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California Receives $2.8 Million in Economic Recovery Funds to Improve Water Quality
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 15, 2009) In an effort to improve water quality and create jobs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2.8 Million to the California State Water Resources Control Board under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A total of $39 million will be awarded nationally to states for Water Quality Management Planning (WQMP) grants, which will keep and create jobs to help prevent water pollution and protect human health and the environment.
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EPA Offers Tips to Save Energy this Summer
(Philadelphia, PA - June 4, 2009) - With summer and the high costs of cooling right around the corner, EPA is offering advice to help Americans reduce both energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions by one-third through Energy Star. The energy used in an average home costs more than $2,200 a year and contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than a typical car.
“A few simple changes will help create real reductions in high summer electric bills and provide a hefty cut in greenhouse gas emissions in the bargain,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “It’s important that we all do our part to confront climate change, especially when it can help save money during these challenging economic times.”
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EPA, New York Giants and New York Jets Team Up to Make New Stadium “Green”
(New York, NY - June 1, 2009) - When the New York Jets and New York Giants kickoff their 2010 seasons, they won’t just have a new stadium to call home, they’ll be playing in one of the greenest venues in sports thanks to a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA and the New Meadowlands Stadium Company, the stadium’s principal owner, today signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines plans to incorporate environmentally-friendly materials and practices into the construction and operation of New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
“The New Meadowlands Stadium will be one of the greenest stadiums in American professional sports,” said EPA Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou. “This ambitious, comprehensive plan set forth by the two team ownership groups is a blueprint for new sports venues everywhere.”
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Texas Receives $1.8 Million in Economic Recovery Funds to Improve Water Quality
(Dallas, TX – May 18, 2009) - In an effort to improve water quality and create jobs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1,809,700 to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A total of $39 million will be awarded nationally to states for Water Quality Management Planning (WQMP) grants, which will keep and create jobs to help prevent water pollution and protect human health and the environment.
“The Recovery Act investments are meeting urgent needs for economic growth and protecting human health and the environment,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “Communities across the nation can count on green jobs to help pull them out of this downturn and ensure the long-term strength of our economy and our environment.”
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EPA Unveils Top Four Texas Cities with the Most Energy Star Buildings
(Dallas, TX - March 3, 2009) - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a list of Texas metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy efficient buildings in 2008 that have earned EPA’s Energy Star.
The list is headed by Houston, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio. These four metropolitan areas had 404 Energy Star qualified buildings in 2008 which resulted in $130.7 million in energy cost savings.
“By making smart energy choices, Texans are saving millions of energy dollars each year,” said Larry Starfield, Acting EPA Regional Administrator. “Whether running a business, a school, or a household, getting the most out of our energy dollars just makes sense.”
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Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium aims to score big with EPA’s premier environmental stewardship program
(Arlington, TX – October 16, 2008) - The Dallas Cowboys and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the Cowboys’ intent to be the first sports stadium to gain recognition in the EPA’s National Environmental Performance Track Program. The Dallas Cowboys have been overseeing the construction and design of the club’s new stadium set to open in the Summer of 2009, including a host of environmental design, construction, and operational initiatives.
Why did the Cowboys choose Performance Track versus just announcing more ‘Green’ Initiatives?
“Proposing to complete green design initiatives is only the first step to true environmental footprint reduction, stated Jack Hill, Stadium General Manager for the Dallas Cowboys. “The challenge lies in capturing performance and cost savings, ensuring initiatives are effective, and always raising the bar. The EPA’s NEPT program gives us a framework to get it done. The Cowboys want to go beyond all the ‘green’ hype to set goals, deliver on those goals, and be accountable to our fans and public.”
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New Specification for Imaging Products - More Efficient, Same Features
(10/8/08) - A revised specification for Energy Star qualified imaging equipment becomes effective July 1, 2009. Imaging products - printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, and all-in-one devices - that have earned the Energy Star will be 14 percent more efficient than current qualified models, while continuing to deliver the features and functionality consumers have come to expect.
If all imaging products sold in the United States met the new specification, consumers would save nearly $500 million a year in energy costs and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of more than 500,000 cars. There are more than 200 million imaging equipment units in U.S. buildings today. Together, these units consume 40 billion kWh each year, accounting for two percent of U.S. building sector electricity consumption.
The Energy Star label has a proven track record advancing the market for energy efficient imaging equipment. The market share for products qualified under the current specification has risen dramatically since it was established in 2006 when only about 25 percent of models were efficient enough to meet it.
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Industry Makes Green While Going Green
(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 7, 2008) - Major manufacturing and business sectors are improving environmental performance to cut waste, improve economic competitiveness and gain other important benefits. Steel recycling in the United States reached an all-time high in 2005. Chemical manufacturers cut air emissions in half from 1995 to 2006. During the same decade, cement manufacturers reduced their waste per unit of production by one quarter. These environmental trends are highlighted in a new EPA report released today on some of the nation's most important economic sectors.
"America's leading industries are not just making beverages and manufacturing chemicals – today they are also producing real environmental results," said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "They are proving that smart environmental performance is smart business."
