The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/epa/)
On Apr. 26, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha spoke at the Joyce Lindower Wolitzer ’76 and Steven Wolitzer Nutrition Seminar about her work on the Flint water crisis.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “People, Prosperity and the Planet” grant program has named Cornell University’s AguaClara student team as the recipient of a $15,000 grant to fund the development of a pump that can treat drinking water without the use of electricity.
Over two million tons of salt are mined annually from under Cayuga Lake. Now, an environmental group has sued the mining company over environmental concerns.
Rep. Reed was met with another furious crowd of constituents at his town hall in Ithaca.
The Cornell 100+ MPG Team is on its way to putting the 2010 Toyota Prius — and its Environmental Protection Agency estimate of 50 miles per gallon — to shame. Up against more than 100 teams from around the world, the Cornell team is now officially competing in a multi-million dollar contest to not only create a car that exceeds 100 mpg or its fuel equivalent, but also present a feasible business plan to sell 10,000 such cars.
On April 7, the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize released the official list of 111 registrants, hailing from 11 countries, in the $10 million X Prize competition. Prize winners will be decided after a series of competitions, scheduled to begin as early as May 2010, that will culminate in road competitions in four U.S. cities.