Tag : Environmental Protection Agency
DeLorean DMC-12 title : 'Back to the Future' Car: The DeLorean Motor Company Begins Production of DMC-12 Cars; Specs, Release date, and Price
summary : Many cars have become famous because of their appearance in various Hollywood blockbuster films. Few have such a strange history like the DeLorean DMC-12. By the time it was featured in "Back to the Future", the DeLorean Motor Company had already stopped its production. Now, the company is going back to business thanks to a newly implemented law.
date : Jan 28, 2016 01:59 AM EST
Food Waste title : EPA Courts Religious Groups To Fight Food Waste During Global Record-High Temps
summary : Environmental Protection Agency leaders on Monday launched the Food Steward's Pledge, an initiative to engage religious groups of all faiths to help redirect food headed to landfills instead to hungry mouths. The pledge is one element of the agency's larger plan to reduce food waste by 50 percent by 2030. It was announced just a day before the U.S. government stated the year 2015 was the Earth's warmest year on record.
date : Jan 21, 2016 11:59 AM EST
Santa Barbara Oil Spill title : Santa Barbara Oil Spill: Up to Five Times More Oil Than Estimated Spilled across 9 Miles of California Coastline
summary : The cleanup from the oil spill off a Santa Barbara County beach continued on Thursday as its damage spread to nine miles of pristine California coastline. Federal investigators also continued their investigation on the factors behind the pipe’s leakage near Refugio State Beach.
date : May 20, 2015 09:47 PM EDT
Santa Barbara Oil Spill title : Santa Barbara Oil Spill: Ruptured Pipeline Spills Oil on California Coastline; Cleanup Underway at Refugio State Beach
summary : A ruptured pipeline has been blamed for the oil spill along a Santa Barbara County beach in California, contaminating the local area. Authorities have estimated that about 21,000 gallons of crude oil have been spilled so far along Refugio State Beach.
date : May 20, 2015 10:24 AM EDT