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WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today announced an initial award of $3.5 million in emergency dislocated worker grant funding to the state of Maryland to support cleanup and recovery activities after a container ship struck…

April 3, 2024 NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final cleanup plan to address contaminated groundwater at a portion of the New…

March 20, 2024 Using Rail Would Reduce Truck Traffic For Waste Material Designated For Off-Site Disposal  Text of Letter (PDF)  Washington D.C. – Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey…

Leaders from NIEHS and ten other federal agencies (see first sidebar) discussed innovative strategies to tackle emerging challenges related to hazardous waste cleanup as part of Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR)…

The United States. Products Kraken is the most powerful, fastest, quietest professional grade restoration flood extractor on the market. The new United States. Products Kraken is built with: Dual top-mounted vacuum motors, A 4-inch…

The U.S. Products Kraken is the most powerful, fastest, quietest professional grade restoration flood extractor on the market. The new U.S. Products Kraken is built with: Dual top-mounted vacuum motors, A 4-inch vacuum motor cooling…

Ion exchange columns filled with cesium sit on a storage pad near the Tank-Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) System at the Hanford Site. Legacy radiological and chemical waste is pumped through TSCR and into an underground waste-storage…

Stamford, CT, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Keep America Beautiful® today officially kicks off its 2024 Great American Cleanup®, the annual spring-cleaning event in which 300,000 Americans are expected to take part in activities…

Designed by Argonne scientist Young Soo Park, a remote-controlled, dual-arm telerobotics system was successfully demonstrated at a long-closed radiochemical…

March 14, 2024 NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its cleanup plan to address arsenic and lead-contaminated soil, and volatile…

NEWS FEED Volunteers Sought to Join Concord Pond Cleanup April 13Date Posted: March 14, 2024 Prosecutors secure conviction against Jordan Ellerbe’s murdererDate Posted: March 14, 2024…

Get Involved in Earth Month: Register Now for the April 13 Christina River…

March 5, 2024 COLUMBIA, S.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a third and final wave of more than $1 billion for cleanup projects at more than 100…

March 5, 2024 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a third and final wave of more than $1 billion for cleanup projects at more than…

February 28, 2024 DALLAS, TEXAS (February 28, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a site in Happy, Texas, will receive several million…

February 28, 2024 NEW YORK (February 27, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Scorpio Recycling, Inc. Superfund site in Toa…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Ohio February 27, 2024 CHICAGO (February 27, 2024) — Today, U.S. Environmental…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts February 27, 2024 Philadelphia (Feb. 27, 2024) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Michigan February 27, 2024 CHICAGO (February 27, 2024) — Today, U.S.…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Kansas February 27, 2024 LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 27, 2024) – …

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Illinois February 27, 2024 CHICAGO (February 27, 2024) — Today, U.S.…

February 27, 2024 NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Tutu Wellfield in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is among the…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Arizona February 27, 2024 San Francisco, CA— Today, the U.S. Environmental…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across California February 27, 2024 San Francisco, CA— Today, the U.S. Environmental…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Pennsylvania February 27, 2024 PHILADELPHIA— Today, Feb. 27, 2024, the U.S.…

Thanks to this third and final wave of investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA is funding all the construction work that is ready to begin at Superfund sites…

Earlier this month, the Americorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors Program partnered with Hunterdon Land Trust (HLT) to remove invasive species and trash debris at the Saeger Preserve, part of the Holland Highlands, on Shire Road,…

Riley said WRUC trains workers to respond to wildfires, extreme heat, flooding, droughts, and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Riley)Climate-related disasters and worker safety were among the topics…

Volunteers Needed for Christina River Watershed Cleanup April 2 - State of…

Read the full story on Japan 2 Earth - Disaster Waste: Miyagi Prefecture Shares Cleanup Expertise in the Noto Quake Aftermath Dealing with disaster waste in Ishikawa Prefecture is a big issue. Debris from buildings that collapsed in…

NIEHS Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) Study researchers have determined that in the three years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill in 2010, workers who participated in the cleanup effort experienced increased…

Workers who were likely exposed to dispersants while cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill experienced a range of health symptoms including cough and wheeze, and skin and eye irritation, according to scientists at the…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive review of completed cleanup work at the Saco…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive review of completed cleanup work at the Linemaster…

Researchers from the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study (GuLF STUDY) found that workers involved in cleaning up the nation’s largest oil spill were 60% more likely than those who did not work on the cleanup to be diagnosed with asthma…

EPA proposal to lower the lead cleanup level in East Helena receives strong community support, will be implemented later this year  January 26, 2024 EAST HELENA,…

In a just-released monograph, NIEHS Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) Study researchers describe the extraordinary work that went into developing inhalation and dermal exposure estimates for people involved in oil spill response and…

For Immediate Release May 12, 2022 (West Trenton, N.J.) -- Interested paddlers are reminded that it is not too late to register for the 27th Delaware River Sojourn taking place June 17-25. The Delaware River Sojourn combines guided…

January 22, 2024 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (January 22, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlighted the cleanup progress at the Southside…

January 19, 2024 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (January 19, 2024) - On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a press event highlighting cleanup progress…

Flooding cleanup continues as Mass. prepares for another storm Updated: 5:33 AM EST Jan 11, 2024 …

The DRBC volunteer team. Photo by the DRBC. While the main efforts of DRBC staff are focused on managing and protecting the shared interstate waters of the Delaware River Basin, they also care about helping out in our local…

Volunteers Needed for DNREC-Sponsored Christina River Watershed…

NEWS FEED DNREC State Energy Office Delivers Offshore Wind Procurement Report to Governor, LegislatorsDate Posted: January 3, 2024 Secretary of State Announces Massage Technician License…

December 22, 2023 NEW YORK (December 22, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the United States District Court in Puerto Rico has…

NEWS FEED Delaware to Negotiate with US Wind Over Benefits for StateDate Posted: December 19, 2023 Attorney General Jennings announces $700 million settlement with Google over Play Store misconductDate Posted: December 19, 2023…

DNREC Seeks Volunteers for Delaware Coastal Cleanup Sept. 17 - State…

  DRBC and N.J. District 7 legislative volunteers pose for aphoto in front of Palmyra Cove's peregrine falcon muralafter a successful cleanup. Photo by DRBC.  While the main efforts of DRBC staff are focused on managing and…

NEWS FEED Governor Carney Orders Lowering of FlagsDate Posted: December 15, 2023 Department Adds New Test Options and Increases Fees for Seed LabDate Posted: December 13, 2023 FY2025 Grant…

Earth Day Mirror Lake Wetland Cleanup Commemorates…