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January 2011

Forbes.com map: Where Americans are moving

Posted Mon, 2011/01/31 - 5:05pm by RCAP

Forbes magazine has an interactive map on its website that shows, in a very visual way, the movement of more than 10 million Americans from one county to another during 2008. You can click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines show net inward movement, and red lines show net outward movement.

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EPA Seeks Applicants for $1.2 Million in Environmental Justice Grants to Address Local Health and Environmental Issues

Posted Mon, 2011/01/31 - 4:16pm by Travis Mitchell

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting grant applications for $1.2 million in funding to support projects designed to research, educate, empower and enable communities to understand and address local health and environmental issues. Eligible applicants from non-profit, faith-based and tribal organizations working in the community of the proposed project are encouraged to apply.

The New York Times: Industry boos Oscar nod for ‘Gasland’

Posted Mon, 2011/01/31 - 11:21am by RCAP

By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF

“Gasland,” a film that turns a harshly critical eye on the perils of natural gas drilling, has earned an Academy Award nomination for best documentary.

The Oscar nod guarantees even wider exposure for the controversial film, which uses images of flames leaping from kitchen faucets and polluted streams to make an argument for the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a drilling technique where water and chemicals are injected at high pressure deep underground to free up previously inaccessible natural gas deposits.

EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection solicitation for grant proposals to address children's environmental health

Posted Mon, 2011/01/31 - 11:01am by RCAP

EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection is receiving grant proposals to address children's environmental health in underserved communities by building capacity for these communities to reduce environmental exposures in child-occupied settings (e.g. homes, schools and child care centers).

Funds available for awards are expected to total approximately $1.5 million, and EPA intends to award 15 to 20 awards, each for an amount not to exceed $100,000. The due date for initial proposals is February 18, 2011.

Daily Yonder blog: State of the (Rural) Union

Posted Mon, 2011/01/31 - 10:45am by RCAP

The Daily Yonder blog asked several people to chime in about President Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 25.

Read the full post to see what was in Obama's address for rural America.

Issues

Posted Mon, 2011/01/24 - 2:55pm by Travis Mitchell

Current and past issues of Rural Matters

Rural Matters Fall 2009 cover

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EPA seeks applications for community-based environmental grants

Posted Mon, 2011/01/24 - 11:52am by RCAP

Grants will help communities address local health and pollution issues

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making $2 million available in 2011 to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that works with county and local governments, tribes, nonprofit organizations and universities to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources to protect people’s health.

Popular RCAP Resources for Small Communities

Posted Mon, 2011/01/24 - 11:33am by RCAP

RCAP's new videos

Produced for:

  • Members of boards of directors/governing bodies of community water systems
  • Decision-makers
  • Managers of community water systems
  • Operators
  • Customers/community residents

Watch the videos:

Interim report evaluates combined heat and power technologies for wastewater treatment facilities

Posted Thu, 2011/01/20 - 3:43pm by RCAP

EPA is announcing the release of an interim report—“Evaluation of Combined Heat and Power Technologies for Wastewater Facilities”—which serves as a planning tool for wastewater professionals and provides an examination of commonly used and emerging combined heat and power (CHP) technologies for converting anaerobic digester gas to electrical power and process heat.

change.org: Tell the House of Representatives to ditch bottled water and save taxpayer dollars

Posted Wed, 2011/01/19 - 12:32pm by RCAP

The text below was taken from a page on change.org.

Targeting: The U.S. House of Representatives and Speaker of the House John Boehner

Started by: Corporate Accountability International

The new Speaker of the House John Boehner recently made waves with his intention to cut $35 million of bloated spending from the U.S. House of Representatives' budget.