EPA: Making a Visible Difference in Communities Across the Country
Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, once said “We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can...
View ArticleFrom Cutting Edge to Commonplace
By Cynthia Giles I’ve dedicated my career to working with state, local and tribal partners to enforce environmental laws to protect American communities from pollution. Looking back, we’ve come a long...
View ArticleImproving Access to Environmental Data through ECHO
By Rebecca Kane I work at the Environmental Protection Agency because I care about protecting communities from pollution. I believe that information is critical to taking action, be it working with...
View ArticleLargest Superfund Settlement in History Means Cleanups from New Jersey to...
If you pollute the environment, you should be responsible for cleaning it up. This basic principle guides EPA’s Superfund cleanup enforcement program. We just settled our largest environmental...
View ArticleE-Manifest: Partnering to Build a 21st Century Solution for Hazardous Waste...
Last year, I announced that we were embarking on the development of e-Manifest, to upgrade the current paper-based system of tracking hazardous waste to an electronic one, streamlining and greatly...
View ArticleNew Tools and Approaches Are Reshaping Environmental Compliance
I recently joined EPA staff and leaders from across academia, industry and non-profit sectors for a conference dedicated to the latest Next Generation Compliance strategies and solutions, hosted by...
View ArticleProtecting Communities through Superfund Enforcement
By Cyndy Mackey December 2015 marked the 35th Anniversary of the Superfund program, the federal government’s most successful program designed to clean up the nation’s contaminated land and water and...
View ArticleIncreasing Transparency through Improved Data Access
By Jessie Johnson In college I worked with community groups to address local agriculture and food safety issues. During that time, I learned how many people in the community didn’t really understand...
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New Tools in Environmental Data Analysis
By Jessie Johnson There is a plethora of sources for environmental data, but it can often lead to a plethora of questions. How do you know where to go for the data? How can you visualize and interpret...
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Achieving Tangible Results for Vulnerable Communities
Charles Lee, Senior Policy Advisor Office of Environmental Justice, US EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Environmental Justice FY2017 Progress Report today. It is noteworthy...
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