The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has launched a Waste Tire Pilot Program (WTPP), providing municipalities and parishes with financial support to address unauthorized waste tire disposal within their…
Land & Waste
Maryland Promotes Food Waste Prevention
This month, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) supported Food Waste Prevention week by urging consumers to make sustainable choices. The Department hosted a webinar and encouraged residents and…
Colorado Proposes Rule to Control Landfill Methane
The Air Quality Control Commission of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment will hold a hearing in August to consider a proposed rule on monitoring and reduction of…
Tennessee Overhauls Septic System Permit Processing
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) has revolutionized septic permit processing in the state’s rapidly growing rural areas by implementing an advanced GIS system, significantly reducing the average…
Coalition Letter on FY2026 Appropriations for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies leadership
ECOS joined twenty-eight other organizations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies’ leadership to urge congressional appropriators to support full funding of the…
ECOS FY26 Testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations on U.S. EPA’s Budget
In April 2025, ECOS President James Kenney submitted testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY26 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA.…
Oregon Approves Producer Responsibility Plan for Recycling Modernization
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is making strides in implementing the state’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act. Following a multi-step collaborative review process, DEQ approved a program…
Resolution 10-3: Cleanup Budgets for the Nuclear Weapons Complex
ECOS supports continued cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex and the funding to do this work.
Resolution 25-1: Interagency Coordination on Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
ECOS encourages U.S. EPA, FEMA, USDA Rural Development and other agencies to fund planning and community readiness before disasters, and to support them in response and recovery.
Michigan Offers Grants for Repurposing Scrap Tires
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy (EGLE) recently announced the availability of grants that support the cleanup and reuse of scrap tires in the state. The Scrap…
