News Topic - EPA

EPA Takes Over Neb. Grain Elevator
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is taking over the site of a contaminated Hastings grain elevator.
KOLNKGIN.com  –  Jul 17, 2008 3:57 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Nebraska: Lincoln-Hastings

EPA partners with 2 Virginia colleges
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WVEC.com  –  Jul 17, 2008 12:40 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Virginia: Norfolk-Portsmouth

EPA releases report on climate change and health
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the US The report, entitled "Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems," also identifies adaptation strategies to help respond to the challenges of a changing climate and identifies near- and long-term research goals for addressing data and knowledge gaps.
EurekAlert!  –  Jul 17, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Technology: Science

EPA coordinating Highway 35 fuel cleanup
The Lake County Office of Emergency Management says the EPA is now coordinating the fuel spill cleanup on Highway 35.
Montana's News Station  –  Jul 17, 2008 12:59 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Montana: Billings

EPA research vessel docks in Clayton
7/16/08 The Lake Guardian participating in five year monitoring project...
Newswatch 50  –  Jul 16, 2008 5:08 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Local: New York: Watertown

EPA proposes to regulate underground CO2 storage
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to make sure curbing global warming doesn’t contaminate drinking water.In its first regulations on the burial of carbon dioxide underground, the EPA on Tuesday unveiled measures to protect drinking w...
The Register-Guard  –  Jul 16, 2008 5:06 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Oregon: Eugene

Evansville under Ozone Alert
The Evansville Environmental Protection Agency and the Vanderburgh County Health Department Ozone Office have issued an Ozone Alert for July 16 and 17.The EPA issued new, more stringent guidelines for Ozone Alerts this year.
WFIE - 14  –  Jul 16, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Evansville

EPA Environmental Performance Award Presented to Rohm and Haas Kankakee Plant
KANKAKEE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) Kankakee facility with their National Environmental
Business Wire  –  Jul 16, 2008 1:00 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Business

State issues permit for Homer sewage treatment plant
HOMER – The village of Homer is one step closer to getting a proposed sewage treatment plant now that the Illinois EPA has issued the required permit.Mayor David Lucas said the village now has a 30-day public comment period. If no public objection is voiced, the agency will review the village's application for a construction permit. Then bids on the proposed $5 million project could be let.
News-Gazette.com  –  Jul 16, 2008 11:21 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Illinois: Champaign-Springfield-Decatur

EPA to regulate CO{-2} storage
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency wants to make sure that curbing global warming doesn't contaminate drinking water.
Columbus Dispatch  –  Jul 16, 2008 07:01 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Technology: Science