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EPA and Navajo Nation EPA Enter Historic Agreements with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Navajo Nation EPA announced a pair of settlements with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to bring its wastewater treatment facility in Window Rock into compliance both with the federal Clean Water Act and the Navajo Nation Clean Water Act.

EPA and Navajo Nation EPA Enter Historic Agreements with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Navajo Nation EPA announced a pair of settlements with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to bring its wastewater treatment facility in Window Rock into compliance both with the federal Clean Water Act and the Navajo Nation Clean Water Act.

EPA Recognizes Bowdoin College for Energy Efficiency Efforts

Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine is being recognized by EPA with a 2015 Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award. CHP technology produces electricity and useful heat simultaneously from a single energy source, such as natural gas, oil, or biomass. For hospital systems and universities, CHP systems can also provide reliability benefits which ensure that these facilities’ operations can continue in the event of power outages

TODAY, 1 PM: EPA Regional Administrator, Shreveport Mayor to Discuss Cleanup Grants

Today, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Ron Curry and Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler will outline how a $400,000 EPA cleanup grant will help the city address contaminated properties known as brownfields sites.

EPA Honors 2015 Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Winners / Facilities in Maine,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing three facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award for superior performance of their CHP systems. High-efficiency CHP technology reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other air pollutants. CHP captures the heat produced when electricity is generated and utilizes that heat—which would otherwise be wasted—to efficiently provide space heating, cooling, hot water, and steam for commercial, institutional and industrial use

EPA, Department of Justice and Clearwater Paper Corporation settle Clean Air Act violations in...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) and the Clearwater Paper Corporation (Clearwater Paper) have reached a settlement regarding Clean Air Act violations at Clearwater Paper’s Lewiston, Idaho, pulp mill. Clearwater Paper is the country's largest provider of private label tissue to retail grocery chains and a major bleached paperboard manufacturer

EPA Takes First Steps to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aircraft

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to find under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial aircraft contribute to the pollution that causes climate change endangering the health and welfare of Americans. At the same time, the agency is releasing information about the international process already underway by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for developing carbon dioxide (CO2) standards for aircraft and EPA’s participation in that process. EPA is now seeking public input to inform future steps by the agency

EPA Releases Draft Assessment on the Potential Impacts to Drinking Water Resources from Hydraulic...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a draft assessment today on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources in the United States. The assessment, done at the request of Congress, shows that while hydraulic fracturing activities in the U.S. are carried out in a way that have not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources, there are potential vulnerabilities in the water lifecycle that could impact drinking water

EPA to Hold Media Conference Call on Study of Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking...

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials will deliver remarks about the agency’s study on potential impacts on drinking water resources in the United States from hydraulic fracturing activities, as requested by Congress, on a media call today at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time

EPA, Department of Justice, and Hecla Limited settle Clean Water Act violations, reduce pollution...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, and Hecla Limited, owner of the Lucky Friday Mine and Mill, have reached a settlement concerning water pollution violations near the headwaters of the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River. The South Fork Coeur d’Alene River runs through the heart of North Idaho’s “Silver Valley,” ambitiously recovering from a century of mining pollution. Hecla will pay a $600,000 penalty as part of the settlement.

Clean Water Rule Protects Streams and Wetlands Critical to Public Health, Communities, and Economy

In an historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today to clearly protect from pollution and degradation the streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources.

Compliance with environmental laws protects air, land, and water in communities across Alaska, Idaho,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, completed over 40 environmental compliance and enforcement actions in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington from January 1, 2015 through March 31, 2015

Speaker Boehner on the Latest EPA Power Grab

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. On May 12, the House passed the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act (H.R. 1732), which requires EPA to withdraw the rule:

Press Conference to Follow Sentencing of Duke Energy Subsidiaries for Clean Water Act Crimes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), together with the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, announces a press conference to discuss the sentencing of three Duke subsidiaries on May 14, 2015 at the United States Courthouse in Greenville. The press conference will begin shortly after the 10:00 a.m. hearing is completed

EPA Administrator joins San Francisco Bay government agencies to celebrate nation’s largest solar energy...

On May 13, U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will join Alameda County to recognize the largest collaborative in the nation among government agencies to site renewable energy at their facilities. Administrator McCarthy, the federal government’s point person for the battle against climate change, will be joined by Bay Area officials and solar industry executives at the West Winton Landfill in Hayward, a centerpiece of the Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project, a partnership of 19 public agencies in four Bay Area counties involving 186 Bay Area facilities for a total of 31 megawatts of solar power

EPA Provides Training to Help Communities Prepare for Climate Change

As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released an online training module to help local government officials take actions to increase their communities’ resiliency to a changing climate. The virtual training, which was informed by the National Climate Assessment released one year ago today, was developed with advice from EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee and is the latest addition to the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit announced in November 2014. It includes successful examples of effective resilience strategies that have been implemented in cities and towns across the country.

New England Buildings Score in National Energy Star Building Competition

More than 5,500 individual buildings across the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico competed in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's fifth-annual ENERGY STAR Battle of the Buildings Competition: Team Challenge. Together, the competitors saved more than $50 million in utility bills, cut their energy use by more than two billion kBtus, and prevented more than 250,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions—equal to the annual energy use of more than 37,000 homes. Competitors reduced their energy use an average of six percent, equivalent to an average savings of nearly $20,000 per building

EPA Announces Availability of Clean Diesel Grants for Communities Across the Country/Local governments, tribal...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of $13.5 million in grant funding to help governments and nonprofit organizations switch to cleaner diesel engines. Local governments, tribal agencies and nonprofits can win grants up to $2.14 million each

EPA Recognizes Austin Federal Building for Significant Energy Reductions and Cost Savings

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the JJ Pickle & Homer Thornberry Federal Building for reducing its environmental impacts. As part of the Federal Green Challenge (FGC), more than 400 federal facilities, representing nearly 1.3 million federal employees, took steps to reduce pollution, support renewable energy, and operate more efficiently in 2014, resulting in an estimated cost savings of more than $24 million to U.S. taxpayers.

EPA, Justice Department, and State of California to announce major San Francisco Bay Clean...

Tomorrow, April 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, and the State of California will announce a major Clean Water Act settlement with Lehigh Southwest Cement Co. and Hanson Permanente Cement Inc. to protect water quality in Permanente Creek and San Francisco Bay.

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GFP Real Estate and Its Tenants Raise More Than $200,000 to...

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