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EPA Provides Tool to Help Communities Become More Flood Resilient
2014-07-08 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Designed to help communities prepare for, deal with, and recover from floods, EPA's Flood Resilience Checklist offers strategies such as conserving land in flood-prone areas; directing new development to safer areas; and using green infrastructure approaches, such as installing rain gardens to manage stormwater. Checklist is part of a new report, Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont: Smart Growth Approaches for Disaster-Resilient Communities. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EPA Proposes Updates To Reduce Methane, Other Harmful Pollution From New Landfills/Agency Also Seeks Public Input On Potential Updates To Guidelines For Existing Landfills
2014-07-07 10:57:21| pollutiononline Home Page
As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to its air standards for new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills
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EPA Plans Will Cripple Rural Firefighting Crews
2014-07-05 21:41:32| Beef
If the EPA has its way, rural firefighting crews will no longer be able to utilize retired Department of Defense vehicles to fight wildfires in a cost-effective manner. This could be a costly, and potentially deadly, decision for rural communities. What do you think? BEEF Daily read more
NW&RA Backs Supreme Court Landfill Ruling Against EPA
2014-07-03 15:58:00| Waste Age
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would have intensified regulations on landfill emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). read more
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EPA qualifies new biogas and electricity pathways for cellulosic biofuel requirement under RFS; defers decision on other proposed pathways
2014-07-03 13:30:35| Green Car Congress
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