The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) offers via its website useful Environmental Guidance for Storm Recovery and Flooding. The toolkit provides succinct advice and a bevy of external links to…
Archives for June 2017
Mississippi Offers Restoration Contracting Workshop
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Office of Restoration and Office of Community Engagement Small Business Environmental Assistance Program are offering a workshop next month on restoration contracting. The…
DC Helps Fund Sustainable Soccer Stadium
This week, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a $25 million private clean energy financing deal for the installation of state-of-the-art energy and water efficiency measures, an 884 KW solar array,…
ECOS Member Spotlight: John Mitchell
Two Minutes with John Mitchell, ECOS Region VII Executive Committee Representative, Chair of the ECOS Innovation and Productivity Committee, and Director of the Division of Environment within the Kansas Department of…
Oregon’s Life Cycle Assessments Program
This June 29, 2017 SMM Workgroup presentation by David Allaway and Peter Canepa of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality details the agency’s Life Cycle Assessments program, an integral part…
State BPI Projects Database
Click here to visit ECOS’ database of over 700 Business Process Improvement projects completed by our member agencies.
DC, Minnesota, and Missouri Mark National Pollinators Week
In honor of National Pollinator Week this week, states are taking the opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and what citizens can do to protect them. Below…
Kentucky Agencies Coordinate in Fighting Wildfires
In October 2016, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin declared a wildfire emergency after hundreds of fires consumed land in 49 counties. To combat this natural disaster, more than 500 employees of…
ECOS Member Spotlight: Austin Caperton
Two Minutes with Austin Caperton, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection How long have you been Cabinet Secretary? What’s your best experience thus far? Five…
Oregon, U.S. EPA Use GIS to Inform Public on Asbestos Cleanup
When a warehouse caught fire in Portland, Oregon last month, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) determined that fire debris containing asbestos had been spread to a large surrounding…
