• Kids' Science Challenge Begins
  October 1
• 84th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference »
  Los Angeles, CA
  October 15-19
• Commonwealth Club- RIO+20 UN Earth Summit
  October 20
• Brownfields Webinars on Grant Guidelines »
• Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands Conference
  Honolulu, HI
  November 14-16

About EPA in the
Pacific Southwest

News & Events in the
Pacific Southwest

Programs in the
Pacific Southwest

    

Green Jobs in California

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson recently visited California and toured a recycling center and a cleaning products company that uses recycled materials and environmentally sound ingredients in its products. The Administrator discussed the President's jobs initiative, with an emphasis on green jobs and growing the economy while protecting the environment.

Marine World

Jean-Michel Cousteau, Nikolai Maximenko, and Jared Blumenfeld discuss the ocean environment, the future of our seas, tsunamis and marine debris.

Listen to the Conversations

Coastal Cleanup Day

Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld gave a keynote address and joined federal, state, and local officials to kick off Coastal Cleanup Day.

About Coastal Cleanup Day
Thousands Clean Up Beaches (video)

Guam's Ordot Dump is Closed

After years of work, a new landfill site replaces the dump. The new site will seal off sources of contamination.

Guam Pacific Daily News:
    —  Dump Closes: Belated Victory for Ordot
    —  Landfill Designed to Exceed Requirements
EPA in Guam