The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to ban certain uses of the toxic chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) due to health risks when used as
Day: December 8, 2016
As Composting Gains Popularity, Cities Struggle to Meet Demand
Read the full story in Governing. Curbside composting programs have doubled in the last five years, from around 100 communities in 2011 to at least
Trump names Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA
Read the full story in the Washington Post. See also the New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning story from 2014 about Scott Pruitt and his
Funding opportunity: Using a Total Environment Framework (Built, Natural, Social Environments) to Assess Life-long Health Effects of Chemical Exposures
Solicitation Closing Date: March 2, 2017 Full solicitation: https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/using-total-environment-framework-built-natural-social-environments-assess-life-long Recent research has recognized that the relationship between chemical pollutants and health effects is not necessarily
MnTAP publishes results of 2016 pollution prevention intern projects
The Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP) has published the 2016 edition of Solutions, a summary of the projects completed by their 2016 class of pollution
Army Corps of Engineers: Better Guidance Could Improve Corps’ Information on Water Resources Projects Undertaken by Nonfederal Sponsors
Download the document. What GAO Found Authorities that allow nonfederal sponsors to undertake federal water resources projects, including feasibility studies and construction projects, have been
