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EPA to Begin Full Investigation at Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site (NY)

(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will begin a full investigation of the type and extent of the contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, New Jersey within a few weeks

EPA Seeks Citizen Participation with Open Government Plan (HQ)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published the first edition of its Open Government Plan. The plan discusses publishing EPA information online, improving the quality of the information, and creating a culture of open government

Jefferson City, Mo., Receives $234,221 for Brownfields Assessment of Former State Penitentiary Property (MO)

$190,000 Grant to Establish Environmental Finance Center at Wichita State University (IA, KS, MO, NE)

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., April 7, 2010) – EPA is awarding $190,000 to the Wichita State University Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs to establish an Environmental Finance Center (EFC)

Outdoor Classrooms to Help Students Test Water Quality (KS, MO)

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., April 7, 2010) – A team of EPA scientists will participate with groups of elementary school students at a series of events during April to test water quality and examine aquatic life in ponds and streams in Kansas and Missouri

Colorado ranks second in nation in energy-efficient schools (CO)

116 schools, from Kiowa to Grand Junction, join EPA’s Energy Star Class of 2009 (Denver, Colorado — April 7, 2010) The U.S

Weitz & Luxenberg Continues Efforts To Help People With Asbestos Cancers

Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. would like to highlight a sobering statistic: In 2009, over 219,000 people were diagnosed with lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. For over 13,000 of those people, their cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos or another pollutant. In response to the ongoing danger of asbestos exposure, Reps…

U.S. EPA, UC Riverside, to engage students in agency’s green agenda through a new partnership (CA)

(04/06/10) LOS ANGELES – The U.S

EPA Begins Recovery Act – Funded Cleanup at Evansville Superfund Site (IN)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 10-OPA036 (CHICAGO – April 6, 2010) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 this week begins cleanup of 300 lead-contaminated properties in Evansville’s Jacobsville neighborhood

New Mexico Small Business Receives $70,000 from EPA to Develop Technology to Monitor Groundwater (NM)

Texas Small Business Receives $140,000 from EPA to Develop and Demonstrate a Fuel Cell and Propane Energy System and Renewable Sources of Energy (TX)