The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently awarded nearly $8M to 12 Virginia colleges and universities to reduce food waste across the Commonwealth. The funding, provided through U.S. EPA’s

This month, the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the American Samoa Community College (ASCC), American Samoa’s only tertiary education institution, to establish an environmental internship program. The progr...

Across the nation, ECOS member agencies marked Earth Day on April 22 in a variety of fun and engaging ways. First held in 1970, the annual observance is geared toward individual actions that make a collective difference.

For a sampling of state activities – ranging from cleanup events and contests to teach-ins and videos – read on!

Throughout the month of April, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality is hosting activities for Environmental Awareness Month (EAM). A community outreach and education initiative, EAM highlights the importance of protecting the isl...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR) this month released a free new Missouri Flood & Drought app to raise awareness of such conditions across the state. Developed over a three-year period, the app uses data from MoDNR’s network of streamgages and soil-moisture ...