The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants your ideas on how to make the nation a better, healthier place to live. EPA Conversations is a new web site which provides a place for discussion …
Before the Clean Water Act: 1970s Photos from the EPA
The current mood in Congress has put the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the crosshairs. Several people in Congress and the Republican presidential candidates have stated that they would …
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Water Use Quick Tip: Simple Greywater System
In this video from Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, the folks at Greywater Action talk about how you can use greywater in your home to rely less on the water grid, or even to disconnect entirely. The …
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BP's Oil Spill Response Plan: Toxic Chemical Dispersant, Dead Experts, Extinct Walrus Protection
In order to obtain a permit for offshore drilling, you obviously need a plan for the event of a catastrophe, such as the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon …
EPA Regulating Coal Ash
This week the EPA proposed national regulations to govern the safe management and disposal of coal ash from coal-fired power plants. In 2008, an impoundment full of waste coal ash from the Tennessee …
U.N. World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World
Water in a Changing World, the third edition of an ongoing U.N. World Water Development Report, was published last March as part of the 5th World Water Forum through the United Nations. This report …
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