SAVE THE DATE:
Conveners Meeting of
the Great Lakes
Regional Collaboration
Dec 3 - Chicago
Great
Lakes Task Force
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Revitalizing Brownfields Sites
(September 20, 2004) At the 2004 Brownfields Conference in St
Louis, MO, Administrator Leavitt encouraged collaboration as
the key to achieving Brownfields restoration success. The annual
conference examines ways to clean up and reuse environmentally
contaminated or potentially contaminated properties.
Speech | Brownfields homepage
Report shows air cleanest in three decades
Millions
of Tons
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1970 |
2003* |
|
CO |
197.3 |
93.7 |
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NOx |
26.9 |
20.5 |
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PM10 |
12.2 |
2.3 |
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SO2 |
31.2 |
15.8 |
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VOC |
33.7 |
15.4 |
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Lead |
.221 |
.003 |
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*preliminary
data
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September 22, 2004 - Saying that today's air is the cleanest most
Americans have ever breathed, Administrator Mike Leavitt announced
that total emissions of the six principal pollutants identified
in the Clean Air Act dropped again in 2003. Annual emissions statistics
for the six pollutants are considered major indicators of the quality
of the nation’s air. The Acid Rain Progress Report, released
at the same time, shows annual SO2 and NOx emissions have declined
32 percent and 37 percent respectively since 1990. Administrator
Leavitt said that the proposed Clean Air Interstate Rule, to be
finalized later this year, will mean continued progress in cleaning
America’s air.
Administrator's presentation
(PDF, 15pp., 1 MB) | News
release | 2003
Emissions Report | Acid
Rain Report
Statement re Executive Order on Cooperative Conservation
(August 26, 2004) The generational relay of environmental progress
requires that we keep finding faster and better ways to conserve
our land, air and water. President Bush is leading this charge
and today’s Executive Order on Cooperative Conservation puts
the power of local ideas and insights into action. As a western
governor, I witnessed first-hand how the innovative and practical
thinking of those who live and work on the land helped conserve
critical lands, clean airsheds and reclaim waterways. By involving
local expertise in the decisions we make, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency will implement the President’s vision to
make environmental progress faster and less expensively. We will
turn the slow and conflict-ridden ways of the past into the new
and better ways of the future.
Read
the Order
Progress report on Great Lakes Executive Order
Administrator Mike Leavitt told the Great Lakes Mayors there is
progress on both aspects of the recently issued Great Lakes Executive
Order. The Order calls for the federal government, which administers
some 140 programs that impact the Great Lakes, to coordinate its
efforts. It also calls for a broad-based Regional Collaboration.
Leavitt suggested coordinating work behind priorities established
by the Great Lakes Governors.
Speech | Great
Lakes homepage
$15-million
to protect and restore America’s watersheds
Fourteen
watersheds - representing 17 states - are eligible for the Targeted
Watersheds Grant Program in 2004. The selected areas represent
more than 20,000 square miles of rivers, lakes and streams across
the United States. Administrator Mike Leavitt traveled to the
Upper Mississippi watershed to announce the grants.
News
release | More
... | Iowa
Showcase
Paying tribute to patriots
In a July 4 speech to participants at the 2004 Freedom Festival
at Brigham Young University, Mike Leavitt honored all defenders
of democracy and freedom, from our Founding Fathers, to the "Greatest
Generation", to this year's Freedom Award winners.
Speech
Taking the pulse of the planet
The
American Meteorological Society was introduced to GEOSS -- Global
Earth Observation System of Systems -- an effort by the
United States and more than 50 other nations to measure the environmental
pulse of Planet Earth.
More ... | Speech Record $75.4 Million in Brownfields Grants
Communities
in 42 states and Puerto Rico will share more than $75 million in
EPA Brownfields grants to help revitalize former
industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties
to productive community use. The grants were announced at a Milwaukee
brownfields site.
More ... | News
release | comunicado
de prensa
Administrator Leavitt on "Ask the White House"
Administrator
Mike Leavitt answered questions from the public on "Ask the
White House". The Administrator tapped into
the interactive answer session via laptop while meeting with Great
Lakes States governors. Transcript
Clean Air Rules of 2004: The Next Chapter in America's
Commitment to Clean Air
Administrator Mike Leavitt announced the Clean Air Rules of 2004,
a suite of actions that, taken together, will produce one of the
most productive periods of air quality improvement in the nation's
history.
More information | Speech
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