The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), in honor of America Recycles Day, reminds Hoosiers to reduce, reuse, and recycle to conserve natural resources, save energy, and help the economy.…
Archives for November 2016
Minnesota Offers Grants to Replace Diesel Engines, Clean Air
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is offering $400,000 in grants in 2017 to owners of older, heavy-duty diesel engines who upgrade or replace their engines with cleaner-burning models. MPCA’s…
Kansas Creates Hazardous Waste Determination App
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has launched a mobile application called Kansas Waste Determination, a simplified, innovative method for facilities to report their hazardous waste generation. This app,…
Mississippi Announces Beach Outfalls Challenge
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced this week a Beach Outfalls Challenge, aimed at addressing the water quality impact of beach outfalls along the Mississippi Sound, by soliciting…
Heightened Awareness Yields Record Number of Algae Advisories in North Dakota
A record-setting number of blue-green algae advisories issued this past summer by North Dakota environmental officials is being attributed to increased awareness. Mike Ell, an Environmental Scientist with the North…
Pennsylvania Joins Partners to Launch Methane Mapping in Pittsburgh
On November 15, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf joined the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Google, People’s Natural Gas, and Carnegie Mellon University to unveil a partnership to map methane leaks in…
Wyoming DEQ Releases Pavillion Final Report and Palatability Study
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today released its Pavillion, Wyoming Area Domestic Water Wells Final Report and Palatability Study. The final report is a result of the State of…
Arkansas Unscrambles Environmental Alphabet Soup
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has added a page to its website that provides readers with the words behind various environmental acronyms and definitions of environmental terms used on…
Iowa P2 Intern Program Yields Significant Savings for Companies
Iowa companies have saved more than $1.6 million in the last year thanks to waste-reducing projects completed by 16 interns from the Department of Natural Resources Pollution Prevention (P2) Intern…
District of Columbia Unveils Strategy for Cutting GhG 50% by 2032
The District of Columbia’s Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) has released an initial version of its Clean Energy DC report. A companion to Climate Ready DC, Clean Energy DC…
