I say yes. Right off, we should be placing a monitor at the new University High School. This school is exactly level with the tops of the smokestacks from Longview and Fort Martin.
-Jonathan
Paula Hunt wrote:
Below is a description of a USEPA grant program to help community-based entities educate the public and reduce pollution. Applications are due in March.
Please let me know if you would like to apply for some of this money. This may be a good way to buy the air monitors we have been discussing....
- paula
(Washington, D.C. – Dec. 17, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making nearly $3 million available in 2009 to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that builds partnerships to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources.
EPA will award CARE cooperative agreements in two levels. Level I awards range from $75,000 to $100,000 and will help establish community-based partnerships to develop local environmental priorities. Level II awards, ranging from $150,000 to $300,000 each, will support communities that have established broad-based partnerships, have identified the priority toxic risks in the community, and are prepared to measure results, implement risk-reduction activities and become self-sustaining.
In 2008, $2.5 million was made available to 18 communities through the CARE program. Examples of projects include addressing land- and air-pollution issues in Somerville, Mass.; reducing toxics and promoting green alternatives in Portland, Ore.; dealing with ground and surface water contamination on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Ethete, Wyo.; controlling storm water run-off in St. John, Virgin Islands; and reducing disparities in asthma and blood-lead levels in Baltimore, Md.
Since 2005, the grants have reached 64 communities in 32 states and territories.
Applications for the CARE grants are due March 16, 2009. Eligible applicants include county and local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities. EPA will conduct three conference calls, Feb. 3, 24, and 27 for prospective applicants to ask questions about the application process.
Additional information about the CARE program: http://www.epa.gov/care
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Brilliant idea to have a air monitor at the new UHS.
Bill
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Jonathan Rosenbaum freesource@cheat.org 12/17/2008 2:41 PM >>>
I say yes. Right off, we should be placing a monitor at the new University High School. This school is exactly level with the tops of the smokestacks from Longview and Fort Martin.
-Jonathan
Paula Hunt wrote:
Below is a description of a USEPA grant program to help
community-based
entities educate the public and reduce pollution. Applications are
due in
March.
Please let me know if you would like to apply for some of this money.
This may be a good way to buy the air monitors we have been
discussing....
- paula
(Washington, D.C. * Dec. 17, 2008) The U.S. Environmental
Protection
Agency is making nearly $3 million available in 2009 to reduce
pollution
at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed
Environment
(CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that builds partnerships to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks
from
numerous sources.
EPA will award CARE cooperative agreements in two levels. Level I
awards
range from $75,000 to $100,000 and will help establish
community-based
partnerships to develop local environmental priorities. Level II
awards,
ranging from $150,000 to $300,000 each, will support communities that
have
established broad-based partnerships, have identified the priority
toxic
risks in the community, and are prepared to measure results,
implement
risk-reduction activities and become self-sustaining.
In 2008, $2.5 million was made available to 18 communities through
the
CARE program. Examples of projects include addressing land- and air-pollution issues in Somerville, Mass.; reducing toxics and
promoting
green alternatives in Portland, Ore.; dealing with ground and
surface
water contamination on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Ethete,
Wyo.;
controlling storm water run-off in St. John, Virgin Islands; and
reducing
disparities in asthma and blood-lead levels in Baltimore, Md.
Since 2005, the grants have reached 64 communities in 32 states and territories.
Applications for the CARE grants are due March 16, 2009. Eligible applicants include county and local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities. EPA will conduct three conference
calls,
Feb. 3, 24, and 27 for prospective applicants to ask questions about
the
application process.
Additional information about the CARE program:
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