EPA Public Engagement Highlights

EPA Press Highlights - August 16, 2013 Aug 15: New Pesticide Labels Will Better Protect Bees and Other Pollinators http://go.usa.gov/jMUA Aug 15: EPA Announces Revised Fuel Economy Label Estimates for 2013 Ford C-Max http://go.usa.gov/jMPQ Featured Highlight August is National Water Quality Month! Visit EPA water website to learn about your drinking water, pollution prevention and control, and to get more water news http://water.epa.gov/ EPA's National Stormwater Calculator is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States (including Puerto Rico). Estimates are based on local soil conditions, land cover, and historic rainfall records. For more on the Calculator: http://go.usa.gov/jwPm Recent Videos and Social Media          Watch Gina McCarthy discuss President Obama's Climate Action Plan at the University of Colorado Law School.  http://lawweb.colorado.edu/events/mediaDetails.jsp?id=5019 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/  Connect with EPA Twitter Chat *TODAY* Aug 19: Jim Jones discusses pesticides and bee health Webinar Aug 21: Environmental Education in Action: Exploring Environmental Mentoring Webinar Aug 21: EPA Applied Science Webinar Series ***JOIN NOW*** EPA's Jim Jones, head of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, is participating in a Time Magazine Twitter chat on Monday, August 19 from 10:00-10:30 am EDT. Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine author of the cover article "The Plight of the Honeybee" being published on the same date, will moderate the session and take questions. Join the conversation by using the hashtag #TIMEbees.  Check out EPA's announcement on Aug 15 for new pesticide labels to protect pollinator health: http://go.usa.gov/jMUA. Environmental Education (EE) in Action: Exploring Environmental Mentoring Mentoring relationships can have many positive benefits to both mentor and mentee. Join this conversation about how mentoring may enhance your environmental education work Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. To Register: http://go.usa.gov/jfB5   EPA Applied Science Webinar Series with Arlene Fiore Join Arlene Fiore, of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University as she discusses her ongoing EPA STAR project on air pollution episodes, meteorology, and how they are changing. Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 2:00pm – 3:00pm To Register: http://go.usa.gov/j7JW   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