Conservation

Corpus Christi is Among Recipients of $750,000 in Smart Growth Assistance Provided by EPA

By admin - 3rd February 2012

Today’s announcement marks the second round of Building Blocks assistance. Thirty-two other communities were named in the first round in April 2011. EPA selected the 56 communities from 350 applicants through a competitive process in consultation with EPA’s regional offices, HUD, DOT, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Tidal Energy Production Near U.S. Coasts

By admin - 18th January 2012

. These new wave and tidal resource assessments, combined with ongoing analyses of the technologies and other resource assessments, show that water power, including conventional hydropower and wave, tidal, and other water power resources, can potentially provide 15% of our nation's electricity by 2030.

USDA Gulf of Mexico Initiative – Reversing Deterioration of Gulf Ecosystem

By admin - 5th December 2011

USDA $50 million financial assistance for restoration projects announced as Task Force efforts shift from planning to action

Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Remarks on Earth Day

By admin - 16th November 2011

The Civil Rights movement had been a high-profile movement for almost two decades. The anti-war movement had also been going for years and would continue for many more years. By contrast, the modern environmental movement went from its Inauguration in the first Earth Day to a sweeping set of new environmental protections in about six years

EPA Issues First Greenhouse Gas Permit in Texas

By admin - 10th November 2011

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the first Texas Greenhouse Gas (GHG) permit for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant in Llano County, Texas. LCRA is modernizing and expanding its plant by replacing its 37 year old unit with a new more efficient and reliable natural gas powered unit.