Posts Tagged ‘EPA’
EPA Excellence Award in Rhode Island goes to Cranston’s Water Pollution Control Facility
The City of Cranston Water Pollution Control Facility has been honored as the recipient of the 2024 EPA Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation and Maintenance Excellence Award for the state of Rhode Island. This recognition was presented during an awards ceremony held in Boston on January 30, where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New…
Read MoreEPA bans 2 cancer-causing chemicals, TCE and PCE, used at dry cleaners, other products
Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the latest risk management rules for trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) under the bipartisan 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act…
Read MoreClimate change experiment on hold to put lye and caustic soda into ocean – The Nantucket Current
WHOI Delays Geoengineering Experiment To Combat Climate Change In Waters Off Nantucket JohnCarl McGrady • Aug 26, 2024 – The Nantucket Current – Photo Facing pressure from the National Marine Fisheries Service and difficulty in acquiring a fully-equipped research vessel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has delayed a controversial small-scale study on the effects of ocean…
Read More22 Rhode Island car dealerships among 3,800 urging President to slow down EV hope and hype
22 Rhode Island car dealerships joined over 3,800 dealers, representing every state in the United States, who signed a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to ‘slow down,’ the EPA proposal that could push battery-powered vehicles to 60% of new-vehicle sales by the 2030 model year and 67% by 2032. The dealerships collectively sell…
Read MoreA Greener View: Glyphosate, one of the most commonly used chemicals – Jeff Rugg
By Jeff Rugg, contributing writer I recently wrote an article about two property owners sharing a fence line who needed to have their common weeds dealt with. The first thing I told them to do was to pull or cut the weeds down and then pull them. Next, I explained that the EPA regulates pesticide…
Read MoreEPA funds $1.75Million to 14 local organizations
EPA Funding for Local Groups Will Help Protect and Restore Southeast New England’s Coastal Environment Event in Pawtucket introduces grantees on watershed development Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has selected 14 local organizations for $1.75 million in new federal funding under the 2021 round of Southeast New England…
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