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Missoula nonprofit receives $32k environmental education grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Ecology Project International (EPI), based in Missoula, Mont., an environmental education grant of $32,200 to carry out a hands-on field science and conservation program for Montana teens. The program will partner teens with field-based researchers studying climate-change and biodiversity protection issues as part of EPI’s Yellowstone ...
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Study Evaluates Critical Mineral-Resource Potential in Alaska
A new method for evaluating the resource potential for large, underexplored regions for critical minerals in Alaska is now available online. Critical minerals are used in products that are vital to national security, technology, and also play an integral role in our everyday modern life. The U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys ...
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Publicly available tool reports on different types of pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data is now available for the reporting year of 2012. This annual report provides citizens with critical information about their communities, including data on certain toxic chemical releases to the air, water, and land, as well as information on waste management and pollution prevention activities by facilities across ...
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EPA Toxics Release Inventory Report provides Northwest residents with information on chemical releases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published the 2011 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, providing information to communities about chemical releases to air, water and land across the nation. Hundreds of facilities in Washington, Oregon and Idaho are required to report information on toxic chemical releases. In Washington, 316 facilities reported 19 million pounds of ...
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EPA recognizes Bigfork, Montana students for contributions toward natural resource conservation (MT)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson recognized students from northwest Montana’s Bigfork High School at the 2009 President’s Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) ceremony today. The students were recognized for their commitment to cave conservation and awareness on nearby federal lands, including Glacier National Park. "The President"s Environmental Youth ...
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New global initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands
Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the non-governmental organisation Wetlands International launch ‘The Organic Soils and Peatlands Climate Change Mitigation Initiative’. The Initiative has been established to increase awareness about how the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of peatlands can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, ...
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EPA Awarding over $179,500 to Revitalize Urban Waters along Rio Grande
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action to help protect and restore waters along the Rio Grande River in New Mexico. EPA is awarding $179,721 to three organizations to research, study, train, and demonstrate projects that benefit urban waters and the surrounding land. The projects will improve water quality, and support community revitalization and other local priorities. ...
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EPA Awarding over $179,500 to Revitalize Urban Waters along Rio Grande
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action to help protect and restore waters along the Rio Grande River in New Mexico. EPA is awarding $179,721 to three organizations to research, study, train, and demonstrate projects that benefit urban waters and the surrounding land. The projects will improve water quality, and support community revitalization and other local priorities. ...
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EPA’s 2011 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Increase in Great Lakes Basin Pollution
Toxic releases into surface waters in the Great Lakes Basin increased by 12 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s annual Toxics Release Inventory report published today. Nationwide, toxic surface water discharges decreased by 3 percent. “This is a significant increase in toxic releases to our waters – and an indication that the Great ...
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EPA`s 2012 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline
Total releases of toxic chemicals decreased 12 percent from 2011-2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report released today. The decrease includes an eight percent decline in total toxic air releases, primarily due to reductions in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. “People deserve to know what toxic chemicals ...
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EPA’s 2011 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline
Total toxic air releases in 2011 declined 8 percent from 2010, mostly because of decreases in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, even while total releases of toxic chemicals increased for the second year in a row, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report published today. The annual TRI provides citizens with vital information ...
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EPA Issues 2012 Toxic Release Inventory Data for Pacific Southwest Region
Nationally, total releases of toxic chemicals decreased 12 percent from 2011-2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report and Pacific Southwest state fact sheets published today. “Our yearly analysis of chemicals being used by industry helps residents understand which chemicals are used in their neighborhoods,” ...
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