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EPA lays out five-year plan on agency priorities

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its fiscal year (FY) 2011 to 2015 strategic plan, which provides a blueprint for advancing EPA’s mission and Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s priorities.

The Rural Blog: Independent review supports EPA's findings of MTR on water quality

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency's independent Science Advisory Board's first draft review of EPA's research into mountaintop removal supports the agency's findings that mountaintop removal negatively affects water quality.

New web clearinghouse of information for Lake Shoreland Protection Resources

EPA's Office of Water has launched a new web clearinghouse of Lake Shoreland Protection Resources, which provides practitioners with links to key resources to protect and restore fragile lake shorelands and to promote better stewardship by lakeside property owners and others who recreate on lakes.