Nurses Pushing for Healthier Schools

August 29, 2001–To help children heading back to school, the American Nurses Assoc. has just updated its educational package on healthier schools.

Report: Dry Cleaning Industry in Transition

August 29, 2001–While a few of the country's nearly 40,000 dry cleaners are opting for alternatives to the solvent perchloroethylene, most are not.

Another Nail in the MTBE'S Coffin?

August 22, 2001–On Aug. 7, 2001, the New England Governors Conference weighed in on the debate over MTBE and ethanol, sending a resolution to Congress asking it to drop rules under the Clean Air Act.

EPA Issues Report on Costs of Impaired-Water Cleanup

August 22, 2001–EPA provided another piece of the TMDL puzzle on Aug. 3, 2001, when it released a report estimating costs of implementing the program to range from $900 million to $4.3 billion per year.

It's Hurricane Prime-Time in Gulf and Atlantic States

August 22, 2001–The next 6 weeks or so will see the peak of the hurricane season along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Newsdate Aug. 27: New England, Canada May Leapfrog Kyoto

August 22, 2001–On Aug. 27, 2001, a conference of six New England states and five Eastern Canadian provinces will consider a groundbreaking strategy for reducing greenhouse gasses in the region.

EPA Expected to Ease Up on Utility Emission Rules

August 15, 2001– EPA will deliver to President Bush its recommendations for streamlining air pollution regulations for utility power plants and other energy-related facilities.

Heavy Precipitation Linked to Disease Outbreaks

August 15, 2001–A rainstorm can do far worse than dampen your mood.

New Fire Plan Proposed, Old One Not Quite Working Yet

August 15, 2001–On Aug. 13, 2001, President Bush and Interior Sec. Norton endorsed a 10-year fire plan proposed by the Western Governors Assoc. that would grant Western states and localities more discretion in preventing and fighting wildfires.

SEJournal Summer 2001, Vol. 11 No. 2

August 15, 2001–In this issue: Green rights cases return: Courts, EPA grapple with environmental justice; Becoming your own publisher; 'The secret history of lead'...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.