Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation, will be the keynote speaker on Jan. 31 at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Engine experts and biofuels researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working on a project that aims to modify an endophytic fungus so that it will produce fuel-type hydrocarbons for transportation purposes.
Teens in the study who lived immediately next to a busy roadway had increased risk of allergies and asthma. The odds can go up by 30 percent for developing allergies to dust mites, pet hairs, and mold, and can double for having actual asthma symptoms, such as wheezing and the need for medications to help breathe.
Globally the costs of natural disasters are increasing rapidly, fuelled by societal changes such as increases in population, wealth and inflation, not climate change.
The Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership will have another two years of support for testing whether acid gas injection lowers emissions and enhances oil recovery at Apache's Zama Project.
Using technology developed at EPA's Ann Arbor, Mich., lab, the partners will design a vehicle that is expected to have improved fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The company's Cheswick Power Plant reportedly may resume operating without pollution controls.
POWER4Georgians will need to provide more data and analysis on particulate matter and carbon monoxide emissions.
Twenty-nine legislators supported bills in the House and Senate that would remove some authority from the Department of Ecology and set up a new water commission.
The facility will process clean demolition wood, food and yard waste from South Florida residents and businesses to create organic compost products.
EPA testing confirmed in December that drinking wells in Parker County, Texas, contained methane gas and benzene.
The agency has funding available to support demonstration; pre-proposals are due by March 8.
Small business meets water protection in an effort to connect all the players who will promote economic growth and technological innovation.
Five areas are threatened by impacts related to energy production, from offshore drilling in Alabama to mountaintop removal coal mining in Tennessee to 'fracking' in Virginia.
High demand has persuaded EPA to record presentations and make them available through its website.
The free webcast on "Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution and Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes” is scheduled for Jan. 26.
Increased monitoring ability will enable better monitoring of plants' response to different environments.
Researchers at the University of Missouri have found methods to help farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also increasing corn grain production.
EPA has issued guidance recommending how public water systems might enhance monitoring and sampling programs specifically for hexavalent chromium.
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. will install pollution control technology on all of its coal-fired plants, pay a penalty, and fund mitigation projects in Indiana.