EPA is redesigning its Safer Product Label, currently the Design for the Environment (DfE) label, for products that meet rigorous safety standards to better protect you, your family, and the environment. The redesigned label is intended to help consumers, businesses and institutional buyers recognize products that have earned the EPA Safer Product Label. Learn more about the label redesign in Assistant Administrator Jim Jones' blog post here. http://go.usa.gov/VRjY Comment by October 31, 2014 on the proposed designs here. http://go.usa.gov/VRWP Join EPA for a Clean Water Thunderclap on September 29 EPA is using Thunderclap to provide a way for people to show their support for clean water and the agency's proposal to protect it. Here's how it works: you agree to let Thunderclap post a one-time message on your social networks (Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr) on Monday, September 29 at 2:00 pm EDT. If 500 or more people sign up to participate before then, the message will be posted on everyone's walls and feeds at the same time. But if fewer than 500 sign up, nothing happens. Here's the message: "Clean water is important to me. I want EPA to protect it for my health, my family, and my community. www.epa.gov/USwaters" Sign up to join the Thunderclap for Clean Water here. http://thndr.it/1rUOiaB
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Applications for Clean Air Excellence Awards Due September 12 EPA is accepting applications for the Clean Air Excellence Awards through September 12, 2014. This award recognizes and honors outstanding innovative efforts to help make progress in achieving cleaner air. Award-winning entries must directly or indirectly reduce pollutant emissions, demonstrate innovation, offer sustainable outcomes, and provide a model for others to follow. Learn more about entry requirements and how to submit an application here. http://go.usa.gov/NmEk |
EPA Extends Deadline for National Smart Growth Awards to September 19 EPA has extended the application deadline for the 2015 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement to September 19, 2014. The competition is open to public-sector, private-sector, and nonprofit organizations that have successfully used smart growth principles to improve communities environmentally, socially, and economically. Apply for the award here. http://go.usa.gov/VRZW |
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