Eco News

Environmental Protection Agency releases $54.3 million grant to clean up & redevelop contaminated properties. Funding available for 243 grand recipients

Learn about the impact floods have on the environment. When precipitation falls faster than it can be absorbed it can result in devastating losses & erosion

Learn about the impact wildfires in California have on the environment, some of it deadly for animals and irreversible. Also the economic influence felt.

Eco-Rental Solutions has become New Jersey Certified Laboratory Number NY033 for the application of sampling groundwater and surface water in the state

A new soil evaporation system at the site of the Lehigh Valley Railroad derailment Superfund site in Le Roy, NY will remediate contaiminated soil.

Eco-friendly oil spill solution has been developed by a CUNY research team. Biodegradable green “herding” agent can clean up light crude oil spills in waterways

First national-scale analysis of hydraulic fracturing water usage revealed amount of water needed to fracture oil & gas wells varies significantly across the US

Since 2000 carbon monoxide concentrations have decreased, most notably in the Northern Hemisphere. Learn from air quality experts the reason behind the decline.

An unprecedented water cutback has been approved in California to conserve water in the face of a four-year drought. Steep punishments exist for violators