Sachin Shah
If you have ever wondered where to find Houston’s landfills, look no further than the new environmental justice web tool released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier this month. On June 10, 2015, EPA released EJSCREEN, an environmental justice screening and mapping tool. EJSCREEN uses high resolution maps with demographic and environmental data…
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Did you know more than half of the country’s lakes and rivers are not meeting the Environmental Protection Agencywater quality standards? A major goal of the U.S. Clean Water Act is maintaining “designated uses” for rivers, lakes, and coastal waterways. Uses include fishing, swimming, boating, irrigation, drinking water, and wildlife habitat. Every two years, states must submit to…
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