In a joint North European and North American study led by UmeÃ¥ researcher Christer Nilsson, a warning is issued of underdocumented results of ecological restorations. The researchers show that continuous and systematic evaluations of cost-efficiency, planning,…

EPA Adds Hazardous Waste Sites to National Priorities List
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding five and proposing to add eight hazardous waste sites to the Superfund program’s…

BRADY Federal Services Joins ACT Environmental Services
SAN DIEGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 5, 2016—ACT Environmental Services has reached an agreement to acquire the Federal Services Division of Richard…

AirVisual Launches Free Air Pollution Forecasts for More than 5,000 Cities Worldwide
BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2016—AirVisual, a social enterprise providing air quality tools and information, now offers free air pollution forecasts for more than 5,000 cities worldwide. The forecasts are available on both a web and mobile platform to empower residents…

United States Files Complaint Against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, today filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Volkswagen Group of…

U.S. Mayors Report Highlights a Decade of Global Climate Leadership
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2015—As part of the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP 21, in Paris, leaders of The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) released a report from the organization's Mayors Climate Protection Center calling attention to how U.S. mayors…

U.S. Green Building Council Commits to Scaling LEED Green Buildings to More Than 5 Billion Square Feet Over Next Five Years
PARIS, Dec. 3, 2015—The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today that it will commit to scaling green buildings to more than 5 billion square feet (478 million square meters) over the next five years through the LEED and EDGE green building rating…

U.S. Mayors To Report On A Decade Of Global Climate Leadership
PARIS, Dec. 3, 2015—As part of the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP 21, in Paris, leaders of The U.S. Conference of Mayors will release a special report from the organization's Mayors Climate Protection Center calling attention to how U.S. mayors…

Hatch Honoured for Excellence at 2015 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards
OTTAWA, Oct. 27, 2015—Hatch has won four national awards at the 2015 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards Gala held Friday night in Ottawa, Canada. Hatch was honoured with the Tree of Life Award and an Award of Excellence for its innovative, high quality…