices to restore and protect the
region’s waterways and the bay. The cost-effective tools and practices
outlined in the document are indicated by current scientific and
technical literature to be the most state-of-the-art approaches to
reduce water pollution from nitrogen,
phosphorus and sediment. Others in the Chesapeake Bay watershed,
including states, local governments, conservation districts, and
watershed organizations, can also benefit from the information presented
in this guidance.
developed this guidance in close consultation with its federal agency
partners. In addition, EPA benefitted from a technical
peer review and provided an opportunity for the public to review and
comment on the guidance. Based upon this input, EPA modified the final
guidance to ensure that it accurately reflects the
state of the art in managing nonpoint source pollution in the bay.
guidance: http://www.epa.gov/nps/
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