Washington DC - March 11 - Nationwide air quality has improved significantly for six common air pollutants and emissions of toxic air pollutants, such as benzene, have declined about 40 percent nationwide between 1990 and 2005.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new details about the functions and objectives of USDA’s Office of Environmental Markets, now part of USDA’s Natural Resources and Environment mission area.

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Washington DC - March 9 -  The formation of the new Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee will inaugurate a new level of collaboration between the USDA Forest Service and the American people in the restoration of forested landscapes.

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Washington DC - March 5 - A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas, according to the findings of an international research team led by University of Alaska- Fairbanks scientists.

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Washington DC - March 5 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Department of the Interior has selected the University of Alaska as the first of eight planned regional Climate Science Centers in the nation.

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Washington DC - March 4 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Government of India, and India’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry are hosting the 2nd Methane to Markets Partnership Expo in New Delhi.

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Washington DC - March 1 - Congressman Collin Peterson, House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton and Representative Jo Ann Emerson have introduced a Joint Resolution to repeal the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “endangerment finding”.

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Washington DC - February 26 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that 20 U.S. communities, including two Indian Tribes, will receive $7.8 million in grants for projects that will reduce greenhouse gases.

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Washington DC - February 25 - U.S. utilities increased their spending on energy efficiency programs by 43% in 2009, according to a new report from the nonprofit Consortium for Energy Efficiency, which represents energy efficiency program administrators from across the United States and Canada.

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Washington DC - February 24 - NASA has launched a new web page which hosts a series of new articles, videos, data visualizations, space-based imagery and interactive visuals to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth’s changing climate.

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Washington DC - February 23 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar signed a Secretarial order establishing a new water sustainability strategy for the United States. The “SMART” in WaterSMART stands for “Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow.”

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Washington DC - February 22 - American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman called on Congress to adopt a resolution of disapproval of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding” and the proposed regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

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Washington DC - February 17 - President Obama announced that the Department of Energy has offered conditional commitments for a total of $8.33 billion in loan guarantees for the construction and operation of two new nuclear reactors at a plant in Burke, Georgia.

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Washington DC - February 16 - The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is petitioning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its finding that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are an endangerment to public health and welfare (“endangerment finding”).

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Washington DC - February 11 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced that 35 midwest communities have joined its Community Climate Change Initiative and committed to take action to reduce their town’s carbon footprint.

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