Two levels of grants awards are available to help establish community-based partnerships and implement risk-reduction activities.
GE's landfill gas engines generate renewable electricity for Duke Energy's grid.
The holiday season brings about 25 percent more waste, or 5 million tons of garbage, to landfills but Americans can lower that amount by recycling, according to the American Chemistry Council.
Southington, Conn., GenCorp., Kraft Foods, Shell Oil Co., and United Technologies Corp. will pay millions to ensure protections from contaminated groundwater at the Superfund site; 86 other parties also will contribute.
Environmental Working Group report analyzes 20 million tap water quality tests done by water utilities over the last five years and found 316 contaminants.
Federal agencies win largest bankruptcy settlement in U.S. history and plan to use funds to clean and restore sites contaminated by ASARCO mining operations in 19 states.
- By L.K. Williams, EPonline
- December 11, 2009
The U.S. Geological Survey tested wells for chemicals that do not have human health benchmarks or toxicity information.
The TRI database contains information on chemical releases into the air, land and water, as well as waste management and pollution prevention activities.
The Nebraska lawsuit proposes that Stericycle and MedServe must divest all of MedServe's assets used to collect and treat infectious waste in four states before the merger can go through.
Botanist makes "green" case for buying living trees instead of artificial ones.
Nationwide contest determines which colleges or university can reuse and reduce the most waste.
EPA assessed a penalty for the U.S. Navy's failure to consider the full range of cleanup options for discarded military munitions within the Jackson Park Housing Complex Superfund Site in Washington.
Cleanup project gets $25 million in stimulus to speed remediation of contaminated soil.
The Friends of the Capt. John Smith Chesapeake Trail, the Environmental Law Institute, and the National Geographic Society recommend the development of a bold and coordinated strategy for conserving the Chesapeake’s treasured landscapes and call for more federal investment in land conservation.
Program cuts emissions; growers are seeking more food scraps from holiday meals.
Energy-saving fluorescent lamps pose mercury vapor risks when broken and require special packaging for their transport to recycling facilities.
- By Brad Buscher, chair and CEO of VaporLok Products LLC
- November 19, 2009