Browse through all recent environmental news articles and interviews that include Peter deFur and Environmental Stewardship Concepts.

ESC In The News

ESC presented at the Virginia Water Research Conference: Water Resources in Changing Climates on October 17th, discussing the impacts of climate change on Virginia’s hazardous waste sites. Click here to see our poster

Peter deFur is quoted by Greenwire, elucidating the problems associated with a new order from the OMB that directs the EPA to rely on old data that may not be protective of human health. Click here to read Greenwire’s story

The July/August issue of Stewardship News is out! Click here for the latest issue

Peter deFur is selected to serve three year federal appointment as the Virginia representative to the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council. Click here for the MAMFC press release

August 17 article in the Daily Press examines Newport News’s water supply options in the face of defeat over the King William Reservoir proposal, including conservation and desalination, as outlined by the ESC report

Peter deFur quoted in New Jersey newspaper regarding high lead levels in marine animals

The May/June edition of Stewardship News is now available!

The Daily Press publishes article outlining alternatives for the King William County Reservoir project, based on a report written by ESC

Raleigh Public Record publishes article on cleanup at Ward Transformer site and interviews Dr. deFur

Peter deFur gives presentation before Surry County residents regarding the proposed coal-fired power plant. Click here to read his comments Click here to read the Virginian Pilot’s coverage of the meeting

May 27 article in the Daily Press announcing King William Reservoir project alternatives, based on an ESC report for the Sierra Club

May 14 article in (Raleigh Public Record) about Ward Transformer site in NC

Article from May 13 (Virginian Pilot) regarding Surry plant community meeting

May 12, 2009 comments on the coal-fired power plant proposed in Surry County given by Peter deFur

Peter deFur’s op ed celebrating Darwin’s 200th birthday is featured in the Richmond Times Dispatch

The November/December 2008 issue of (Stewardship News) is out! Click here for the latest at ESC..

Calls for more monitoring of drugs and chemicals

Peter deFur testifies before the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment.

Fish Kill From River Carry Toxic Risk

>EPA on Pollution Cleanup.

Fourteen years and $100 million later, Fort Ord is riddled with dangerous munitions.

High Weedkiller Levels Found in River Checks

Scientist: Chemical may be more toxic than officials think

Increased Greenhouse Emissions Decried

>EPA Should Reassess Dioxin Threat

>PCB sites

Tests on post-Katrina muck yield little consensus on risk

Duwamish cleanup study assailed

Cleanup of PCBs at industrial site could expand to creeks

>EPA Affirms Health Dangers From Dioxin