My Environment, c/o the EPA

Here's a neat website from the EPA.  Go to MyEnvironment and you can get a heap of environmental data about your city, your county, even your zip code!

Western makes the Top 20, Green Energy style

The EPA has listed the highest purchasers of green energy among higher education institutions.  Western came in at #19.  Read all about it here.

America's Trashiest Humor

Way back in 1970 the brand-new Environmental Protection Agency put out a collection of cartoons about pollution called America The Beautiful: The Nation's Trashiest Humor.  The whole book is available at their website, although it is a bit slow to get through.  (Skip the even numbered pages, which just list the author.)


One of the interesting things about it, is the way some attitudes and vocabulary have changed over the last forty years.  I am not used to hearing the term "ground pollution," for example.  Take a look at the funnies your parents or grandparents were reading...

Flat Stanley and Flat Stella

I'm the government information librarian so I was checking out which websites are closed due to the government shutdown.  You will be thrilled to know that Flat Stanley and Flat Stella are still hard at work at the EPA promoting sustainability.  Way to go, kids! 

Greenversations

Did you know the EPA has a blog?  You do now.