Lets Not Call Blowing Stuff Up Under Ground A Science And Start Wars Just To Profit Off Of Gas Prices Just Because We Had An Oil Baron President. When We Put All Our Eggs In One Basket Just To Just To Profit Off Of Mining And Drilling Next To Rivers; What An Idiotic Notion. Water Happens To Be The Most Important Resource On The Earth And Besides; We Stall The Whole Rest Of The Economy Because We Have To Create More Jobs To Clean Up After Them Rather Than Jobs People Need To Further The People Through Science And Technology To Utilize Other Resources In A Balanced Economy That The People Decide Not Corporations That Buy Out The Government But Corporations That Have New Ideas That Create New Jobs For New Growth In The Supply And Demand Of Capitalism In The Land Of New Opportunities Where We Help New Things In Balance With Old Things To Prosper, Not Buy Out New Things To Cover Up Old Things That Are Out Dated And Aren't Working Any More. (See Video Below)
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Fwd: News Release: EPA and Groundwork New Orleans Team Up to Help Underserved Neighborhoods
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| EPA and Groundwork New Orleans Team Up to Help Underserved Neighborhoods
DALLAS – (Sept. 16, 2014) Groundwork New Orleans (GWNO) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are teaming up again to address environmental justice issues in New Orleans. EPA recently awarded $120,000 to GWNO to support a two-year project that will create an adaptable outdoor curriculum focused on watershed and stormwater management for local youth and residents.
"Working with community organizations strengthens our efforts to improve environmental conditions in communities," said EPA Regional Administrator Ron Curry. "We look forward to working closely with Groundwork New Orleans to help citizens protect valuable water resources within their neighborhoods."
GWNO will use an EPA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement (EJCPS) to conduct the project. The project seeks to improve stormwater management and the health and safety of area residents while adding aesthetic and recreational services that will improve quality of life and attract economic development. Residents will also have the opportunity to engage in interactive service-learning such as planting, caring for trees, trash disposal, recycling and community workshops.
GWNO is one of 12 community-based organizations announced today by EPA who will receive EJCPS funding totaling about $1.4 million. The EJCPS Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding for non-profit and tribal organizations to partner with stakeholders from across industry, government, and academia to develop and implement solutions that significantly address environmental and/or public health issues in American communities.
In 2003, EPA's Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) launched the first solicitation for the EJCPS Cooperative Agreement Program. Since the Program's inception, EPA has provided funding to 50 projects to help communities understand and address exposure to environmental harms and risks. Each of this year's recipients were awarded up to $120,000 to support their two-year projects. Projects must use the Collaborative Problem Solving Model, comprised of seven elements of a successful collaborative partnership, to address local environmental and/or public health issues.
Environmental justice is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race or income, in the environmental decision-making process. These awards represent EPA's commitment to promoting localized, community-based actions to address environmental justice issues.
More information about EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement Program: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-cps-grants.html
Connect with EPA Region 6: On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eparegion6 On Twitter: https://twitter.com/EPAregion6 Activities in EPA Region 6: http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.htm
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Fwd: EPA News Release: Baghurst Drive Site in Harleysville, Pa., Added to EPA’s Superfund National Priorities List
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Subject: EPA News Release: Baghurst Drive Site in Harleysville, Pa., Added to EPA's Superfund National Priorities List
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| Contact: Donna Heron 215-814-5113, heron.donna@epa.gov
Baghurst Drive Site in Harleysville, Pa., Added to EPA's Superfund National Priorities list PHILADELPHIA (September 16, 2014) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it added the Baghurst Drive site in Harleysville, Montgomery County, Pa., to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a national list of sites where hazardous contaminants could impact public health and/or the environment. NPL sites undergo a thorough investigation to determine the full nature and extent of contamination. EPA or the parties responsible for the contamination then address whatever risks the sites pose to human health and the environment. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund program, requires EPA to update the NPL at least annually and clean up hazardous waste sites to protect human health with the goal of returning them to communities for productive use. Located in Harleysville, the Baghurst Drive site consists of a residential area where ground water is contaminated with volatile organic compounds. The contaminated ground water plume is currently affecting up to 42 residential water wells. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl_hrs.htm. Superfund sites in local communities: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm. More information about the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund program, can be found at: http://epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm.
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Fwd: News Release: EPA Proposes One Hazardous Waste Site in the Southeast to Superfund’s National Priorities List
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Subject: News Release: EPA Proposes One Hazardous Waste Site in the Southeast to Superfund's National Priorities List
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| EPA Proposes One Hazardous Waste Site in the Southeast to Superfund's National Priorities List Cleaning up hazardous waste sites protects human health, raises property value, and facilitates the economic restoration of communities Contact Information: James Pinkney, (404) 562-9183 (Direct), (404) 562-8400 (Main) pinkney.james@epa.gov Atlanta - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is proposing the 35th Avenue site in Birmingham, AL, a site that pose risks to human health and the environment, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in 1980, investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and converts them into productive local resources by eliminating or reducing health risks and environmental contamination associated with hazardous waste sites. "Cleaning up hazardous waste sites protects our country's most vulnerable populations, prevents diseases, increases local property values and facilitates economic restoration of communities across America," said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. "By listing a site on the Superfund National Priorities List, we're taking an important action to protect human health and encourage economic restoration of communities." Information about how a site is listed on the NPL: Connect with EPA Region 4 on Facebook: www.facebook.com/eparegion4 And on Twitter @EPASoutheast
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Fwd: News Release: EPA Adds Houma, La., Shipyard to National Priorities List of Superfund Sites
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Subject: News Release: EPA Adds Houma, La., Shipyard to National Priorities List of Superfund Sites
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EPA Adds Houma, La., Shipyard to National Priorities List of Superfund Sites
(DALLAS – Sept. 16, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added the Delta Shipyard site in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, a list of sites that pose risks to people's health and the environment. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country.
