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ILO Says Urgent Action Needed to Better Manage E-Waste

Water

Virginia DEQ Awards $20 Million in Stormwater Grants

DEQ Director David Paylor said the Stormwater Local Assistance Fund matching grants "help communities install effective and efficient pollution control measures, such as stream restorations, constructed wetlands, and methods to filter rainwater before it washes pollution into waterways."
CDC, ATSDR to Fund PFAS Studies
Consent Order Signed as Hawaiian Dairy Closes
Virginia Governor Signs Coal Ash Cleanup Bills
UN Official Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Change
Texas Agency OKs $30 Million for Water, Wastewater Projects

Global Climate Change

Air

Understanding LEED, WELL, and the Differences

The WELL program was started by many of the same people involved in the original LEED program established by the U.S. Green Building Council back in 1998. The WELL program was created far more recently, in October 2014, which is likely one reason few of us are familiar with it.
CDC, ATSDR to Fund PFAS Studies
CARB Hosting Event for Truckers on Clean Air Rules
NYC Mayor Cutting City's Vehicle Fleet
Houston-Area Petrochemical Terminal Fire Extinguished
Sacramento's Electric Car Share Program Expanded to All Residents

TRENDING

Recycling

NYC Mayor Ending City's Purchase of Single-Use Plastics

The mayor's executive order will reduce the city's carbon emissions by approximately 500 tons per year, decrease plastic pollution, and reduce risks to wildlife, with the city estimating it will reduce the purchase of single-use plastics by city agencies by 95 percent.
The Netherlands Ratifies Ship Recycling Convention
DOE Opens Battery Recycling Center at Argonne National Laboratory
Vermont Top State for Battery Recycling in 2018
Nine Teams Chosen for Colorado's NextCycle Program
IKEA Norfolk Store to Feature Large Solar Array