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Kean university signs agreement with EPA to enhance sustainability
Kean University in Union, New Jersey has signed an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enhance environmental practices at the school. The university has pledged to reduce its energy, water and fuel use, increase recycling, and use more environmentally-friendly landscaping practices. “In signing this agreement to improve its environmental practices, Kean ...
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Illinois Gets Rid of 120 Illegal Waste Dumps
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, December 31, 2007 (ENS) - Over the course of the past year, 120 illegal dump sites across Illinois have been cleaned up as part of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's I-RID program. I-RID stands for Illinois Removes Illegal Dumps, a program established by law in 2005 to give the Illinois EPA additional authority to combat open dumping and clean up existing ...
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New York city real estate firm signs agreement with EPA to enhance sustainable practices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today signed an agreement with SL Green Realty Corp., one of the largest commercial real estate owners and operators in the New York City area, to reduce the environmental impacts of the buildings it manages. The company has agreed to improve energy and water efficiency, reduce waste, and use green landscaping practices. SL Green owns 72 properties ...
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EQM Technologies & Energy Inc. Announces New Loan Agreement for Its Environmental Services Business
EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: EQTE) (“EQM”), a leading provider of environmental services to government and commercial businesses, announced today that on September 28, 2012, Environmental Quality Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of EQM (“EQ”), closed on a new $10 million loan agreement with First Financial Bank, N.A. The new credit facility completely ...
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EPA and Naval weapons station earle to work together to expand environmental commitments
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Naval Weapons Station Earle to achieve a number of environmentally-beneficial goals. The agreement, signed by EPA and the U.S. Navy, commits the naval facility to participate in various EPA environmental stewardship programs, and promises technical assistance and support from EPA. "With this agreement, the Navy ...
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Westchester county real estate firm signs agreement with EPA to enhance sustainable practices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today signed an agreement with Reckson Real Estate, one of Westchester County’s largest commercial real estate owners, to reduce the environmental impacts of the buildings it manages. The company has agreed to improve energy and water efficiency, reduce waste and use green landscaping practices. Reckson, a division of SL Green Realty ...
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EPA and Georgian Court University (Lakewood, NJ) to work together to increase green practices; will promote the use of refillable water bottles at campus water fountains
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Georgian Court University have entered into an agreement to enhance environmental practices at the university. The agreement, signed today by EPA Region 2 Chief of Staff Lisa Plevin and Georgian Court University President Rosemary E. Jeffries, RSM, Ph.d., commits the university to participate in various EPA environmental stewardship programs, and ...
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Identifying and Mitigating Exposure Risks to Indoor Particulate Matter
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently shared information about common sources of indoor particulate matter (PM). The agency reports it is especially concerned about tiny particles that are 10 micrometers in diameter or smaller as they can be inhaled deep into the lungs where they can cause serious health effects, including decreased lung function and other adverse health ...
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EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. Announces Renewal of Key Contract
EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: EQTE) (“EQM”), a leading provider of environmental services to government and commercial businesses, today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) has awarded it a multi-year contract to provide Emergency and Rapid Response Services (“ERRS”) in the EPA’s Region 10, which covers the ...
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Supreme Court Reaffirms EPA Authority to Curb Power Plant Carbon Pollution
Building on two prior decisions affirming the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set carbon pollution standards like those recently proposed for power plants, the Supreme Court today upheld the core of EPA’s associated permitting requirements for new carbon pollution sources. At issue was whether large new industrial facilities emitting carbon pollution – including ...
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EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. Appoints Jon Colin as Interim Chief Executive Officer
EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: EQTE) (“EQM”), a leading provider of environmental services to government and commercial businesses, today announced the appointment of Jon Colin as its interim Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), effective immediately. Mr. Colin has served as a director of EQM since February 2011, and had served as a director of Environmental ...
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EPA formally announces phase-in of clean air act permitting for greenhouse gases
Under a final decision issued today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) no stationary sources will be required to get Clean Air Act permits that cover greenhouse gases (GHGs) before January 2011. EPA has pledged to take sensible steps to address the billions of tons of greenhouse gas pollution that threaten Americans’ health and welfare, and is providing time for large industrial ...
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Water Agencies, Conservationists Team Up for Wetlands
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - An association of wastewater treatment agencies and a waterfowl conservation group will work together to help preserve and protect wetlands across the country. The National Association of Clean Water Agencies, NACWA, and Ducks Unlimited, Inc. signed an agreement Tuesday to collaborate on promoting the preservation, restoration, and management of wetlands that are valuable ...
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Southeast Diesel Collaborative Leadership Award Winners Announced
This week at the Southeast Diesel Collaborative (SEDC) 9th Annual Partners Meeting in Atlanta, GA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Regional Administrator Heather McTeer Toney and Office of the EPA Administrator Acting Senior Advisor on Environmental Justice Mustafa Ali, on behalf of the SEDC, presented the SEDC Leadership Awards to the 2013 winners. The SEDC Leadership ...
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North Idaho developers fined nearly $45,000 for storm water violations
The Environmental Protection Agency has settled with seven firms and individuals accused of violating the Clean Water Act at construction sites in northern Idaho. EPA found the violations during routine inspections last fall in the Sandpoint area. The violations resulted in fines ranging from $8,000 - $14,000. Inspectors observed violations at all of the sites, including failure to apply for ...
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Duke Energy Spending Billions of Dollars to Address Coal Ash Pollution in North Carolina
A press release issued by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on April 1, 2019 (https://deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2019/04/01/deq-orders-duke-energy-excavate-coal-ash-six-remaining-sites), stated that “DEQ ordered Duke Energy Progress, LLC to excavate all remaining coal ash impoundments in North Carolina. After conducting a rigorous scientific review of ...
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EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Vertterre Corp.
EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: EQTE) (“EQM”), a leading provider of environmental services to government and commercial businesses, today announced that it has acquired all of the capital stock of Vertterre Corp., a mechanical and electrical engineering services firm providing energy efficient solutions for both new and existing government and commercial facilities ...
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EPA Reaches Settlement with the Iowa Fertilizer Company and Orascom E and C USA for Clean Water Act Violations
The Iowa Fertilizer Company and Orascom E&C USA have agreed to pay a $80,689 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act associated with the construction of a new fertilizer plant in Wever, Iowa, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 announced today. Orascom is Iowa Fertilizer's construction contractor for the site and is jointly responsible for compliance ...
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Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc agrees to US$5 million groundwater and soil cleanup
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc. entered into a consent decree for future groundwater and soil cleanup at the Apache Powder Superfund Site, near St. David, Ariz. Apache Nitrogen Products will continue to remove nitrate and perchlorate from groundwater and perform long-term groundwater monitoring. The work will cost up to ...
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Home development company agrees to settle federal lawsuit for Clean Water Act violations at construction sites
Cooper Land Development, Inc., a luxury home development company headquartered in Rogers, Ark., has agreed to pay a civil penalty and implement a storm water compliance program at its construction sites to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. According to a consent decree filed today in U.S. ...
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