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Commission presents Green Employment Initiative to support structural shift to green growth by maximising job opportunities - frequently asked questions
The European Commission has today adopted a Communication outlining the employment challenges and opportunities of the current transition towards a green, low carbon, energy and resource-efficient economy (see IP/14/765). Why is the "green growth" model essential for the European economy and labour market? The inefficient use of resources, the unsustainable pressure on the environment, and ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Shenandoah Road Superfund Site in East Fishkill, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated ground water at the Shenandoah Road Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in East Fishkill, New York. Past industrial activities contaminated the ground water with tetrachloroethene, commonly known as PCE, which is a volatile organic compound that can have serious health effects. The cleanup plan calls ...
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EPA Finalizes Change to Cleanup Plan for Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund Site in Farmingdale, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a change to its plan to clean up ground water at the Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund site in Farmingdale, New York. Industrial operations at the Liberty site, including aircraft parts manufacturing during the Second World War and metal plating and fiberglass manufacturing in the post-war years polluted ground water at the site. In ...
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EPA Encourages the Public to Comment on Plan for Cleanup at Shenandoah Road Superfund Site in East Fishkill, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated ground water at the Shenandoah Road Ground water Contamination Superfund site in a rural area of East Fishkill, New York. Past industrial activities contaminated the ground water with tetrachloroethene, commonly known as PCE, which is a volatile organic compound that can have serious health effects. The proposed ...
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EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund Site in the Village of Farmingdale, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to change a portion of its plan to build two separate systems to treat contaminated ground water at the Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund site in Farmingdale, New York. Between 1940 and 1978, various industrial operations took place at the site including aircraft parts and fiberglass products manufacturing and metal plating and finishing. ...
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Economic Growth with Fewer Resources?
Carbon dioxide emissions skyrocketed in 2010, according to new data. This is due largely to fossil fuel burning in developing countries. But Germany shows that economic growth and consumption of natural resources can also be uncoupled. Germany is a leading exporter of technologies that help conserve resources - especially water and energy - in industrial production processes. Currently Germany ...
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EPA adds areas of long island to the superfund list; volatile organic compounds found in 11 major drinking water wells
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced its decision to add areas of Hicksville, New Cassel, Westbury, Hempstead and Salisbury in Nassau County, New York to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Ground water throughout these areas is contaminated with harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The Magothy aquifer, Nassau ...
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Major Milestone Reached at Mohonk Road Industrial Plant Superfund Site
(New York, N.Y.) Top officials marked a major milestone today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that announced the opening of the High Falls drinking water plant. Alan J. Steinberg, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 2 Administrator, was joined by Congressman Hinchey, Colonel Tortora of the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, Marbletown and Rosendale Town Supervisors Martello and ...
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