News Archives
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April 2012
- EPA's new Methodology for Understanding and Reducing a Project's Environmental Footprint identifies metrics and evaluation processes for greener cleanups
- Overview of EPA's Methodology summarizes the Agency’s new methodology as a roadmap for quantifying environmental footprints of cleanup
- EPA Region 9 and U.S. Air Force begin environmental footprint analyses collaboration for cleanups at Pacific Southwest installations
March 2012
- EPA's new Methodology for Understanding and Reducing a Project's Environmental Footprint identifies metrics and evaluation processes for greener cleanups
- Green remediation BMPs address Landfill Cover Systems & Energy Production
- Decision trees available for screening solar PV or wind potential at potentially contaminated sites
February 2012
- BMP fact sheet on Landfill Cover Systems & Energy Production released by EPA
- EPA Region 1 revises Clean and Greener Policy for Contaminated Sites
- EPA-NREL decision tools for screening solar PV potential and wind potential at potentially contaminated or underutilized sites
- Specifications on green products designated by EPA, DOE, or USDA
- Updated information about EPA's Principles for Greener Cleanups
January 2012
- EPA's Global Methane Initiative issues RFP for grants to advance methane abatement, recovery and use from sources such as landfills and coal mines
- EPA's new BMP fact sheet addresses Landfill Cover Systems & Energy Production
- Oregon DEQ finalizes its Green Remediation Policy
- Updated compilation of Designated Green Products for Federal Procurement includes materials for bioremediation, compost, vehicle products, and building construction
December 2011
- Call for abstracts: AAS 6th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
- Call for abstracts: 1stInternational Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development: Incorporating Environmental Economics, Toxicology and Brownfields
- EPA's Global Methane Initiative issues RFP for grants to advance methane abatement, recovery and use from sources such as landfills and coal mines
- Oregon DEQ finalizes its Green Remediation Policy
November 2011
- Call for abstracts: International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, Energy and Global Sustainable Development
- Call for abstracts: 1st International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development: Incorporating Environmental Economics, Toxicology and Brownfields
- EPA's Global Methane Initiative issues RFP for grants to advance methane abatement, recovery and use from sources such as landfills and coal mines
- Guidelines for brownfields cleanup grants now include criteria on environmental benefits from infrastructure reuse/sustainable reuse strategies such as green remediation
- Submit input on EPA's Methodology for Understanding and Reducing a Project's Environmental Footprint
- View results of EPA's pilot study on using the methodology to evaluate environmental footprints of cleanup at three sites
