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(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) To ensure nanotechnology is developed in a responsible manner, the National Science Foundation and EPA awarded $38 million to establish two Centers for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology.

EPA contributed $5 million to the overall award, which is the largest award for nanotechnology research in the agency's history.

The new centers will conduct research on the possible environmental, health and safety impacts of nanomaterials, using very different approaches than previous studies.

The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a request from Texas to cut the federal ethanol mandate in half for a year in hopes of bringing down corn prices.

(Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) In the U.S, Lyme disease is the most frequently reported disease that can be passed from animals to humans.

These animal-borne diseases can make people very sick, and proper anticipation of disease outbreaks and effective intervention are crucial to protecting the public.

Scientists at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY recently received $750,000 in grant funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency to help safeguard human health by gaining a better understanding of the Lyme disease life cycle.

Five environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, claiming the federal government is violating the Clean Water Act by failing to set standards for farm and urban runoff that is polluting Florida's waterways.

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) A new partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development and the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont will help decision makers more accurately determine the costs and benefits of actions that alter ecosystem services -- the goods and services of nature such as clean air and water, erosion and flood control, soil enrichment, and food and fiber.

Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems.

Four of the nation's largest homebuilders will pay $4.3 million in fines for failing to control runoff at construction sites in 34 states and the District of Columbia, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

The top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Midwest resigned Thursday amid internal fights over dioxin contamination near Dow Chemical Co.'s world headquarters in Michigan, according to a published report.

The top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Midwest resigned Thursday amid internal fights over dioxin contamination near Dow Chemical Co.'s world headquarters in Michigan, according to a published report.

A major decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to fine California technology company IOGEAR more than $200,000 for selling unregistered nano-pesticides is being applauded by David Rejeski, the director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.