Clean diesel hits the market Oct 10 - Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel is now available for consumers at the pump. The fuel contains 97 percent less sulfur and will deliver billions of dollars in environmental and public health benefits.
News release | More about clean diesel

EPA responds to North Carolina fire Oct 6 - EPA Region 4 Emergency Response personnel were dispatched to a fire at the Environmental Quality (EQ) waste disposal facility in Apex, N.C., to assess the situation and offer assistance to the Apex Fire Chief.
EPA Region 4 Web site

Indianapolis to spend $1.86 billion to stop sewer overflows Oct 5 - The city's municipal wastewater and sewer system currently discharges approximately eight billion gallons of untreated sewage each year into the White River. Indianapolis will make the improvements over twenty years to reduce the overflows from approximately 60 times per year to four or fewer per year.
News release | Case Details

Change A Light for brighter energy savings Oct 5 - If every American household changed a single light bulb to an Energy Star bulb, it would save enough power to light more than 2.5 million homes.
News release | comunicado de prensa | Take the Change A Light pledge | Public Service Announcements | Ask the White House transcript

Top 25 green power buyers Oct 3 - The US Air Force and Wells Fargo top the list of organizations that purchase electricity generated from clean, renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, and others.
News release | The top 25

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