environmental pollution mapping News
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Region 5 EPA announces 2010 enforcement and compliance results (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 today released its annual enforcement and compliance results as part of the Agency’s national enforcement announcement. Region 5 includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. In FY 2010, Region 5 took enforcement and compliance actions that required polluters to pay more than $12 million in civil penalties and spend ...
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U.S. EPA releases annual enforcement results and mapping tool
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released enforcement results for fiscal year 2009, and has developed a new Web-based tool and interactive map that allows the public to get detailed information by location about the enforcement actions taken at approximately 4,600 facilities. In FY2009, EPA concluded enforcement actions requiring polluters to invest more than $5 ...
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More than 1.4 billion pounds of harmful air, land, and water pollution to be reduced
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the release of its annual enforcement and compliance results. In fiscal year (FY) 2010, EPA took enforcement and compliance actions that require polluters to pay more than $110 million in civil penalties and commit to spend an estimated $12 billion on pollution controls, cleanup, and environmental projects that benefit communities. ...
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EPA provides federal grants to Brooklyn community group working to protect public health (NY)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator, Judith Enck was joined by Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez to announce the award of two EPA grants, totaling $125,000, to the Brooklyn non-profit group UPROSE. The group is dedicated to involving youth and residents in economic and environmental issues. It will use the funding to better understand and address air pollution ...
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Air quality assessment in the European Mega City Ruhr Area and effects of low emission zones
The Ruhr area is the biggest German megalopolis, a conglomerate of several intertwining major cities, with more than 5.3 million inhabitants. In spite of many efforts in recent years to improve the air quality in the Ruhr area, especially residents in street canyons with a high traffic density are still exposed to poor air quality and meeting the limit values of European air quality guidelines ...
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Can access to information protect communities from pollution? A lesson from map Ta Phut, Thailand
Today is International Right to Know Day, a global initiative to share ideas and stories on right to information (RTI) laws and transparent governance. This blog post provides an inside look at how citizens from one Thai community are seeking access to information in order to protect themselves from environmental pollution. On May 5, 2012, 12 people were killed and 129 injured in ...
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SMUD Releases Mapping Tool That Identifies Areas in Need Based Upon Key Indicators
SMUD recently released a new mapping tool that uses collective data to identify areas in the region most in need. The Sustainable Communities Resource Priorities Needs Map provides key data that will help inform resource allocation and reduce growing economic disparity in Sacramento County. The interactive tool is more important now than ever given the limited resource capacity caused by the ...
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