On May 5, The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced more than half million dollars in solid waste grants to municipalities and school districts across the state. Green Schools…
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ECOS Profiles Top Ten State Earth Day Activities
To mark Earth Day on April 22, ECOS requested information regarding how state agencies were celebrating. The association was impressed with the number and variety of original approaches reported via…
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,…
9-12 Summary of State Responses to SCOTUS Clean Power Plan Stay
This document is a summary of State responses to Clean Power Plan (CPP) Stay (as of 9/12/16). *Alaska, Vermont, and Hawaii, as well as the D.C., are exempt from the…
Partners for Meeting State Research Needs
This document provides brief examples of states using EPA research and resources through the Office of Research and Development to address environmental concerns.
Kansas Partners with EPA to Understand Air Impacts of Prairie Rangeland Burning
Flint Hills area of eastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma is home to the largest (12,000 square miles) remaining contiguous natural grassland prairie in the U.S. Throughout the region, land managers…
States Use Village Green to Monitor Air Quality and Improve Community Awareness
“The Village Green station is a helpful tool in educating the public, and particularly children, about the importance of air quality in our everyday lives,” said Oklahoma Department of Environmental…
Twenty States Request SCOTUS Stay of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
On February 22, 20 states – AL, AK, AZ, AR, ID, IA, KS, KY, MI, MS, MO, NE, ND, OH, OK, SC, TX, UT, WV and WY – filed a…
