Air Quality

  • Join the Greenversation

    May 9th, 2008


    The Environmental Protection Agency’s new blog Greenversations allows you to dialog with employees and go behind the scenes at the EPA.


  • EPA Recognizes Students’ Commitment to Environment

    April 17th, 2008


    The EPA today presented the annual President’s Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) to celebrate students involved in such issues as lead, recycling, water quality monitoring, air pollution and carbon footprints.


  • 8 Ways to Green Your Earth Day

    March 16th, 2008


    Earth Day is just around the corner. Here’s eight ways to help you celebrate this year, courtesy of the site that helps Make Every Day Earth Day™.


  • New Strategy to Help Ports Go Green

    March 7th, 2008


    EPA has unveiled a new plan of action to address port authorities on reducing air emissions, improving water quality and protecting the health of nearby communities.


  • Fight Pollution Indoors With Plants

    February 5th, 2008


    Working indoors could leave you subject to the effects of indoor pollutants, but NASA reports that plants can remove most of this toxic air.


  • Barred From Burning, Officials Look to Recycle Wood Scrap

    January 22nd, 2008


    Northern Idaho is looking to adjust to the ban on burning scrap wood with alternative options including grinding the trees into mulch.


  • EPA Launches Plan to Improve Water Quality

    January 17th, 2008


    The EPA today released a plan to reduce runoff and sewer overflows with green infrastructure including green roofs, trees and tree boxes, rain gardens, and porous pavements.


  • EPA Announces Pollution Grant Competition

    January 4th, 2008


    The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that an estimated $3 million will be available in 2008 for community organizations wanting to reduce pollution locally in their neighborhoods.


  • Air Pollutants Clear Out as Clean-Air Programs Close In

    January 3rd, 2008


    EPA has released a new report based on its clean fuel data collected from 1995-2005 that finds emission reductions have often been significantly greater than regulatory requirements.


  • EPA Awards Community Grants Across Country

    December 18th, 2007


    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that around $3 million will be available in 2008 to support community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment program.