These projects will restore habitats, rehabilitate landfills, clean and store stormwater, lower the urban heat island effect, create outdoor educational opportunities at schools and reconnect neighborhoods to parks and public transportation.
The Smart Growth Leadership Institute will work with the state to align its land use and water protection programs.
California Air Resources Board and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be using airplanes, ships and researchers to find the nexus of air pollution and climate change.
The researchers observed a dose-response association between increasing urine BPA level and declining male sexual function of 427 factory workers in China.
State also has trained responders ready if the affected states should ask for assistance.
New estimating method, which can be used on the regional scale, compares well with commonly used methods, according to study.
The research team used air pollution data and personal health data from 1,775 women and found that exposures to NOx and PM were associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
The technology turns a maintenance problem at the Nansemond plant into a commercially viable fertilizer product with no additional cost to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District.
Government initiatives could bring that estimate higher, the firm suggests.
In all, 14 organizations and one individual were awarded Clean Air Excellence Awards.
The organizations say the new guidance can be used to simplify and streamline the request for proposal process.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst research team says the technique readily stores solar power with existing infrastructure.
EPA lists those hotels that have earned the Energy Star label on a government Website.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality says it will continue to monitor air quality in the area so that longer term data will be available to make even more informed conclusions.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has made three Freedom of Information Act requests to which, it says, NASA has not responded.
Five lucky communities would share $800 million to deploy 700,000 electric vehicles within six years.
The Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority will use the funds for a portion of the engineering and final design phase of a conveyance system.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contracted C&C Technologies to conduct a magnetometer survey of a proposed alternate anchorage site near the mouth of the Mississippi River, where ships can wait until their hulls are inspected.
Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation pleaded guilty to 11 felony violations of Texas Water Code and will pay a $2.75 million fine.
Agency schedules listening sessions in June and July to get feedback on possible modifications to NPDES permits.