EPA's 2008 Sector Performance Report provides environmental profiles of 12 major sectors of the U.S. economy: cement manufacturing, construction, ports, chemical manufacturing, colleges and universities, food and beverage manufacturing, forest products, iron and steel, metal casting, oil and gas, paint and coatings, shipbuilding and ship repair. The third in a series of sector-based environmental performance reports, today's update shows the location and concentration of sector facilities across the country, and provides expanded analyses of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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(Lewisville, TX) Johnny Combs, President of Trinity Green Services in Lewisville, TX, was invited to speak at a local HBA meeting in the DFW Metroplex on October 7, 2008. Over 40 builders and HBA members were in attendance to hear how historic, current, and future storm water regulations are shaping the way builders are approaching their projects and how they can strategize to meet Federal, State, and Local storm water regulations.
With the emergence of green and sustainable building practices, Mr. Combs also discussed how recent tax incentives and new technologies are paving the way for more builders to include such features as Energy Star and Onsite Renewable Energy Generation (OREG) into their building planning process.
This engagement was presented by the Multifamily Builders Council partnered with TDIndustries, Turner Forest Industries and GE Appliances.
(Philadelphia, PA) Maryland transportation agencies are kicking it up a notch as they signed an agreement today to have 168 of their transportation facilities, including the airport, highways and port in the state, undergo thorough environmental checks. Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, the state agencies will conduct their own environmental assessments and disclose violations they may find.
The six agencies that signed the agreement are the Maryland: State Highway Administration, Port Administration, Aviation Administration, Motor Vehicle Administration, Transportation Authority, and the Secretary's Office in the Department of Transportation.
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(Washington, D.C.) Today is the 4th annual Energy Star "Change a Light" Day, and more than 1.8 million Americans have pledged to change at least one light at home to an Energy Star qualified light. These pledges will save $220 million in energy bills and prevent the release of more than 3 billion pounds of greenhouse gases. Lighting is one of the easiest things we can change in our homes and is the first step in the new pledge to "Change the World, Start with Energy Star." EPA is challenging Americans to take the newly expanded pledge to make saving energy a bigger part of their lives.
"More and more Americans are seeing the light – that protecting the environment, while saving money, is as easy as changing a bulb," said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "Whether replacing old appliances with Energy Star-qualified ones or installing programmable thermostats, together we are reducing America's energy use and changing the world."
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(New York, N.Y.) New York City stands at the forefront of the green building and design movement, and the winners of the 2008 Green Building Competition for New York City exemplify a growing commitment to incorporate environmental factors into the city’s architecture. The competition, co-sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, with support from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, selected six winning projects, five in Manhattan and one in the Bronx.
The Battery Park Conservancy’s maintenance facility, designed by Dattner Architects, and the Visionaire condominium building, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, were selected as this year’s grand prize winners for their exemplary integration of design and sustainability. The maintenance facility sits in the first floor of the Visionaire, under construction between 2nd and 3rd Place and Battery Place and Little West Street in Manhattan’s Battery Park City.
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(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 24, 2008) In a novel approach to return land to productive use, EPA has identified thousands of properties that could potentially host solar, wind or biomass energy production facilities. EPA pinpointed these energy assets using Google Earth and has listed each property’s attributes for energy redevelopment.
“EPA is putting renewable energy production on the virtual map,” said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. “Our new interactive Website encourages states and energy companies to put previously contaminated properties back to work.”
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(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 22, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a new Stormwater Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for an estimated 4,100 industrial facilities in 29 different sectors to implement site-specific stormwater pollution prevention plans to protect water quality. Facilities are required to install control measures that meet established technology- and water quality-based effluent limits and must develop a stormwater pollution prevention plan.
“These new controls will help prevent stormwater pollution, one of the country’s greatest threats to water, and improve reporting and accountability at industrial sites,” said Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA’s assistant administrator for water.
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(Dallas, Texas – September 19, 2008) The City of Dallas is the first major city to set goals to go above and beyond environmental requirements as part of EPA's National Environmental Performance Track.
Dallas joins the Performance Track program with 42 other new members that include facilities from across the country.
“Performance Track members are raising the bar when it comes to environmental stewardship,” said EPA Regional Administrator Richard E. Greene. “By setting high goals that go beyond compliance with regulations, members are delivering real results that will preserve and protect our natural resources.”
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(Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 18, 2008) - EPA Region 7 has negotiated a legal agreement with a St. Louis area portland cement manufacturer to upgrade its facilities in a way that should cut the plant's annual particulate matter air emissions in the surrounding metro area by nearly 43 tons.
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(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 18, 2008) Today, EPA and several other organizations are joining together to kick off the 5th Annual World Water Monitoring Day. World Water Monitoring Day is a month-long international effort aimed to increase public awareness and involvement in water monitoring and protecting water resources around the world.
"World Water Monitoring Day reconnects people with their watersheds and reminds us all to think globally and test locally," said Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA's assistant administrator for water. "EPA supports this grass roots movement to measure for progress and develop community-based solutions."
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(Washington, D.C. – Sept. 9, 2008) Today, EPA revealed a new online tool, Energy Star @ Work, to provide Americans with tips and information on how to save energy and protect the environment in the workplace. Energy use in commercial buildings and manufacturing plants accounts for nearly half of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 50 percent of energy consumption nationwide. With the average American worker spending almost 8 hours a day at their place of employment, the workplace offers a unique opportunity for people to make a significant impact in the fight against climate change.
"Millions of Americans are already doing their part to save energy by being more energy efficient at home," said Robert J. Meyers, EPA's principal deputy assistant administrator for Air and Radiation. "With help from EPA's Energy Star program, we can also take many of the same energy efficient steps in the workplace."
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