GO GREEN!
EPA News You Can Use - September 2016
http://www.epa.gov/gogreen
IN THIS ISSUE:
Enviro-Tip of the Month
What You Can Do, What You Can Use
En español: Spanish Feature
Social Media, Multimedia, & More
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
About This Newsletter
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ENVIRO-TIP OF THE MONTH
Prepare for emergencies. Find out what you can do to reduce risks from environmental hazards before, during, and after a natural disaster. September is National Preparedness Month and the average annual peak of hurricane activity.
https://www.epa.gov/natural-disasters/hurricanes
en español: https://espanol.epa.gov/espanol/huracanes
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WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN USE
Back-to-school:
- Students and teachers. Get homework resources, classroom project ideas, and more.
https://www.epa.gov/students - Healthier schools app. The School IAQ Assessment mobile app is designed to assist schools with conducting indoor air quality assessments, to help protect the health of students and staff.
https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/school-iaq-assessment-mobile-app
Campus Rainworks Challenge (due Sept 30). Are you a college student? Under the Campus Rainworks Challenge, student teams and their faculty advisor design an innovative green infrastructure project for their campus that effectively manages stormwater runoff while benefitting the campus community and the environment. Registration is September 1-30. Read more about this challenge and how to enter:
https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/campus-rainworks-challenge-0
Building waste management. Are you a building owner or manager? EPA's Energy Star Portfolio Manager has been expanded to let building managers benchmark 29 types of waste across four different metrics, alongside their existing sustainability management indicators. EPA and members of industry worked to identify key performance metrics for waste and materials management. Read more:
http://go.usa.gov/xjfT4
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EN ESPAÑOL: SPANISH FEATURE
Elija la opción más segura. ¿Interesado en aprender más acerca de los productos con la etiqueta Safer Choice? Ahora tenemos información disponible sobre Safer Choice en español también. Lea más sobre nuestro nuevo sitio web en nuestro blog: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/08/safer-choice-ahora-en-espanol/
- Equivalent English information about this Spanish content:
https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/08/safer-choice-now-in-spanish/
El Mes de la Hispanidad es del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre. Únase a nosotros en honrar a los científicos, abogados, socorristas, comunicadores y muchos otros hispanos en EPA quienes sirven de inspiración y nos ayudan a proteger nuestra salud y nuestro planeta. Lea más acerca de hispanos en la EPA.
https://espanol.epa.gov/espanol/perfiles-de-hispanos-en-la-epa
- Equivalent English information about this Spanish content:
https://www.epa.gov/careers/profiles-hispanics-epa
Blog Hispano de la EPA: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/category/espanol
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SOCIAL MEDIA, MULTIMEDIA, & MORE
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
Addressing climate change and unleashing innovation with cleaner trucks
https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/08/addressing-climate-change-and-unleashing-innovation-with-cleaner-trucks/
One Year Later: Climate Action and the Clean Power Plan
https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/08/climate-action-and-the-clean-power-plan
All EPA blogs: https://blog.epa.gov/blog
VIDEOS - AUGUST RELEASES
Heavy-Duty Emissions Standards: EPA's heavy-duty phase-two rule reduces carbon emissions and improves fuel efficiency of heavy-duty vehicles, helping to address climate change and energy security. The final standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1.1 billion metric tons, save vehicle owners fuel costs of about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to 2 billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program.
- Addressing Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy Duty Vehicles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v2HLpV7f68 - Driving down carbon pollution through GHG standards for heavy duty trucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwU2XnTv-AA
Series: Safer Choice-Labeled Products in Action. Learn about cleaning and other household products that qualify to carry the Safer Choice label.
- Washing the Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GekojEQY2RE - Mopping a School Floor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZC4W7L5kI - More Safer Choice videos
https://www.epa.gov/saferchoice/connect-safer-choice#tab-2
Park City, Utah Remediation - working together on sites of former mining activities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR0lnz3-YEU
More EPA videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/USEPAgov
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
September
National Preparedness Month
Week
19-25, National Pollution Prevention Week
17-24, National Estuaries Week
Day
12 Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
17 International Coastal Cleanup Day
18 World Water Monitoring Day
21 Zero Emissions Day
24 National Public Lands Day
25 World Rivers Day
27 "Silent Spring" released, 1962
EPA's history site: https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-history
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