Due to the volume of dispersant being applied, EPA is requiring BP to identify a more environmentally friendly substitute.
Industry agrees to halt new logging and develop conservation plans while environmental organizations will suspend "Do Not Buy" campaigns.
Texas Tech professor says the highest concentrations of lead and arsenic were observed in soils from the poorer parts of town.
Ruling forces the California county to limit landfill use by municipalities outside of the county.
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Facility names, addresses, images, maps, and links are now available for another 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under TSCA.
EPA will closely monitor use of dispersants underwater at the source of the oil release.
EDI says the new enclosed wastewater treatment process will eliminate the need for settling basins, ponds, and lagoons.
Specific measures include at least a 75 percent separation of the combined system into sanitary and stormwater components, a 50 percent expansion of the west side wastewater treatment plant’s treatment capacity, and the disconnection of catch basins.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service program expects 75,000 more acres expected to be enrolled in Wetlands Reserve Program.
The tactic is being used as the lesser of two difficult environmental outcomes, EPA Administrator Jackson said.
Mayor Nutter signs bill requiring energy efficient reflective roofs or green roofs on all new no- and low-slope roofs in the city.
The energy- and water-intensive nature of oil sands, combined with climate change regulations, permitting obstacles and other challenges, are a recipe for diminishing revenues and returns.
Both EPA and MassDEP say enforcement actions have removed 10,000 gallons per day of sewage from storm drains.
EPA shields small businesses and farms from New Source Review requirements.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection petitions EPA to make the RRI Energy power plant across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania to install pollution controls to cut sulfur dioxide emissions.
BioAir Solutions tested its media and biotrickling filter at a Florida wastewater plant for one year and the results revealed that the system removed more than 98 percent of all odors.