Algenol in Fort Myers, Fla. Among Winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards/Innovative technologies tackle climate change, water, and chemical issues (FL)
ATLANTA – Algenol in Fort Myers, Florida is among the winners to be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for landmark green chemistry technologies developed by industrial pioneers and leading scientists that turn climate risk and other environmental problems into business opportunities, spurring innovation and economic development Source:: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/AB80FC68939C034A85257E81005A3390
EPA Approves Redesignation of Knoxville Area to Attainment for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard (TN)
(07/13/15 -ATLANTA) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is taking final action to approve the state of Tennessee’s request to redesignate the Knoxville area to attainment for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. This action is based on air quality monitoring data for the three-year period of 2011, 2012, and 2013 that […]
District and Ocala partner on WaterSmart program
The St. Johns River Water Management District and the city of Ocala are partnering on a one-year pilot project that could result in a 5 percent water savings by participating water users. [June 26, 2015] Source:: http://webapub.sjrwmd.com/agws10/news_release/ViewNews.aspx?nrd=nr15-067
Energy Department Awards $18M To Develop Valuable Bioproducts And Biofuels From Algae
The Energy Department recently announced six projects that will receive up to $18M in funding to reduce the modeled price of algae-based biofuels to less than $5 per gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) by 2019. Source:: http://www.wateronline.com/doc/energy-department-awards-m-to-develop-valuable-bioproducts-and-biofuels-from-algae-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a
Gizzard shad harvest removes nutrients from Lake George, helps improve lower St. Johns River water quality
The St. Johns River Water Management District has launched its 2015 gizzard shad harvest at Lake George, located in Volusia, Putnam and Marion counties. The third annual summertime initiative directly removes thousands of pounds of nutrient pollution from the lake and helps reduce the severity of algal blooms in the lower St. Johns River. [July […]
NOAA, Partners Predict Severe Harmful Algal Bloom For Lake Erie
NOAA and its research partners, using an ensemble modeling approach, predict that the 2015 western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom season will be among the most severe in recent years and could become the second most severe behind the record-setting 2011 bloom. Source:: http://www.wateronline.com/doc/noaa-partners-predict-severe-harmful-algal-bloom-lake-erie-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a
Public – Private Partnership Launches New AmeriCorps Program To Help Communities Build Resilience
Building on the President’s Climate Action Plan, recently the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), The Rockefeller Foundation, and Cities of Service, announced a new commitment to launch a Resilience AmeriCorps pilot program. Source:: http://www.wateronline.com/doc/public-private-partnership-launches-communities-build-resilience-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a