EPA Highlights

EPA Seeks Feedback on Label Options for Safer Products Join EPA for a Clean Water Thunderclap on September 29 Applications for Clean Air Excellence Awards Due September 12 EPA Extends Deadline for National Smart Growth Awards to September 19 EPA Seeks Feedback on Label Options for Safer Products EPA is redesigning its Safer Product Label, currently the Design for the Environment (DfE) label, for products that meet rigorous safety standards to better protect you, your family, and the environment. The redesigned label is intended to help consumers, businesses and institutional buyers recognize products that have earned the EPA Safer Product Label.  Learn more about the label redesign in Assistant Administrator Jim Jones' blog post here. http://go.usa.gov/VRjY Comment by October 31, 2014 on the proposed designs here. http://go.usa.gov/VRWP Join EPA for a Clean Water Thunderclap on September 29 EPA is using Thunderclap to provide a way for people to show their support for clean water and the agency's proposal to protect it. Here's how it works: you agree to let Thunderclap post a one-time message on your social networks (Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr) on Monday, September 29 at 2:00 pm EDT.  If 500 or more people sign up to participate before then, the message will be posted on everyone's walls and feeds at the same time. But if fewer than 500 sign up, nothing happens. Here's the message: "Clean water is important to me. I want EPA to protect it for my health, my family, and my community. www.epa.gov/USwaters" Sign up to join the Thunderclap for Clean Water here.  http://thndr.it/1rUOiaB Applications for Clean Air Excellence Awards Due September 12 EPA is accepting applications for the Clean Air Excellence Awards through September 12, 2014. This award recognizes and honors outstanding innovative efforts to help make progress in achieving cleaner air. Award-winning entries must directly or indirectly reduce pollutant emissions, demonstrate innovation, offer sustainable outcomes, and provide a model for others to follow. Learn more about entry requirements and how to submit an application here. http://go.usa.gov/NmEk EPA Extends Deadline for National Smart Growth Awards to September 19 EPA has extended the application deadline for the 2015 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement to September 19, 2014. The competition is open to public-sector, private-sector, and nonprofit organizations that have successfully used smart growth principles to improve communities environmentally, socially, and economically. Apply for the award here. http://go.usa.gov/VRZW We encourage you to share the EPA Highlights eNewsletter with your colleagues.  To subscribe: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USAEPA/subscriber/new?topic_id=USAEPA_439 Office of Public Engagement  Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education Office of the Administrator / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  Tel 202-564-1785 / PublicEngagement@epa.gov   You can unsubscribe or update your subscriptions or e-mail address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. All you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or problems, please e-mail subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com for assistance.  This service is provided to you at no charge by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.    This email was sent to k34101050@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20460 · 202-564-4355

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