Training dogs to identify specific animal excrement, Auburn University is gathering data on species having the greatest conservation need.
The Department of Buildings has launched the New York City Energy Conservation Code, part of the city’s plan to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030. Lighting, power, and HVAC in new projects or renovations must comply.
The World Resources Institute and Big Room Inc. compare different ecolabel standards to help companies and consumers make better choices to reduce their environmental impacts.
New York City will implement the CASTion Ammonia Recovery Process to reduce nitrogen discharges in the bay.
Minor amendments to the Clean Water Act require that only analytical test methods that can detect and measure pollutants at or below the respective water quality critieria can be used for NPDES permit application.
The agency approved changes for 64 waterbodies and is finalizing action on 19 others.
Energy consulting company’s methodology has been endorsed by the European Petroleum Industry Association as the basis for allocating GHG allowances in the EU.
The company will support the agency's Carlsbad Field Office and the Waste Isolation Pilot Project.
Washing fecal contamination from hands should be investigated as a strategy to improve stored drinking water quality, researchers say.
A former landfill near South Lake Tahoe, Calif., is releasing volatile organic compounds into Saxon Creek and the county and the Forest Service will be monitoring area groundwater and considering possible solutions.
How one environmental cleanup firm managed a sodium chlorate spill in an active rail yard from cradle-to-grave.
Joseph LaDou says discontinuing the global use of all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile asbestos, would prevent all asbestos-related diseases.
Current conditions, especially given the absence of a significant amount of Deepwater Horizon/BP oil from the Loop Current, indicate that immediate threats to the Florida Keys, Miami and Ft. Lauderdale areas remain low.
Cutan, which increases a plant's resistance to water, is an efficient sorbent for organic compounds in soil, the study found.
In the next phase, EPA will test the acute toxicity of multiple concentrations of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil and the dispersants.
Singapore, Australia and The Philippines are among the winners who were announced during Singapore International Water Week 2010.
EnergySolutions, Perma-Fix, Philo-Technics, and Studsvik will be awarded task orders for treatment over the next five years with a maximum contract value of $24.9 million.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission rule would set requirements for Category 1 and 2 radioactive materials and shipments of small amounts of irradiated reactor fuel.
The agency said its suspects that MotorScience Enterprise intentionally submitted false or incomplete emissions information on gas-powered off road motorcycles and all terrain vehicles.