We are pleased to join the EPA and our other partners in recognizing that simple solutions like planting green roofs or giving urban trees more room to spread their roots can control some of our worst water pollution, said NRDC Clean Water Project Director Nancy Stoner. We are pleased to join the EPA and our other partners in recognizing that simple solutions like planting green roofs or giving urban trees more room to spread their roots can control some of our worst water pollution, said...

The NEMO program also provides technical assistance for developing community-based strategies to prevent or minimize water pollution. The intended purpose of the Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) program is to educate local decision-makers about the positive impact that planning, zoning, and other development and land-use decisions can have on water quality. SCNEMO is a non-regulatory, research-based educational outreach program that emphasizes natural resource-based...

The extra air is for the benefit of hundreds of traffic policemen in the city who have to brave some of the worst pollution in the world. Police stations across the Indian city of Calcutta have been equipped with oxygen devices to enable police to offset the effects of pollution. Nearly 80% of the city's buses and trucks and nearly 50% of its taxis and auto-rickshaws would have gone off the roads if the government enforced its directive. But now the city's 11 traffic offices, where...

The funds from the U-S Environmental Protection Agency will be used to monitor air pollution including roadway dust and particulate matter from controlled burns to reduce forest fuel and develop an inventory of air pollution emissions. The institutes projects focus on atmospheric sciences, earth and ecosystem sciences and hydrologic sciences. Do you think the immigration reform bill amounts to amnesty for illegal immigrants? Reno Research Institute Receives $400,000 for Tahoe Work...

The city's cyclists and environmentalists are also finding benefits. Minnesota Valley Transit, serving the southern suburbs, has had an increase this year of 8 percent.

Utah Moms for Clear Air was born that day with a simple but heartfelt e-mail to about 100 moms inviting them to join together to make Utah's air cleaner and safer. Utah moms have already made our voices heard at the Air Quality Board hearing on the health effects of pollution and held our first public meeting that more than 100 moms (and dads) attended. Breathing Salt Lake City's dirty air during a winter inversion is the same as smoking half a pack of cigarettes each day. Air pollution...

The Bush administration has pushed deadlines for new court-ordered water pollution rules back from this July to February 2009. This action evidences an emerging trend in the waning months of the Bush second term of putting off addressing knotty environmental problems until the next administration takes office, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) Environmental Protection Agency announced that new rules to tighten water quality standards for factory farms,...

The online shopping comparison marketplace that helps you find discount shopping and compare prices on products and services in your city and around the country. Save money while you shop, with these online coupons on popular brands of everyday grocery items. Sensitive individuals may want to consider postponing strenuous activities until air quality improves. High pressure and warm temperatures are increasing ozone and fine particulate levels in the Treasure Valley. All open outdoor...

An area of the woodland has been provided by the Forestry Commission to be transformed into a permanent spiritual and educational space, with the creation of paths, a meditation area, a maze, works of art and signage. Go down to the woods to link faith and the environment. The project is being co-ordinated by environmental consultant Kevin Hand who says: Local people and faith groups will be fully involved in the design and running of the special areas, and we will be forming a committee...