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Guntur-based company obtains U.S. agency certificate for PM10 monitor

A Guntur-based company, Vasthi Instruments Pvt Ltd, got the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) certification for its new model V.air-9009 introduced for real time atmospheric particulate matter monitor for PM10 with beta attenuation.

The Hindu · Dec 17, 2023

The Next Kids Climate Case: Genesis B. v. EPA

Another climate change lawsuit filed on behalf of children, this time against the Environmental Protection Agency.

Reason · Dec 15, 2023

Citizen science projects tend to attract white, affluent, well-educated volunteers − here's how we recruited a more diverse group to identify lead pipes in homes

Recruiting participants for a citizen science project produced a more diverse group when people were signed up through partner organizations, such as schools and faith-based organizations, than when they joined on their own. We used this approach to recruit volunteers for Crowd the Tap, a citizen science initiative that crowdsources…

The Conversation · Dec 6, 2023

‘We didn’t know we were poisoning ourselves’: the deadly legacy of the US uranium boom

The Diné helped dig the raw materials to build the US’s nuclear arsenal, but were never told of the danger

The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2023

Louisiana was open to Cancer Alley concessions. Then EPA dropped its investigation

The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisiana's oversight of industrial air emissions discriminated against Black residents

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA's help

A pair of recent reports from the Environmental Protection Agency put striking numbers on America's problem with food waste

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

Americans Don't Much Like Federal Agencies

Yet another year of low ratings for the apparatus of the D.C. leviathan.

Reason · Oct 16, 2023

What will this government shutdown shut down? Social Security and the IRS keep going; SBA loans and some food and safety inspections do not

The U.S. is moving toward a government shutdown. House and Senate appropriators are divided on spending levels, policy riders and additional items, such as support for Ukraine.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2023

Which states need to improve their drinking water systems?

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the US requires $625 billion in water infrastructure improvements over the next two decades.

USAFacts · Sep 14, 2023

Groups sue EPA in an effort to strengthen oversight of livestock operations

A coalition of civil society groups is seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulation of large livestock operations that release pollutants into waterways

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023