West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is pushing sustainability with its Covered Electronics Device (CED) Recycling Grant program. Grants are available to counties and municipalities for the purpose of…
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Arkansas Funds E-Waste Projects
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is promoting sustainability by funding proposals for e-waste disposal in cities, counties, and solid waste authorities throughout the state. The Computer and Electronic Waste…
Kentucky Awards Rubber-Modified Asphalt Grants
The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (DEP) Energy and Environment Cabinet has announced that up to $500,000 in grant funding has been awarded to six Kentucky counties for rubber-modified asphalt…
ECOS Green Report: Status of State Environmental Agency Budgets, 2009-2011
This report reviews state environmental agency budgets for fiscal years 2009 to 2011, focusing on the non-infrastructure portions of these budgets, which are used to implement federally delegated programs and state laws. Infrastructure…
Nebraska Governor Commends DEQ for Customer-Friendly Practices
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) last week received praise from Governor Pete Ricketts for its work in offering online permitting to customers. In his weekly column, Ricketts commended…
Mississippi Receives First Planning Grant from RESTORE Council
Gary Rikard, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), announced today that the State of Mississippi will receive a planning grant to develop projects and programs in…
Delaware Acts to Improve Permitting Processes, Transparency, and Access
Today, Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) issued an RFP for assistance in evaluating and redesigning agency administrative processes and performance improvement. The RFP supports an initiative…
Minnesota PCA Releases Performance Measures Dashboard
On March 16, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) released their 2016 Environmental and Performance Measures Dashboard. The dashboard tracks several relevant environmental and performance measures related to MPCA’s work…
Pennsylvania DEP GO-TIME Initiative Helps Contractors Bid on RFPs
On March 4, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) launched the first phase of its new electronic bidding process for DEP construction contracts such as projects cleaning and plugging oil…
Vermont DEC’s Lean Initiative Yields Significant Results
In 2013, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) launched an innovative new program to enhance DEC’s ability to serve the public by developing more effective, efficient, timely, and transparent…
