This week, the District of Columbia (DC) Department of Energy and Environment awarded a grant to develop a volunteer-based program that will monitor levels of bacteria in DC’s surface waters.…
Archives for June 2018
Mississippi Awards Waste Tire Grant to Harrison County
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has awarded Harrison County a $51,500 two-year waste tire grant to continue the local waste tire collection program for small quantity generators of waste…
Pennsylvania Recognizes Green Ribbon Schools for Promoting Stewardship
This week, several members of the Pennsylvania Wolf Administration joined environmental and educational advocates at the state Capitol to honor Mt. Lebanon High School and Wexford Elementary School for their…
ECOS Member Spotlight: David Paylor
Two Minutes with David Paylor, President of the Environmental Research Institute of the States and Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality How long have you been the Director of…
NASA Satellite Air Pollution Data Show Strong Results from California Programs
A new scientific study by scientists from Emory University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the California Air Resources Board uses satellite technology to provide evidence that California’s clean air programs…
Arkansas Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines Helping Farmers
Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines are helping Arkansas farmers to manage smoke during post-harvest stubble removal. Prescribed fires are useful and efficient when it comes to removing stubble from row crops,…
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Installs Low Cost Water Sensors
The Division of Water in the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Flood Awareness Apex program and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services to…
New York Launches Chemical Disclosure Program
On June 6, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released its final policy and form for manufacturer disclosures under the Household Cleaning Product Information Disclosure Program. The program…
California Requests White House Meeting on Federal Auto Efficiency Standards
Regulators at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have requested a meeting with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) over proposed plans to ease federal auto efficiency standards.…
Presentation on Beneficial Use of Coal Combustion Residuals
This May 29, 2018 webinar on CCR was given to ECOS’ SMM Workgroup by Patrick Riley (Oklahoma DEQ) and Thomas Lazarski (Oklahoma Gas & Electric). View the video here.
