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Jon Wood

Jon Wood Raw Sewage Leak behind Georgia Square Mall in Athens-Clarke County,GA.
This has been an on going struggle for almost 5 years now. There is a family of approx. 8 deer that live in this area, not to mention all the other wildlife.

Yukon Cornelius

Yukon Cornelius Do you have any EPA regulations regarding the mining for Silver and Gold?

Turnstyle Gates

Turnstyle Gates The revolutionary new "armless gate opener" can be solar powered and runs solely off of a 12V rechargeable battery. Be sure to check it out at www.turnstylegates.com

Linda Ann Puetz

Linda Ann Puetz Fule tank on the Shetucket River...

Linda Ann Puetz

Linda Ann Puetz Parking lot run off into Shetucket River....

Roger Esquivel V

Roger Esquivel V This is a very important and interesting article about what we are doing for our environment in Costa Rica: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4958

Ashlee Dawson

Ashlee Dawson i would love to one day work with the epa . i will be studying environmental management with a major in conservation and ecology next year

Gene Quisisem

Gene Quisisem is discussing - Once we figured out that lead paint and asbestos were hazards to our health, we eradicated them from our buildings. Mercury is toxic in any form; every fluorescent tube and CFL bulb contains it. Will mercury be the next toxin to be ousted from our built environment?

October 29 at 6:38am · Report
Ayale Happyface
Ayale Happyface
Great point GENE.Only time will tell and what scientifc backing that come out. There has to be an evidence that mercury level in the buildings are causing harm to the people. There has to be a cause and effect..
October 29 at 8:03pm
Cliff Travis
Cliff Travis
LED lighting is likely well on it's way. Once the economies of scale take effect, LED lighting will end up being much cheaper than florescents.
November 1 at 1:24pm
Cliff Travis
Cliff Travis
Pulled this up recently...

BusinessWeek (10/1, Capell) reports that Phillips, the world's leading lighting company, "is banking on new, energy-efficient LED bulbs to win business in this growing market," and is already "working on making LED more accessible to consumers. On Sept. 24, Philips was the first to submit an entry to the U.S. Energy ... Read MoreDept.'s $20 million lighting competition. The contest is aimed at developing an affordable LED replacement for the common 60-watt lightbulb." Philips Lighting CEO Rudy Provoost has called the transition away from incandescent bulbs, "the most profound change the industry has witnessed since the invention of the electric light." To that effect, Phillips has spent "$5 billion over the past five years on acquisitions in large part to expand its LED business."
November 4 at 2:19pm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency There are only a few days left in the GreenGov
challenge. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is on video on the White House blog, asking federal employees and members of the military to suggest ways to make the government more sustainable. Have an idea? Let's
hear it!

Only A Few Days Left | The White House
Source: www.whitehouse.gov
This is it. You only have a few days left to join the GreenGov challenge. October 31 is the deadline. I've recorded a short message reminding everyone to get involved. Take a moment to watch the video, then log in to share your ideas, and vote on others.
October 27 at 3:12pm
Cliff Travis
Cliff Travis
One way to conserve energy and productivity is to try eliminating government travel by having mostly virtual meetings.

This may also help to increase productivity by minimizing peoples' exposure to one another on airline flights, etc. which would usually act to help transfer disease faster.
November 1 at 1:48pm
Susan Boiko
Susan Boiko
As a former Air Force pediatrician I would walk thru our clinic at the end of the day shutting off the lights. The cleaning people could always turn them on later. I still turn off the lights when I walk out of mycurrent office to see patients in the exam rooms..
November 2 at 9:41pm
Starwind Evensong

Starwind Evensong A big fan of preserving as much of the best of our environment as possible for future generations. A clean Earth should be our grandchildren's legacy.

Chyun Liu

Chyun Liu Eaeting meat produce greenhouse gases

Eating meat should be taxed more

October 24 at 5:06pm · Report
Cab Coun

Cab Coun
Hey US EPA, saw your tweet regarding the WV DEP going green. I think before you go any further the WV DEP should view the following youtubes as ask themselves if they help or hurt the environment. Please note that this West Virginia Agency provides a written permit for this company to do their dirty. Shame on the WV... DEP.

Don't understand what I'm talking about, look at the following videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBBpMojUrko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umGBNZ0D5Fg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSOHSO_-eek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxerSYWh82IRead More

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pick 5 for the Environment (from the US EPA) Hey folks, it's time again to share your story (action #10 is "spread the word."). Denise Owens on our team has shared what she does to reduce, reuse, and recycle in our Greenversations blog. Take a look and share what you do below

Greenversations Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Source: blog.epa.gov
Hey Pick 5ers,it’s time again for you to share what you’ve done, how you did it, etc. If you haven’t done it yet, Pick 5 for the Environment and then come back to comment. Today we cover action #4: reduce, reuse, recycle. Please share your stories as comments below.
October 22 at 1:09pm
Susan Boiko
Susan Boiko
our ofice of 10 people uses the can/bottle recycling bin in my office. Every Thursday I bring it home and a neighbor comes around and collects our recycling for the Camp Pendleton Marines. She and her husband have raised over $1000 so far. I used to go through the stands after the local high school football game and would collect $10- $20 worth of cans and bottles after each game to benefit the Marching Band.
October 22 at 3:31pm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Burn Wise helps you reduce wood smoke pollution, and helps protect your home, health and the air we breathe.
- Burn only dry, seasoned wood

- Maintain your wood stove or fireplace

- Change to an EPA-certified wood stove or fireplace insert

Burn Wise | US EPA
Source: www.epa.gov
Burn Wise is a partnership program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that emphasizes the importance of burning the right wood, the right way, in the right wood-burning appliance to protect your home, health, and the air we breathe. ...
October 22 at 12:38pm
Rick
Rick
Good.
October 22 at 7:35pm
Cliff Travis

Cliff Travis San
Francisco's new composting initiative is certainly progressive.
However, I was wondering whether the EPA was researching
how composting affects the concentration of pesticides, preservatives,
etc. If composting conventional and
processed foods concentrates potentially toxic material rather than biodegrading
it, then that doesn't bode well for the initiative. Just a thought.

October 21 at 5:35pm · Report
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Ayale Happyface
Ayale Happyface
You got a point.
October 29 at 8:04pm
Cliff Travis
Cliff Travis
Thanks much for the reply. Great info!
November 1 at 1:21pm