Washington DC -June 7- In an effort to ensure the use of the best available science and robust public participation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced plans to send its underlying data and methodologies to support development of coastal water quality standards, also known as nutrients criteria, to the Science Advisory Board (SAB) for peer review.

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Washington DC -June 1- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating a rulemaking to better protect the environment and public health from the harmful effects of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and basement backups.

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Washington DC -May 25- Over half of Wisconsin’s Congressional representatives have gone on record to support efforts to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered species.

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Washington DC -May 21- The National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and 15 other conservation groups have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ensure national parks and the public’s health are protected from air pollution by requiring that states take significant steps to fulfill the Clean Air Act.

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Washington DC -May 21- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a directive requiring BP to identify and use a less toxic and more effective dispersant from the list of EPA authorized dispersants. Dispersants are a chemical used to break up oil into small droplets so that they are more easily degraded.

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Washington DC -May 20- Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and other Senate leaders sent a letter to President Obama today, calling for an “immediate and enhanced” inspection of all offshore drilling rigs and production platforms in the United States.

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Washington DC -May 19- America’s ability to use more nuclear energy to help address urgent and long-term economic and environmental challenges looks increasingly promising, industry leaders said here today.

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Washington DC -May 19- NOAA has extended the boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico into the northern portion of the loop current as a precautionary measure to ensure that seafood from the Gulf will remain safe for consumers.

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Washington DC -May 18- The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for both April and for the period from January-April, according to NOAA. Additionally, last month’s average ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for any April, and the global land surface temperature was the third warmest on record.

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Washington DC -May 17- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) that will add an expected 75,000 additional acres to the approximately 2.2 million acres currently enrolled in the program.

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Washington DC –May 17- In conjunction with the announcement today that the Department of the Interior and the Council on Environmental Quality will review the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act, Interior will also review the process through which offshore oil and gas operations are reviewed under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Washington DC -May 14- Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final rule on Clean Air Act permitting for greenhouse gases (GHGs), also known as the ‘tailoring rule.’

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Washington DC -May 14- One of Congress’ most ardent opponents of expanding offshore drilling, who’s also a supporter of climate change legislation, today said he could not support the newly unveiled climate bill, if it contains provisions that allow oil and gas drillers to operate off Florida’s Atlantic coast, especially in a missile testing range.

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Washington DC -May 14- Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled, beginning 4.568 billion years ago.

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Washington DC -May 13- United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today welcomed an aid package announced by the White House that is aimed at assisting Gulf Coast communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

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