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Arizona developer to settle Clean Water Act violations along Santa Cruz River
An Arizona land developer and a contractor have agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act for bulldozing, filling, and diverting approximately five miles of the Santa Cruz River, a major waterway in Arizona, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today...
Europe must intensify actions to adapt to climate change impacts, study says
Increasing temperatures, changing precipitation, rising sea level, more intense and frequent extreme weather events and melting glaciers, ice sheets and Arctic sea ice are some of the challenges for Europe already triggered by global climate change, says a report released today by the European Environment Agency, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission...
USGS report finds Alaskan glaciers retreating, thinning, stagnating,
Most glaciers in every mountain range and island group in Alaska are experiencing significant retreat, thinning or stagnation, especially glaciers at lower elevations, according to a new book published by the U.S. Geological Survey. In places, these changes began as early as the middle of the 18th century...
EPA releases document on TMDLs for mercury-impaired waters
EPA recently released a document called "TMDLs Where Mercury Loadings are Predominantly from Air Deposition" to assist states in developing TMDLs for mercury-impaired waters under Clean Water Act section 303(d). This document describes considerations when developing mercury total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) in order to address the required and recommended TMDL elements discussed in existing guidance...
EPA issues climate change strategy to help manage water resources
To assist in responding to potential effects of climate change, a new strategy focuses on 40 specific actions for the national water program to take to respond to climate change. EPA's "National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change" describes steps for managers to adapt their clean water, drinking water, and ocean protection programs...
NH DES accepting grant applications to protect critical water supply lands
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Water Supply Land Grant Program is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2008 competitive grant round. Municipalities and non-profit water suppliers may apply for a 25 percent matching grant for the purchase of land or conservation easements critical to the quality of their public drinking water supply...
Volunteers sought for California rain gauge program
State Climatologist Michael Anderson, an employee of the Department of Water Resources, is encouraging California residents to participate in a volunteer program to measure precipitation. Rainfall captured in backyard rain gauges will be logged on an internet-based weather network developed in Fort Collins, Colorado by CoCoRaHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network...
SAS incorporates green principles into new construction on campus
By the end of 2010, visitors to the Cary, NC headquarters of SAS, a leader in business intelligence and analytics, will stand in a building constructed to green principles, overlooking a solar farm feeding sustainably sourced energy to the public grid powering the very building in which they stand. That's the green vision SAS has created for its newest building on campus, which breaks ground this week...
Mo. DNR: Grant applications available for outdoor recreation projects
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for the federally funded Land and Water Conservation Fund to assist in financing outdoor recreation projects. All local governments and public school districts are eligible for the federal funds, which are made available through the National Park Service. Projects can be for the development or renovation of outdoor recreational facilities or for acquisition of park land. A 55 percent match is required...
Penn. DEP accepting applications for 2009 grant program
Applications are now available for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's 2009 environmental education grants, which support projects and programs that increase environmental awareness and understanding in Pennsylvania's communities. Schools, universities, intermediate units, non-profit groups and county conservation districts are eligible and encouraged to apply...
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