Fruit Orchard Growers Find that Disrupting Apple Pest Mating Leads to Better Fruit Apple blossoms By Marcia Anderson Taking a drive in the country, I pass numerous apple orchards, the trees in full bloom, with petals falling across my windshield, like giant snowflakes when a cool spring wind blows. I...
Expanding EPA’s Partnership with State Health and Environmental Experts
Expanding EPA’s Partnership with State Health and Environmental Experts By Gina McCarthy EPA is, at its core, a public health agency. The simple fact is, you can’t have healthy people or a strong economy without clean air, clean water, healthy land, and a stable climate. And we’ve come a long...
Spring Cleaning Can Be Even Healthier using Green Products
Spring Cleaning Can Be Even Healthier using Green Products The welcome return of spring sunshine makes me think of one thing – grimy, winter-weary windows. And then there’s the fridge, the baseboards, the carpets, the bathroom grout, the kitchen cabinets. All these little spots we ignored all winter are now...