asbestos remediation News
-
EPA Selects CLIMB Community Development Corporation in Biloxi, Miss. for Job Training Grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that CLIMB Community Development Corporation in Biloxi, Miss. is one of 19 communities in 17 states and territories selected for approximately $3.6 million in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grants. Each grantee will receive up to $192,300 to operate environmental training programs to clean up Brownfields ...
-
EPA Training Grants Create Job Opportunities Across the Country
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the selection of 19 communities in 17 states and territories for approximately $3.6 million in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grants. Each grantee will receive up to $192,300 to operate environmental training programs to clean up Brownfields sites in economically distressed communities. ...
-
EPA Selects Florida State College at Jacksonville, Fla. for Job Training Grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Florida State College at Jacksonville, Fla. is one of 19 communities in 17 states and territories selected for approximately $3.6 million in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grants. Each grantee will receive up to $192,300 to operate environmental training programs to clean up Brownfields sites in ...
-
EPA provides $192K job training grant to Denver Indian Center
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Denver Indian Center, Inc. a $192,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grant to deliver targeted environmental workforce instruction and certifications to American Indians in a seven-county area (Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson) comprising Colorado’s Front Range. ...
-
St. Louis Community College to Receive $192,300 from EPA to Recruit, Train and Place Workers in Green Environmental Jobs
St. Louis Community College (STLCC) has been selected to receive a $192,300 grant from EPA to recruit, train and place local unemployed and underemployed individuals in full-time sustainable green jobs in a range of environmental fields. The grant comes from EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. Announcement of the grant was made this morning in St. ...
-
Penn Medicine Receives Superfund Research Program Award of $10 Million to Study the Adverse Health Effects and Remediation of Asbestos
Researchers at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) over the next four years to study asbestos exposure pathways that lead to mesothelioma, the bioremediation of this hazardous material, and mechanisms ...
-
EPA Provides $600,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding In New York City
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing $400,000 to the City of New York to assess abandoned and contaminated properties in neighborhoods, including areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and is providing a $200,000 job training grant to St. Nicks Alliance in Brooklyn. The funding was awarded through the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up and reuse ...
-
Mo-Kan Regional Council to Receive $200,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant from EPA
The Mo-Kan Regional Council, of St. Joseph, Mo., is among 18 select organizations across the country receiving a total of $3.6 million in grants announced by EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The EWDJT program provides funds to non-profit organizations and other eligible entities to recruit, train and place predominantly low-income and minority, ...
-
U.S. EPA honors graduates of environmental job training program at ceremony
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today will recognize 37 graduates from the Cypress Mandela Training Center for completing professional environmental remediation training at an award ceremony held at the State of California Transportation auditorium in Oakland, Calif. Funded in part by a $200,000 grant from the EPA Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization’s Environmental ...
-
St. Louis Community College Selected to Receive $199,994 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 today announced that St. Louis Community College (SLCC) has been selected to receive $199,994 to train unemployed and underemployed residents of St. Louis in hazardous waste cleanup. Residents who are unemployed, receive public assistance, or are low-income employed and living within the St. Louis metropolitan area, including the City of St. Louis ...
-
Environmental Information Association Tours EMSL’s State-Of-The-Art Corporate Laboratory
On Friday, March 8th, Brent Kynoch, Kimberly Gooding, and Dana Nicodemous from The Environmental Information Association visited EMSL Analytical, Inc. for a corporate lab tour. EIA is celebrating its 30th year anniversary conference with the 2013 National Conference & Exhibition held in Washington, DC from March 24th to 27th. Anyone involved in asbestos management, mold identification and ...
-
Maryland Passes Asbestos Worker Protection Law
Beginning October 1, 2012, asbestos remediation workers in Maryland will be facing a fine five times larger then the maximum amount currently allowed by law for violating any environmental laws relating to asbestos in the state. Leaders of the Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA) say this new fine, a maximum of $25,000, is setting a standard all states should follow. ...
-
Asbestos Concerns Continue Long after Most Use was Banned
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), asbestos has not been mined in the U.S. since 2002. Back in July of 1989, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule banning most asbestos-containing products. In 1991, this regulation was overturned by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. As a result of the Court's decision, the following specific ...
-
Federal funding will provide significant boost for job training in Bridgeport, Conn.
A team of federal agencies today highlighted coordinated work that is ongoing in Bridgeport, Conn. which is helping to train workers and create jobs that will be the foundation for economic recovery in the City. Under the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, President Obama directed the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) and U.S. Environmental ...
-
Dangers of Formaldehyde Exposed in New Public Outreach Video
The IAQ Video Network produces the third in a series of public outreach videos to educate the public about indoor air quality (IAQ) issues. Today the IAQ Video network released the 3rd in a series of public outreach videos meant to educate the public about important indoor air quality issues. The first two videos, entitled “Mold – A Known Asthma trigger” and “IAQ & ...
-
Indoor Air Quality & Student Performance Discussed in New Educational Video
Yesterday the IAQ Video Network released the 2nd in a series of educational videos meant to educate the general public about indoor air quality issues. The first video, entitled “Mold – A Known Asthma trigger”, was made available on Monday of this week followed by Wednesday’s release of “Indoor Air Quality & Student Performance”. With millions of ...
-
New Video about Indoor Air Quality & Student Performance
The IAQ Video Network produces the second in a series of public outreach videos to educate the public about indoor air quality (IAQ) issues. With millions of students across the country heading back to school during the preceding month and into next week a new video all parent should see has been released. Today the IAQ Video Network released the 2nd in a series of educational videos meant to ...
-
Environmental Protection Agency Approves California Shipyard’s Asbestos Controls
The laboratories at LA Testing provide asbestos testing solutions to protect people, the environment and property from the dangers of asbestos exposure. Los Alamitos, CA, July 12th, 2010 A recent investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of a redevelopment project at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in Bayview, California found that current practices are now adequately ...
-
Industry Accreditations Separate the IAQ Experts from the Rest
With decades of environmental knowledge, EC2 continues to raise the bar. When buildings have an indoor air quality (IAQ) problem it can lead to a host of serious issues. Health problems, decreased productivity, loss of property values, environmental regulations and lawsuits can all result. Many times when IAQ issues become apparent in a building they have been caused by a combination of ...
-
St. Louis Community College hosts Feb. 12 ceremony for Brownfields recovery act job training graduates
St. Louis Community College will host a graduation ceremony for Brownfields job training graduates on Friday, Feb. 12, at St. Louis University. This will be the first of four classes at the college to graduate under funding provided by EPA through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). St. Louis Community College was one of only two schools in the four states of EPA's Region ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you