Environmental Protection Agency News

Environmental Protection Agency News.

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  Houseplants Offer Feast for Both Lungs and Eyes

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:54 PM ET

  next breath.Indoor air quality problems are not quite as dramatic and attention-grabbing as other environmental or public health matters, but the EPA informs us of the potential pitfalls and the very common and often overlooked causes of poor indoor air quality. They may stem from som Read More

  More like this in: Health, Science Daily, Oxygen, Air Quality, Plants, University of Georgia, Hydrocarbons
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  A Million Babies Crawling

  By Marc Hertz | Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  is asking parents to sign up their babies for this movement to eliminate toxic chemicals from the home. According to the site, "since 1976, the US Environmental Protection Agency has required safety testing on only 200 of the more than 80,000 chemicals in the market," so the maker of natura Read More

  More like this in: Babies, Seventh Generation, Martin Luther King Jr., US, Social Responsibility, Politics & Policy, Events, Activism
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  EPA Pilot Project: Save Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot

  By David Bois | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  picked up some unhelpful hitchhikers in the form of sediment and various contaminants from the paved surfaces. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facility in Edison, NJ, however, is putting itself in the center of the investigation and implementation of alternate and less harmful pavemen Read More

  More like this in: Water, New Jersey, EurekAlert, Water Quality, Erosion, Technology, Science, Green Tech, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Women and Children Aid Indian Water Contamination Study

  By David Bois | Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM ET

  the poisoning, the results are still dire. Groundwater arsenic levels in parts of the Indian subcontinent exceed World Health Organization and US EPA safety standards by 30 times, putting those who use that water at risk for developing skin disease, cancers and other serious health problems. Read More

  More like this in: Health, Children, India, Drinking Water, World Health Organization, EurekAlert, Water Quality, Himalayas, Kansas State University
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  Finding Art in Trash

  By Courtney Rubin | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:44 PM ET

  It's winning friends and influencing people: Sylvester Stallone has come calling (and buying), as have more than 40 museums worldwide. Ditto the EPA, who enlisted Sewell to help promote re-use and recycling. (Watch a video of Sewell at work here.)Sewell grew up near a naval dockyard i Read More

  More like this in: Daily Mail, Sculpture, World, Life & Style, Americas, Culture
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  Seal Natural Gas Leaks to Curb Climate Change

  By Sarah Parsons | Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:36 PM ET

  year because of holes in natural gas wells. While this number is ginormous and daunting, the situation can be cheaply and easily remedied: Just rEPAir the leaks to prevent the emissions.That's exactly what Terry Gosney, an environmental field consultant at EnCana,did. Using an infrared camera Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Methane, Electric Vehicles, US, Science, Politics & Policy, Good Ideas, Tech Does Good, Energy, Environment
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  Why You Need to Practice Good 'Cyber Hygiene'

  By Judy Mottl | Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  a responsibility to practice good 'cyber hygiene' and to protect themselves and their families at home, at work and at school," according to the dEPArtment's Web site.The feds offer up some simple, but important, steps that everyone can follow, from making sure firewalls and virus protectio Read More

  More like this in: Security, Ghosts, Technology
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  Brownfields Are Blue Ribbon Green Energy Sites

  By David Bois | Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:04 PM ET

  the creation of new easements and corridors for transmission infrastructure could be dramatically reduced. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is running with the concept. They have identified 13 contaminated sites for feasibility study as conversion to clean energy usage, and 1 Read More

  More like this in: Wind Energy, Science, Politics & Policy, Green Tech, Energy, Environment
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  Futuristic Eco Hut Like No Other

  By Kendall Hunter | Tue Oct 6, 2009 11:47 PM ET

  the shadow of the Matterhorn, a futuristic, eco-friendly version of the traditional mountain hut prEPAres to open it's doors to hikers an Read More

  More like this in: Architecture, Environment, Weather, Switzerland, Matterhorn, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, World, Technology, Europe, Green Tech, Environment, Eco-travel
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  Chamber Climate Rots Apple

  By Marc Hertz | Tue Oct 6, 2009 2:30 AM ET

  was effective immediately, and according to a company letter dated October 5, "We strongly object to the chamber's recent comments opposing the EPA's effort to limit greenhouse gases." The letter (available for download at the New York Times blog) is from Catherine A. Novelli, vice presiden Read More

  More like this in: Apple, Nike, Climate change, The New York Times, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, L.A. Times, Media, PG&E, Exelon Corporation