Prevent Yellow Jackets before They Cause Problems at Your School Yellow jacket season is upon us. By Marcia Anderson Along with the azaleas, dogwoods and spring bulbs, yellow jackets have also awakened – just in time for playground and BBQ season. Yellow jackets, wasps and hornets are beneficial insects, but...
Developing Green Job Opportunities in Brownfields-Impacted Communities
Developing Green Job Opportunities in Brownfields-Impacted Communities The first seeds of brownfields job training—and of the brownfields program itself—emerged in the early 1990s, reflecting our growing concern for environmental equity (now known as environmental justice). Back then, we provided funds for the assessment and cleanup of abandoned and potentially contaminated sites...
Green Streets Make a Visible Difference in Norfolk
Green Streets Make a Visible Difference in Norfolk by Andrew Wynne EPA’s Building Blocks program is helping to turn streets – like this one in Norfolk’s Chesterfield Heights neighborhood – into green streets. The occasional pop-up shower or thunderstorm is commonplace here in the mid-Atlantic during the spring season. While...