The Business Environmental Program provides free and confidential environmental management assistance to business and government operations in Nevada. The Program specializes in cost effective strategies to reduce hazardous materials and waste generation, conserve water and energy, minimize air emissions, and maintain compliance with environmental requirements. The program provides training, on-site consultation, assistance over the phone and through its website and publications.
EPA has identified a list of 134 additional chemicals to be screened (in addition to 67 that are already being screened) for their potential to disrupt the endocrine system which regulates growth, metabolism and reproduction. After public comment and review, EPA will issue test orders to pesticide registrants and manufacturers requiring them to determine whether...
EPA reported a decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and a slight increase in the average fuel efficiency for new light duty vehicles in its 2010 fuel economy trends annual report. The report provides data on the CO2 emissions, fuel economy and improved technology of new light-duty vehicles (cars, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and...
Launch of a National Research Council Study, Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency An ad hoc committee under the Science and Technology for Sustainability Program (STS) will author a consensus report for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) to help define their efforts to incorporate sustainability concepts...
One of the newest strategies for hotel room distribution is search engine marketing, which involves making sure that a hotel is featured prominently when search engine users type a particular query, such as when they use Google or Bing. The key to making this strategy work is to optimize the hotel’s website with keywords that...
It may not look like much, but a little white electric outlet with a networking chip in it can save a bunch of money, according to ThinkEco. The New York-based start-up today said its “modlet,” or modern outlet, is now available. It also released results from a pilot project which showed that a company reduced...
EPA’s Pacific Southwest office in San Francisco, which employs more than 800 people, has been working to improve its environmental footprint. Focusing on office activities, business travel, and employee commuting, we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and have set a goal to eliminate landfill-bound waste. In the last year, the office has diverted over 80% of...
As we shop, celebrate, decorate, give gifts and travel this holiday season, we also generate a lot of waste and increase our energy use. The volume of household waste in the United States generally increases 25% between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day — from 4 million tons to 5 million tons. There are many simple...
EPA recently fined US Ecology $497,982 for 18 counts of hazardous waste violations. US Ecology operates a commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility in Nye County, Nev., on the outskirts of Beatty. EPA inspectors found numerous violations at a hazardous waste unit designed to thermally treat contaminated materials, like soils, to remove the...
EPA Recycling Water Science