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Thursday, September 29th, 2016

Esri to Donate Free Software to Winners of the EPA Smart City Air Challenge

REDLANDS, Calif.- Global smart mapping leader Esri today announced it will donate software valued at $80,000 to winners of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Smart City Air Challenge, a program designed to support local communities that demonstrate innovative air quality management. The Smart City Air Challenge rewards communities that capitalize on important technology trends like

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

EPA Awards $4.5 Million to Advance Air Monitoring Technology

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced grants to six research organizations to develop and use low-cost air pollution sensor technology, while engaging communities to learn about their local air quality. “Through these projects, scientists and communities will join together to develop and test new low-cost, portable, easy-to-use ways to measure air

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

EPA Releases Online Mapping Tool for Drinking Water Sources

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released an online mapping tool that provides users with information about their watershed and water supplier, as well as information about any possible sources of pollution that could affect their communities’ water supply.

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

DOI, USDA, EPA, NOAA and USACE Announce Additional Resilient Lands and Waters Initiative Sites to Prepare Natural Resources for Climate Change

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2015 — The Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) today recognized three new collaborative landscape partnerships across the country.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Exelis Monitors Illinois Site for Carbon Dioxide Emissions

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 1, 2015 — Exelis (NYSE: XLS) is monitoring a site in Illinois for possible carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions as part of a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy seeking to improve greenhouse gas-monitoring technologies. The project is administered through DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.