A new consumer brochure offers cleaning tips for broken CFLs while the agency urges schools to replace older fluorescent lamps that contain polychlorinated biphenyls.
The research will focus on water sampling methods, replacement of water lines, and public education initiatives.
The American Chemical Society has selected a few simple ideas culled from its journals on how to be sustainable, including stop wasting food, try working out outside, and take the bus instead of driving your car.
According to a new report from Pike Research, building energy management systems sector revenue in the United States will increase from $900 million in 2010 to $2.4 billion annually by 2016, under an average forecast scenario.
EPA is forming a new tribal committee to provide tribes with an opportunity for greater input on issues related to toxic chemicals and pollution prevention.
Crocs Inc. has agreed to remove unsubstantiated antimicrobial claims on product packaging and pay $230,000 to resolve cases involving several types of its shoes.
The City of Phoenix Public Works and Street Transportation departments have signed an agreement with Ameresco to provide lighting retrofit services, materials, and equipment for the installation of traffic signal LED lamps.
Pennsylvania communities collected a record 5.48 million tons of recyclable materials in 2008, according to Gov. Edward G. Rendell.
Updated guidelines for green claims will be keeping companies honest next year.
A new methodology to assess the potential to store carbon in U.S. wetlands, forests, and rangelands ecosystems – and thus to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere — will help find ways to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project located in Nye County near Tonopah, Nev.
New submarine volcanoes, a large hydrothermal field with a thriving exotic animal ecosystem, and areas rich with deep-sea ocean animals are among the discoveries they reported.
The company provides protective linings for processing equipment.
UL Environment Inc. will be launching an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Program in January 2011 to provide a comprehensive, globally recognized, and scientifically robust mechanism to consistently evaluate environmental claims on products.
Researchers need a tool to monitor perchlorate in drinking water in real time.
This is the seventh Sims Recycling Solutions facility in North America to be certified to OHSAS 18001, the international occupational health and safety management system standard
Washington University study is tweaking the catalyst to complete the methane to ethane reaction.
Twenty-four conservation projects will benefit fish and wildlife on more than 5,900 acres of coastal habitats.
The first underwater robotic vehicle to cross an ocean will be the centerpiece of a new exhibit that opened in the Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on Dec. 9.
Along with solvent delivery, The Dow Chemical Company subsidiary provides waste management, technical support, and use of stabilizers, additives, and test kits.