The 165-acre site, in a mixed industrial and residential area south of the city of Houma, operated as a cleaning and repair facility for small cargo boats, fishing boats, and oil barges. Oily waste from the cleaning process was stored in several unlined earthen pits used as evaporation ponds. These pits were reportedly also used to dispose of oil field drilling material. Wetlands near the site are contaminated with a variety of metals, including arsenic, benzene, and lead. Additionally, evaporation pits contain more than 30,000 cubic yards of hazardous material.
"Finalizing the Delta Shipyard site on the NPL will allow EPA and our partners to begin restoring the land," said EPA Regional Administrator Ron Curry. "Addressing these types of complex cleanups is one of the most important parts of EPA's mission."
Contamination from the site has been found in ground water, surface water, and soil. The state of Louisiana referred the site to EPA for inclusion on the NPL. Without remediation of the site, releases of contamination to ground water, surface water, and soil could continue.
The Superfund program uses remedy effectiveness information to actively manage site operations and refine remedial strategies in order to efficiently move sites to completion. Today, more than 800 Superfund sites across the nation support some type of continued use, active reuse or planned reuse activities.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund program, gives EPA the authority to clean up releases of hazardous substances and directs EPA to update the NPL at least annually to protect human health and the environment with the goal of returning these sites to communities for productive use. The NPL contains the nation's most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites. The list serves as the basis for prioritizing both enforcement actions and long-term EPA Superfund cleanup funding; only sites on the NPL are eligible for such funding.
Federal Register notices and supporting documents for the final and proposed sites: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/current.htm
Information about how a site is listed on the NPL: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl_hrs.htm
Superfund sites in local communities: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm
More information about the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the law establishing the Superfund program, can be found at: http://epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm
Connect with EPA Region 6: On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eparegion6 On Twitter: https://twitter.com/EPAregion6 Activities in EPA Region 6: http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.htm
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Fwd: DEP SURPASSES GOAL TO SELL $40 MILLION IN LAND SALES TO BENEFIT CONSERVATION
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Fwd: Collaborating for Sustainable Environmental and Social Change
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| You are subscribed to Environmental Justice in Action Blog for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Here's the latest blog post. 09/16/2014 11:23 AM EDT By Dr. Mildred McClain Residents living in the Hudson Hill neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia, had long complained about damage to their health and homes due to emissions from the paper mill located within this west side community. In 2004, Harambee House Inc.-Citizens for Environmental Justice (HH/CFEJ) was awarded one of the first EPA Environmental Justice […]
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Fwd: News Release: EPA Awards Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors a 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement
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Subject: News Release: EPA Awards Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors a 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2014
EPA Awards Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors a 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement
CONTACT: Jason McDonald, (404) 562-9203 (Direct), (404) 562-8400 (Main) mcdonald.jason@epa.gov
ATLANTA – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today a competitive cooperative agreement with the Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors (MCBM) to reduce lead exposure and mitigate the negative impacts of old, inadequate housing stock for low-income, minority families and children throughout the Mississippi Delta. The agreement is one of 12 EPA has reached with community-based organizations nationwide, totaling about $1.4 million in funding, under this initiative.
"These cooperative agreements empower communities to implement environmental protection projects locally," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. "With these agreements, EPA advances our commitment to communities by providing financial and technical assistance to take action against environmental harm."
The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding for non-profit and tribal organizations to partner with stakeholders from across industry, government, and academia to develop and implement solutions that significantly address environmental and/or public health issues in American communities.
Through its "Mississippi Delta Child Lead Reduction Plan", the MCBM will create a network of African American mayors, health care providers, and community members. These groups will be tasked with increasing community awareness and education about the harmful effects of lead exposure, common sources of household sources of lead, and preventative techniques. This collaborative effort seeks to develop and implement a "Lead Contamination Action Plan" that will help to identify the homes that have significant exposures, work with area health care facilities to test children's toys and clothing for lead residue, and develop and implement lead abatement measures.
In 2003, EPA's Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) launched the first solicitation for the EJCPS Cooperative Agreement Program. Since the Program's inception, EPA has provided funding to 50 projects to help communities understand and address exposure to environmental harms and risks. Each of this year's recipients are awarded up to $120,000 to support two-year projects, including identifying and reducing sources of air pollution, reducing lead exposure in homes of low-income residents, and the cleanup and repurposing of community dump sites. Projects must use the Collaborative Problem Solving model, comprised of seven elements of a successful collaborative partnership, to address local environmental and/or public health issues.
Environmental justice is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race or income, in the environmental decision-making process. These awards represent EPA's commitment to promoting localized, community-based actions to address environmental justice issues. Please visit http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/resources/publications/grants/cps-project-abstracts-2014.pdf for a complete listing of the 2014 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement recipients and project descriptions.
In the fall of 2014, EPA plans to release a Request for Applications for the fiscal year 2015 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. A schedule of pre-application teleconference calls will be announced at that time.
More information about EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement Program: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-cps-grants.html
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