By Carolyn House Stewart, Esq.Alpha Kappa Alpha women are known for wearing their pink and green as they serve communities all over the globe.To effectively serve in these communities requires being healthy. As one of the world’s leading service organizations primarily comprised of…
The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of Francis D. "Dewey" Hemilright Jr. of North Carolina to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
By Jeanethe FalveyHe set an older camera on the table so I would recognize him. In a quaint coffee shop in St. Helena, California, I finally had a chance to sit down with Chuck and meet him in person.While he is the likely front-runner with the most photographs in the final Documerica collection,…
(Seattle—Feb. 24, 2012) The U.S
By Alice Kaufman
By Carolyn House Stewart, Esq.Alpha Kappa Alpha women are known for wearing their pink and green as they serve communities all over the globe.To effectively serve in these communities requires being healthy. As one of the world’s leading service organizations primarily comprised of…
The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of Francis D. "Dewey" Hemilright Jr. of North Carolina to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
By Jeanethe FalveyHe set an older camera on the table so I would recognize him. In a quaint coffee shop in St. Helena, California, I finally had a chance to sit down with Chuck and meet him in person.While he is the likely front-runner with the most photographs in the final Documerica collection,…
(Seattle—Feb. 24, 2012) The U.S
By Alice Kaufman It’s turned cold in New England now so I’ve had to change my commute. But when the weather is nice, and temperatures are well above freezing in the morning, I ride my bike the five miles to the commuter rail station. It’s turned cold in New England now so I’ve had to change my commute. But when the weather is nice, and temperatures are well above freezing in the morning, I ride my bike the five miles to the commuter rail station. The train ride is the real start of the work day, when [...]
In the near future, NOAA scientists will begin using data from an advanced instrument to monitor the health of Earth’s stratospheric ozone, a layer in the atmosphere that shields the world’s population from harmful levels of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation.
By Nancy StonerOn a cold February day, I stood in a driveway in an industrial complex in Bladensburg, MD, just outside the nation’s capital. Water from a 500-gallon container was gushing onto the ground in front of me. But rather than forming large puddles and flowing across the parking lot, the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
By Lina YounesTruth be told, this winter season has been relatively mild around the greater Washington, DC area and across the United States. So when the famous Pennsylvania groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow forecasting six more weeks of winter, my first thought was: “what…
Por Lina YounesA la verdad, esta temporada invernal ha sido relativamente moderada alrededor de Washington, DC y a través de los Estados Unidos. Por lo tanto, cuando la famosa marmota de Pensilvania, Punxutawney Phil, vio su sombra presagiando seis semanas más de invierno, lo primero que se me…
By Jeffery RobichaudMy kids are hooked on Storage Wars (they love Barry and despise Dave) and my wife and I enjoy Hoarders, probably since it makes us feel like better housekeepers than we really are. At EPA in Kansas City, we are preparing for a transition from one building to another and many of…
(02/22/12) HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recently provided $15,000 in funding to the University of Hawaii to further research efforts on marine debris. The funding will be used to begin studying plastic debris caught in the filters of ship-board cooling systems – this…
(Boston, Mass. – Feb. 22, 2012) – EPA is pleased to recognize the nine companies in New England that have been named as ENERGY STAR Leaders over the past seven years, as well as the 207 buildings in New England that have received the prestigious ENERGY STAR label in 2011. ENERGY STAR Leaders…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the removal of 235 drums from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund site in Le Roy, N.Y. will begin today. The EPA reviewed the sampling results for the contents of all the drums and in all cases considers them…
WASHINGTON –The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that nearly half of the organizations recognized as Energy Star Leaders have improved the energy efficiency of their building portfolios by 20 percent or more. Last year, President Obama announced a nationwide call to action to…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection.Previous Science Wednesdays.By Gabriel OlchinIn the age of transparent government, I think it helps to highlight specific products that make our research and approaches more apparent to the public. Transparency is important to me…
In the near future, NOAA scientists will begin using data from an advanced instrument to monitor the health of Earth’s stratospheric ozone, a layer in the atmosphere that shields the world’s population from harmful levels of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation.
By Nancy StonerOn a cold February day, I stood in a driveway in an industrial complex in Bladensburg, MD, just outside the nation’s capital. Water from a 500-gallon container was gushing onto the ground in front of me. But rather than forming large puddles and flowing across the parking lot, the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal agreement with the Battery Recycling Company, Inc. requiring it to take multiple actions to reduce the spread of lead contamination from its Arecibo, Puerto Rico facility. As part of an ongoing investigation of the…
By Lina YounesTruth be told, this winter season has been relatively mild around the greater Washington, DC area and across the United States. So when the famous Pennsylvania groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow forecasting six more weeks of winter, my first thought was: “what…
Por Lina YounesA la verdad, esta temporada invernal ha sido relativamente moderada alrededor de Washington, DC y a través de los Estados Unidos. Por lo tanto, cuando la famosa marmota de Pensilvania, Punxutawney Phil, vio su sombra presagiando seis semanas más de invierno, lo primero que se me…
By Jeffery RobichaudMy kids are hooked on Storage Wars (they love Barry and despise Dave) and my wife and I enjoy Hoarders, probably since it makes us feel like better housekeepers than we really are. At EPA in Kansas City, we are preparing for a transition from one building to another and many of…
(02/22/12) HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recently provided $15,000 in funding to the University of Hawaii to further research efforts on marine debris. The funding will be used to begin studying plastic debris caught in the filters of ship-board cooling systems – this…
(Boston, Mass. – Feb. 22, 2012) – EPA is pleased to recognize the nine companies in New England that have been named as ENERGY STAR Leaders over the past seven years, as well as the 207 buildings in New England that have received the prestigious ENERGY STAR label in 2011. ENERGY STAR Leaders…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the removal of 235 drums from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund site in Le Roy, N.Y. will begin today. The EPA reviewed the sampling results for the contents of all the drums and in all cases considers them…
WASHINGTON –The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that nearly half of the organizations recognized as Energy Star Leaders have improved the energy efficiency of their building portfolios by 20 percent or more. Last year, President Obama announced a nationwide call to action to…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection.Previous Science Wednesdays.By Gabriel OlchinIn the age of transparent government, I think it helps to highlight specific products that make our research and approaches more apparent to the public. Transparency is important to me…