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Lisa Jackson Tasks the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers to Seize the Moment to Develop a Green Economy
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson addressed young researchers at the National Sustainable Design Expo on the Washington DC Mall with a rousing speech requesting them to seize the moment to solve the troubled economy and the environment by using their ingenuity to achieve a green economy promoting energy security, independent of fossil fuels.
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Science Works Podcast: 
EPA Funds Development of Laser-Based Carbon Dioxide Sensor
Listen to the third podcast in our Science Works series, and learn how a small business called Bridger Photonics is developing a handheld sensor for the remote detection of carbon dioxide.
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Nice Dear, but what is Sustainability?
At this year’s National Sustainable Designs Expo on the Mall — which ran Saturday, April 18 through Monday, April 20 — we saw some amazing ideas: a solar powered water heater, wetlands for cleaning up dairy wastewater, solar panels to remove salt from water, even a method for using the sun to disinfect water.
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Science Works Podcast: Small Business Grows Green Alternative to Styrofoam
Listen to the second podcast in our Science Works series, and learn how a small business called Ecovative Design is developing an environmentally-friendly foam that could replace polystyrene in packaging and construction materials.
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EPA and Mount Sinai Investigate Food Allergy Triggers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a $466,125 research grant to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine to investigate the mechanisms that make food allergies occur and pinpoint what triggers them.
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EPA Awards $3.5 Million in Grants for Particulate Matter Research
(Washington, D.C. – April 3, 2009) EPA awarded four grants to universities to research the relationship between the chemical composition of particulate matter (PM) and health effects.
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Five Mass. Companies Get Contracts for Small Business Innovation Research
(Boston, Mass. – March 26, 2009) – Five small businesses in eastern Massachusetts have received a total of $1.125 million from EPA to commercialize innovative technologies that address pressing environmental problems.
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Environmental Behavior, Bioavailability and Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials: a Joint Research Solicitation - US EPA and UK ENI
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results program, in conjunction with the UK Environmental Nanoscience Initiative, is seeking joint applications from US and UK partners.
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Lisa Jackson Tasks the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers to Seize the Moment to Develop a Green EconomyEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson addressed young researchers at the National Sustainable Design Expo on the Washington DC Mall with a rousing speech requesting them to seize the moment to solve the troubled economy and the environment by using their ingenuity to achieve a green economy promoting energy security, independent of fossil fuels.
[View Video]
Science Works Podcast: EPA Funds Development of Laser-Based Carbon Dioxide SensorListen to the third podcast in our Science Works series, and learn how a small business called Bridger Photonics is developing a handheld sensor for the remote detection of carbon dioxide.
[Listen Now | Read Transcript ]
EPA’s P3 Award Winners Celebrate a Green Future
(Washington, D.C. - April 21, 2009) EPA has announced the university teams who won the annual People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) competition. The P3 award competition encourages college students to apply technology in innovative ways to tackle global environmental challenges.
(Washington, D.C. - April 21, 2009) EPA has announced the university teams who won the annual People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) competition. The P3 award competition encourages college students to apply technology in innovative ways to tackle global environmental challenges.
Winners of this year’s awards and their projects are:
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| University of Arizona | Columbia University | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Drexel University | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | University of South Florida |
Nice Dear, but what is Sustainability?At this year’s National Sustainable Designs Expo on the Mall — which ran Saturday, April 18 through Monday, April 20 — we saw some amazing ideas: a solar powered water heater, wetlands for cleaning up dairy wastewater, solar panels to remove salt from water, even a method for using the sun to disinfect water.
[Read More]
Science Works Podcast: Small Business Grows Green Alternative to StyrofoamListen to the second podcast in our Science Works series, and learn how a small business called Ecovative Design is developing an environmentally-friendly foam that could replace polystyrene in packaging and construction materials.
[Listen Now (English) | Read Transcript (English) | Escuchar Ahora (español) | Leer Transcripción (español) | Read More]
EPA and Mount Sinai Investigate Food Allergy TriggersU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a $466,125 research grant to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine to investigate the mechanisms that make food allergies occur and pinpoint what triggers them.
[Read More]
EPA Awards $3.5 Million in Grants for Particulate Matter Research(Washington, D.C. – April 3, 2009) EPA awarded four grants to universities to research the relationship between the chemical composition of particulate matter (PM) and health effects.
[Read More]
Five Mass. Companies Get Contracts for Small Business Innovation Research (Boston, Mass. – March 26, 2009) – Five small businesses in eastern Massachusetts have received a total of $1.125 million from EPA to commercialize innovative technologies that address pressing environmental problems.
[Read More]
Environmental Behavior, Bioavailability and Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials: a Joint Research Solicitation - US EPA and UK ENIThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results program, in conjunction with the UK Environmental Nanoscience Initiative, is seeking joint applications from US and UK partners.
[Read More]
Science Works Podcast: SBIR Overview
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SBIR Overview[Listen Now (English) | Read Transcript (English) | Escuchar Ahora (español) | Leer Transcripción (español)]
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- The 2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on Innovative Approaches for Detecting Microorganisms and Cyanotoxins in Water
- The Plight of Ecosystems in a Changing Climate: Impacts on Services, Interactions and Responses Workshop - May 27 - 28, 2009