Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, in Oklahoma City for saving money, improving lives and protecting the planet by participating in the ...
Tags: Coal Ash, certification
A facility of U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Lee’s Summit, Mo., has received the year’s top national award in EPA’s Federal Green Challenge, an annual recognition of best efforts by federal government agencies to ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Dallas for saving money, improving lives and protecting the planet by participating in the Federal Green Challenge (FGC). ...
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The Phone Oximeter is a smartphone app developed by two British Columbia scientists as an affordable solution for the measurement of oxygen levels in the blood, an important early warning sign for pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, and for ...
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Thirty-three Lower Mainland drayage companies have filed a lawsuit against Port Metro Vancouver and the federal government over the recent dispute resolution with the port’s container truckers. The trucking companies claim that the ...
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Between the federal government, BC provincial government and Port Metro Vancouver, they’ve put together $1.71 million to outfit the remainder of the Port’s container truck fleet with GPS technology. “GPS technology will ...
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The Federal Government's $1.5 billion commitment to the western section of the East West Link in Melbourne has been welcomed by the RACV. RACV general manager public policy Brian Negus said the western section of the new link from the ...
A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...
China is Australia's number two source of vegetable imports. Yet, vegetables from China are not always labelled as such. Why does that matter? Because data recently released by the Communist Party of China indicates that 19.4%, or ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Packaging, Label
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling $1 million to fund green infrastructure projects in Chicago. The projects will improve water quality in Lake ...
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The Anti-Dumping Commission has published its final report on 'dumped' Italian tomatoes The Anti-Dumping Commission has published a final report on its findings that a number of Italian tomato products had been dumped into the Australian ...
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Two months ago, Freedom Foods' Pactum Dairy Group commissioned a new $45m UHT (aseptic) dairy beverage facility in the northern Victorian city of Shepparton for manufacture of high value added dairy beverages for key customers in China and ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection announced that Delaware has become the first state in the Mid-Atlantic Region authorized by the EPA to administer and enforce the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program, ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection announced that Delaware has become the first state in the Mid-Atlantic Region authorized by the EPA to administer and enforce the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program, ...
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Today, Dr. Steven Thomas Purucker of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was honored as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service