3 hrs ago | KOLN-TV Lincoln
Nebraska Will Get $2.3 Million to Cleanup Petroleum Leaks
Nebraska will receive more than $2 million from federal stimulus money to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks.
7 hrs ago | WHSV-TV Harrisonburg
VA Considering Stricter Stormwater Runoff Rules
Virginia is proposing new, stricter rules governing stormwater runoff, which occurs when fertilizer, oil, animal waste and other contaminants flow into public waterways.
11 hrs ago | The Dallas Morning News
West Texas community with tainted water seeks Brockovich's help
Kay Sathre , with Sheldon Johnson, compares a clean water filter with one that was in her filtration system three days.
15 hrs ago | The Ashland Daily Tidings
EPA: Wood burning top cancer risk in Ore. air
Though cozy on a winter day, smoke from wood stoves and fireplaces presents a greater cancer risk to Oregonians that what is belched by cars and trucks, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analysis.
20 hrs ago | The State
Stimulus cash targets leaking tanks
South Carolina's much-criticized effort to clean up pollution from leaking underground storage tanks is getting a $3.3 million stimulus boost from the federal government.
Yesterday | Denton Record-Chronicle
New option can make grass even more green
Tending to the lawn and being kind to Mother Nature have been at odds since the first power mower was manufactured in 1919, with the environment generally coming out the loser.
Shaw joins EPA WasteWise program, commits to reduce waste and increase recycling
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency welcomed Shaw Industries, Inc., the world's largest carpet manufacturer and a leading floor covering provider, as its newest WasteWise partner.
Nevada gets $1.2M for petroleum leak cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that Nevada will get more than $1.2 million in federal stimulus funds to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks.
Rep. DeGette pursues 'fracking' study, pushing bill to regulate the hydraulic drilling process
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving ahead with her bill to put a widely used oil and gas drilling process under federal oversight while also seeking a study to gather more data on the practice.
Xtreme Green Products' X Rider is first electric highway motorcycle to receive EPA certification
Xtreme Green Products, Inc. , an eco-vehicle company specializing in the development of electric land vehicles and personal watercraft, has announced today that the X Rider has become the first electric highway motorcycle to receive a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Certificate of Conformity.
Clean Air Act Charges Filed Over SF Bay Dumping
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In December, I raised the alarm over Obama eco-czar's transparency-undermining, document-deleting habits.
EPA Completes Big Step In Burial Of 'Mount Dioxin' In Pensacola
The last piles of soil contaminated with toxic waste at a site in Pensacola have been buried.
Inhofe places hold on stimulus funds for Picher
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma says he has placed a hold on federal stimulus funds directed toward a housing authority in Picher, a fading mining town located in a Superfund area.
Federal stimulus funding of $6 million has been allocated to the Central Valley for air-pollution-control measures, the regional air district announced Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying new tactics to clean up soil contamination in the Stage Road area of Vestal.
EPA awards agency $35,000 to promote reusable packaging
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $35,000 to Oakland, Calif.-based StopWaste.Org to expand their ''Use Reusables' campaign, which teaches businesses how to reduce costs and improve their environmental performance by replacing limited-use pallets, boxes and other transport packaging materials with durable, reusable alternatives.
Meeting set to discuss cleanup of Black Eagle
A public meeting is scheduled in Black Eagle on Tuesday to discuss the possible cleanup of lead and arsenic contamination, which likely came from a former copper refinery and smelter nearby.
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to begin a three- to four-month cleanup next week at lead-contaminated Rolnick Site along the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine.
Group will sue EPA over pesticides in polar bears
An environmental group has given formal notice that it will sue the federal government to protect polar bears from pesticide pollution.