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Obama administration moves long-term gulf plan forward / Mabus recovery plan focuses on funding, governance, involvement / EPA administrator to lead ecosystem task force (HQ, LA)
The Obama administration has put forward an aggressive restoration plan, including a call for dedicated funds, to help strengthen the gulf region’s environment, economy, and health following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The restoration plan, written by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, was submitted to the president today. A key recommendation in the report is that Congress dedicates a ...
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Ocean Conservancy Announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Expand its Restoration and Policy Reform Work in the Wake of the BP Oil Disaster
President and CEO Vikki Spruill and staff announce Commitment on stage with the former President at this year's Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting NEW YORK - Today, Ocean Conservancy announced its formal commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), pledging to expand its restoration and policy reform work in the wake of the BP oil disaster. Ocean Conservancy's commitment was ...
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Federal Agencies Announce 5-Year Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy today released a new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan that lays out steps that federal agencies will take during the next five years to protect water quality, control invasive species and restore habitat in the largest surface fresh water system in the world. McCarthy, who chairs the federal Great Lakes ...
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EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, Puerto Rico and ENLACE Agree to Work Together to Clean Up the Cano Martin Pena
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano Martin Penatoday signed an agreement to assist in the restoration of the ecosystem of the Martin Pena channel. The agreement, detailed in a Memorandum of Understanding, provides the foundation for close collaboration between the entities to ...
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Indonesia plans nature-based approach to restore its coasts in Java and Bali
Indonesia plans to restore the eroding areas of its coastline in Java and Bali with nature based approaches inspired on Dutch methods. Also other vulnerable coasts in Indonesia will be looked at. The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), environmental organisation Wetlands International and research institute Deltares last week Friday formally agreed to collaborate in the ...
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$1.3 Million Awarded for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health of Long Island Sound
Top federal and state environmental officials today announced 22 grants totaling more than $1.3 million to local government and community groups in Connecticut and New York to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The projects, which are funded through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, will open up 12.4 miles of river for passage of native fish and restore 80 acres of coastal habitat, ...
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Sensors in Space Allow Daily Coastal Water Quality Monitoring
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, August 31, 2007 (ENS) - Using data from instruments aboard two NASA satellites, Florida researchers have created a way to map the fleeting changes in coastal water quality from space - something that has long evaded researchers and coastal managers relying only on ground-based measurements. This information has direct application for resource managers working on ...
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Congress Intends to Override Bush Water Resources Veto
WASHINGTON, DC, November 6, 2007 (ENS) - Congressional Democrats and Republicans are united in their determination to override President George W. Bush's veto of a $23 billion waterways infrastructure and environmental protection bill that passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate with solid veto-proof majorities. Saying, 'This bill lacks fiscal discipline,' the president Friday ...
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Paris – Time to move beyond words
COP21, the UN summit on climate change now unfolding here, declared Saturday a “day of action.” Inevitably, it was a day of words: words that called to action, words that outlined the ideals of action and – in some cases – accounts of action already launched. At the close of the first week of COP21 delegates finally agreed the words of the text that will be submitted to ...
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$1.3 Million Awarded for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health of Long Island Sound
Top federal and state environmental officials today announced 22 grants totaling more than $1.3 million to local government and community groups in Connecticut and New York to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The projects, which are funded through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, will open up 12.4 miles of river for passage of native fish and restore 80 acres of coastal habitat, ...
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EPA awards more than $300,000 to Paul Smith’s College to control invasive species; grant is one of nine awarded to New York for great lakes restoration work
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks a $332,869 grant to implement a recreational boat inspection program that will prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species – including zebra mussels, spiny water flea and Eurasian water milfoil plants – in the headwaters of eastern Lake Ontario in the western Adirondack Park. Invasive ...
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WRI warns of threats to coral reefs at capitol hill ocean week
Despite their benefits to national economies, reefs around the world are at risk, including in the United States. Last Wednesday, WRI participated in Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), a premier conference held annually in Washington, DC that brings together Members of Congress and Congressional staff, federal, state, and local government institutions, and experts from many different backgrounds to ...
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EPA and Partners Release New Blueprint to Protect and Restore Long Island Sound
The Long Island Sound Study has released a new Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for restoring and protecting the Long Island Sound, setting 20 ambitious targets to be achieved by 2035. Among these goals are: a reduced number of beach closures due to sewage pollution; a reduced area of the Sound with unhealthy oxygen levels; improved water clarity; restored coastal wetlands; ...
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COP27: Action On Water, Adaptation and Resilience
The COP27 climate conference in Egypt has just come to a close, with the aim of this year’s event to move from negotiations and planning to implementation of fully, timely and inclusive action on the ground, bringing together nations all over the world to tackle the climate crisis and build a more resilient planet. The science now shows without doubt that the window for taking decisive ...
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Restoring coastal wetlands? check the soil
Rising sea levels and coastal development are threatening coastal freshwater wetlands with saltwater intrusion. While most ecosystem restoration projects have focused on surface water and groundwater, new research finds that conditions in the vadose zone, the unsaturated soil below the surface but above the water table, are of particular importance to seedling survival in coastal floodplain ...
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Lake Ohrid: Soon to become a Ramsar Wetland
The SWS Europe chapter has some good news to share. We were alarmed by people from North Macedonia in 2015 because the very last wetland bordering the famous Lake Ohrid, Studenchishte Marsh, was threatened to be drained for tourist infrastructure development. After writing letters to the authorities on behalf of SWS, we organized our annual chapter meeting in Ohrid in 2018 and called for the ...
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EPA and LA water board set strict new pollution reduction plans for 175 waterways in Los Angeles area / action culminates 13 year effort, eliminating beach closures, reducing trash and toxic chemicals in waters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board today announced the latest in a series of pollution reduction plans designed to restore 175 water bodies in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. The pollution targets set by these plans will improve water quality, restore ecosystems, and protect the public by eliminating beach closures due to bacteria ...
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$1.29 million Awarded for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health of Long Island Sound; More than $915,000 awarded to support projects in Connecticut
Top federal and state environmental officials today announced 23 grants totaling $1,295,972 to local government and community groups in Connecticut and New York to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The projects, which are funded through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, will open up 12.2 river miles for passage of native fish and restore 50 acres of critical fish and wildlife habitat ...
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