In December, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of the 2018 Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge Awards. Designed to recognize electronics companies that design sustainable products and processes, while keeping electronics out...
In Fiscal Year 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency deleted all or part of 22 Superfund sites from its National Priorities List, representing a 13-year high. A total of 18 sites were deleted and four were partially removed. This achievement is largely credited to...
On Dec. 20, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed plans to loan $47.7 million to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. Funded by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program, the loan will help finance the MSD’s Deer Creek Sanitary...
In 2018, Hawaii made headlines by banning sunscreen. Passed by state lawmakers in May and signed into law by Gov. David Ige in July, the bill prohibits the sale or distribution of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate — with the exception of those prescribed...
Construction on a new $40 million groundwater treatment system is underway in Puente Valley, as part of an ongoing cleanup effort at the San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site in the Los Angeles area. To kick things off, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in September to...
Algae grows naturally within its ecosystems, but certain species reproduce at such a fast rate, they become dangerous. Microscopic systems in the ocean can bloom into dense patches near the surface — commonly referred to as “red tides” — according to the Smithsonian...
