U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pine Bluff to Receive $500K in Federal Grants for Downtown Cleanup
The brownfield grants are aimed at returning blighted properties to productive reuse. read more >
Entegrity Gives Boost To EV School Buses
Electric buses align well with Entegrity’s mission of helping entities cut fuel expenses by conservation, electrification and adoption of solar power. read more >
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Walton Family Foundation Names Radhika Fox as Environment Program Fellow (Movers & Shakers)
She is the former assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water. read more >
Arkansas School Districts Get $11M in Grants for Electric School Buses
The money is a portion of $1 billion awarded to school districts across the country to purchase more than 3,400 electric or low-emission school buses. read more >
EPA Awards $4M to Brownfield Cleanup Projects in Arkansas
The projects aim to transform once-polluted, vacant and abandoned properties into community assets. read more >
Grant for Arkansas Solar Power Actually Bigger Than Announced
The federal grant for rooftop solar development is $93.6 million, as opposed to the $62 million the EPA originally announced. read more >
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$62M Federal Grant Supports Rooftop Solar Market in Arkansas
The grant aims to advance affordable solar energy access for low-income and disadvantaged households. read more >
EPA Sets Strict Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Buses in Bid to Fight Climate Change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday set strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles, an action that officials said will help clean up some of […] read more >
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Arkansas Midland Railroad Settles EPA’s Hazardous Waste Complaint for $910K
The agency said the railroad stored more than 750,000 gallons of highly flammable material at an unpermitted, unsecured facility in Hot Springs for two years. read more >
EPA Tightens Limits on Chemical Used to Sterilize Medical Equipment, Citing Cancer Risk
The American Lung Association called the rule an important step forward to protect human health from cancer caused by ethylene oxide emissions. read more >
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State Awarded $53M for Water Infrastructure Projects
The funds from the EPA will support essential water infrastructure that protects public health and water bodies across the state. read more >
Supreme Court Limits Federal Power Over Wetlands, Boosts Property Rights Over Clean Water
It's the second decision in as many years in which a conservative majority of the court narrowed the reach of environmental regulations. read more >
ABF Freight Faces $535K Penalty Over Clean Water Violations
The division of ArcBest voluntarily disclosed to the EPA that it had failed to obtain industrial stormwater permit coverage at multiple facilities. read more >
An Endless Loop (Craig Douglass On Consumers)
Making recycling more relevant to everyday consumers requires information, education and messaging appealing to economic interests. read more >
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Fort Smith Still Fixing Sewers While Testing Costly U.S. Decree
Fort Smith is pushing back against a 2015 federal consent decree on sewer upgrades that city officials say could cost ratepayers 2.5% of median household income. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
This Is How I Will Change My Son’s Future (Hallie Shoffner Commentary)
Emissions-driven climate change amplifies extreme weather events — longer droughts, more torrential rains and stronger storms. The devastating weather experienced in the last two farming years will be the new norm. read more >
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Gas Used at Baxter Plant Draws Attention
Gary Beck doesn’t know for certain if his multiple myeloma is linked to his neighbor, a Baxter International plant just blocks away in Mountain Home. read more >
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With Two Hoops Cleared, ESP Plant Closer to Reality
Visions of a $3.5 billion plant to turn natural gas into liquid fuel have tantalized Jefferson County while doubters have touted the project as pie in the sky. With two of four crucial environmental permits in hand, that pie could be going into the oven soon. read more >
Texarkana Project Expected to Propel Downtown Growth
After a decade of hope and false starts, the revitalization of downtown Texarkana achieved a breakthrough with the sale July 31 of the historic Hotel Grim to a housing development group. read more >
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Companies Deny Wrongdoing in 2013 Magnolia Oil Spill
Two subsidiaries of Delek US Holdings Inc. of Brentwood, Tennessee, have denied wrongdoing in a federal lawsuit stemming from a 2013 oil spill that released more than 5,890 barrels of crude oil near Magnolia. read more >
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