Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
August 2011 Newsletter
EPA challenges you to find new ways to organize and deliver environmental information. Entries due September 16.
- 18th National Tribal Environmental Conference » Blue Lake, CA
August 27-31
- Brownfields Webinars on Grant Guidelines »
- National Clean Energy Summit
Las Vegas
August 30 - Partnership for a Sustainable Fresno »
Fresno, CA
September 10
About EPA in the
Pacific Southwest
News & Events in the
Pacific Southwest
Programs in the
Pacific Southwest
Historic Agreement to Improve Lake Tahoe Water Quality
At the 15th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit, EPA and the governors of California and Nevada signed a roadmap to return the lake to almost 100 feet of clarity.
- San Francisco Chronicle: Lake Tahoe 65-year pact made to improve clarity
- Lake Tahoe Watershed
At the signing of the Lake Tahoe agreement are, from left to right, US Senator Dean Heller of Nevada, Governor Brian Sandoval of Nevada, US Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, US EPA Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld, and Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. of California.
Getting Ready for School: Protecting Students and Greening Classrooms
Tribal school children will have safer schools as the result of a recent settlement agreement between EPA and the Department of Interior. Under the agreement, 55 tribal schools in Arizona and 31 in New Mexico-Navajo territory will reduce potential environmental exposures to students.
EPA offers a number of resources to make sure student have a safe school year:
- Sunwise - Protect children from harmful UV radiation.
- Healthy School Environments - Address environmental health issues in schools.
- Children's Health Website - Protect children from environmental hazards.
- Green school supplies and school recycling programs
- OnCampus ecoAmbassadors
- Back to School Eco-Tips from EPA Pacific Southwest's Facebook
2011 EPA Summer Student Internship Program a Great Success
Thirty college students participated in an innovative summer program at EPA's Pacific Southwest office.
Mining Executive Added to EPA Fugitive List
Peter Martin Kuhn failed to surrender after indictment in illegal mining waste dumping case.
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