EPA Highlights

Press Highlights - August 29, 2013 EPA Launches Online Green Sports Resource Directory http://go.usa.gov/DCT9    EPA Releases New Climate Change Video Series http://go.usa.gov/DCWW Featured Highlight - Back to School As children head back to school this month, we would like to make you aware of helpful EPA resources for students, teachers and parents. Student Curriculum: Recipes for Healthy Kids and a Healthy Environment: http://go.usa.gov/DCKx This nine-lesson program was designed to excite kids about environmental health and empower them to take steps in their everyday lives to improve the environment for their community and reduce their environmental risk. The program is geared toward children ages 9 - 13. Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans:  http://www.epa.gov/students/teachers.html This website hosts an array of environmental and science based lesson plans, activities and ideas for students K - 12. OnCampus EcoAmbassadors Program: http://epa.gov/oncampus/ Working with school representatives and fellow college students, OnCampus ecoAmbassadors implement projects from EPA programs to help green their campuses, promote environmental awareness and help carry out EPA's mission to protect human health and the environment.  EPA-RTP Speakers Bureau: http://epa.gov/rtpspeakers/ EPA staff at Research Triangle Park offer a free resource that schools, universities, and community groups in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. area can use to find and request U.S. EPA-RTP speakers for classes or events. Not in RTP? Then connect with EPA's Regional Environmental Education Coordinators around the country: http://go.usa.gov/DCAT Recent Blogs, Videos and Social Media EPA Connect is EPA's new leadership blog. The blog highlights regular posts from EPA's leadership across the country, spanning all program areas on a range of important agency topics.  http://blog.epa.gov/epaconnect/   Greening Sports to Combat Climate Change  by Bob Perciasepe   Why I (Still) Ride a Bike  by Jared Blumenfeld     Dr. King's Dream and Environmental Justice by Gwen Keyes Fleming Health and Wellness at Home and in the Workplace by Craig Hooks EPA's new series of short public service videos focus on a range of topics related to climate change, including its causes and impacts, actions Americans can take to reduce their impact, and the benefits to the economy of addressing climate change. The new video series supports the President's Climate Action Plan by encouraging American families to reduce the amount of energy they consume, cutting down on their utility bills and protecting people's health. Download broadcast quality video:  http://www.dvidshub.net/unit/usepa#.Ue11v9LVB54 Connect with EPA Webinar: Clean Air Act Overview Webinar Sep 24: EPA's online greenhouse gas data publication tool, FLIGHT Webinar Sep 25: Harmful Algal Blooms You can view the recorded webinar "Building a Common Understanding:  Clean Air Act and Upcoming Carbon Pollution Guidelines for Existing Power Plants" at http://go.usa.gov/DCdC  This 30 minute presentation by EPA staff provides an overview of Clean Air Act provisions for regulating carbon pollution from existing power plants.   On September 24, 3:00 pm ET, EPA will host a training webinar on FLIGHT. The webinar will review how to perform popular searches and view emissions by industry, geographic location, or greenhouse gas. It will also preview new features coming to FLIGHT with the release of the 2012 data in October.   http://go.usa.gov/DC6G On October 1, EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program will release its third year of detailed, facility-level greenhouse gas data from the largest stationary sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. On September 25, 1:00 pm ET, EPA will host a webinar on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Join us for "Linking Nutrient Pollution and HABs: State of the Science and EPA Actions" the fourth in an exciting series of summer webinars about this worsening environmental problem and public health threat. Harmful algal blooms are a major environmental problem in all 50 states. Known as red tides, blue-green algae or cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms have severe impacts on human health, aquatic ecosystems and the economy. To register for the webinar:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/ register/248409642 Office of Public Engagement  Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education Office of the Administrator / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Tel 202-564-4355 / PublicEngagement@epa.gov   You can unsubscribe or update your subscriptions or e-mail address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. All you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or problems, please e-mail support@govdelivery.com for assistance.  This service is provided to you at no charge by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.    This email was sent to mhamidlad.game@blogger.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20460 · 202-564-4355