Speeches, Testimony and Transcripts

Small Sponsor, Big Results: Local Club Takes on Childs River Restoration

Falmouth Rod & Gun Club—a 75-year-old club with a maximum of 300 members—is spearheading an impressive effort to restore and enhance the upper Childs River. Prior industrial and agricultural use has polluted and choked off the river's flow.

Southeast New England Program and New England Environmental Finance Center Launch SNEP Network

Coming soon to your town - Southeast New England Program's SNEP Network. Check out how it can benefit NGOs, Tribes, and Municipalities.

Find it and Fix it: Citizen Science Combats Citizen Problems

Clean Ocean Access (COA), a Rhode Island-based nonprofit, formed in 2006 after a parking ban restricting beach accessibility stirred two local surfers to contact both Newport Police and City Council.

The Stormwater Innovation Center: A Unique Opportunity in an Unlikely Place

n 2017, the city of Providence, RI was issued a consent decree by the State, which required the construction and maintenance of 42 separate stormwater projects. This blossomed into an unexpected opportunity that inspired the creation of the Center.

The Pleasant Bay Alliance: Going Far by Going Together

The Pleasant Bay Alliance was created from a shared commitment to nutrient reduction throughout the Cape Cod towns of Brewster, Chatham, Harwich and Orleans. After nearly two decades of working together, the Alliance has quite a lot to show for it.

Using Phylogenetics for Fecal Source Tracking in the SNEP Region

The PhyloChip is a rapid, high throughput, genetic analysis that probes water samples for the 16S rRNA gene. The beauty of using this gene is that its genetic sequence is nearly identical in all bacteria except for small sections of DNA...

Tools to Grow By: Powering Regional Planning with Cool Interactive Tools

Regional planning can identify solutions that go beyond political boundaries to foster collaboration on resources, infrastructure, and protection of vulnerable special areas, communities, and ecosystems.

2015 AOC Investigation and Remediation: Groundwater Monitoring

Information and documents related to Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage AOC SOW 7.3: Groundwater Monitoring.

Twenty Years of Homeland Security Research: How it Started and Where We Are Now Webinar

EPA's ORD offers free public webinars on recent research results. Watch a pre-recorded webinar on the 20-year history, development, and current focus of EPA's Homeland Security Research Program.

Public Understanding of the Health Impacts of Climate Change

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Engaging Your Audience

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Welcome and Introduction

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Hot City, Cool Surfaces

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

UHI Mitigation: The Tucson Story

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

Louisville Metro Government Office of Sustainability Urban Heat Island Reduction

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

Preparing for Heat: Minnesota Climate and Health Program Activities

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Heat Islands, Public Health, and Urban Design: Connecting the Dots

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's August 19, 2015 webcast, "Improving Heat Health Resilience through Urban Infrastructure Planning and Design."

Urban Cool Islands for Public Health

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's August 19, 2015 webcast, "Improving Heat Health Resilience through Urban Infrastructure Planning and Design."

COVID-19: Electrostatic Sprayers and Foggers for Disinfectant Application Webinar

EPA's ORD offers free public webinars on recent research results. Watch a pre-recorded webinar on the use of electrostatic sprayers and foggers for surface disinfectant applications.