Environmental topics

NASA Ofc of Strategic Infrastructure Env Mgmt Div celebrates environmental excellence & leadership awarding 8 teams and individuals with a NASA “Blue Marble." nasa.gov/emd/blue-marbl… @NASAglenn @NASAKennedy @NASAGoddard @NASA_Wallops @NASAStennis @NASA_Langley @NASA_Marshall

NASA Glenn gets a stylish, space-age community centerpiece thanks to GSA’s Design Excellence program. @NASAglenn cleveland.com/news/2022/04/n…

"We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth." - Bill Anders, Apollo 8 Seeing our precious planet from afar helped inspire the creation of #EarthDay. Celebrate our home planet with @NASA! go.nasa.gov/3k3vl4e

Earth Day! See the NASA Earth Day poster and how to access its pathways of QR codes here: science.nasa.gov/2022poster

Congratulations to Angelica Jackson at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Center! She has been awarded the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal “[f]or exceptional Environmental Program Improvements at the Armstrong Flight Research Center.” @NASAArmstrong

Congratulations to NASA’s Energy/Water Outreach and Awareness Team! The team won an FY21 NASA Headquarters Honor Award with a campaign that helped NASA workforce learn how to reduce their impact on the environment. This is quite an accomplishment – these awards are competitive!

.@POTUS's #FederalSustainabilityPlan will create good-paying, union jobs across the country, provide a strong foundation for American businesses to compete and win in the 21st century, and help us meet our national climate goals. Here’s just some of what’s in it. THREAD:

#StateofNASA NASA Administrator Nelson discusses the agency's plan during this afternoon's 3 p.m. EDT event, streamed to #public" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nasa.gov/multimedia/nas…, nasa.gov/nasaapp, twitter.com/nasa.

A KSC success! 36 juvenile Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and one hybrid were transported by air to KSC from rehab in the northeast. The turtles were offloaded and driven to nearby Canaveral National Seashore and released into the Atlantic Ocean. images.nasa.gov/details-KSC-20…

CONGRATS to Glenn Research Center’s Deenanauth, Bramley and Valenti who received a 2020 Federal Energy and Water Management Award by DOE’s Federal Energy Management Program for outstanding achievements related to GRC’s fleet management program and results in FY 2019.

Pledge to recycle on America Recycles Day November 15 NASA recycled 129,812,022 lbs. and diverted 177,516,432 lbs. of solid waste in FY 2019. #BERECYCLED pledge

CONGRATULATIONS to Kennedy Space Center for a strong collaborative effort on the NASA Central Campus HQ 1 project. The project has been recognized by the U.S. Green Buildings Council with the highest level of LEED Platinum Certification. @NASAKennedy

Congratulations @NASAglenn for Silver Level recognition by the Ohio EPA’s Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Program for your LEED buildings, reduced energy and water use, recycling and environmental purchasing.

It's Earth Day science.nasa.gov/toolkits/earth…! The special poster NASA developed to commemorate Earth Day this year, and the story behind the design are here: youtu.be/rfirRx1zm_0

Wednesday is Earth Day! Celebrate with this one-day only insignia, and see other offerings Earth Day 2020: 50th Anniversary: nasa.gov/earth-day-2020 · #EarthDayAtHome with NASA: go.nasa.gov/2VCF05r · Earth Day Toolkit: bit.ly/EarthDay2020To…

As we observe the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, NASA is highlighting our many contributions to sustaining and improving our home planet's environment at nasa.gov/earth and #EarthDayAtHome. Join us as we virtually celebrate the decades of progress.

Congrats @NASA_Langley for sustainably achieving mission goals while protecting your coastal ecosystem! They had a 37% increase in green infrastructure sq ft in the last year, a potable water consumption decrease of 20% since 2011 and reduced industrial water consumption 36%.

Texas Environmental Excellence Awards: NASA Johnson Space Center was recognized by Governor Greg Abbott and TCEQ in May 2018 as a finalist for its Sustainability Program submittal.

We congratulate KSC Employee Jackie Quinn, an environmental engineer, who was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame go.nasa.gov/2wQDIdB

NASA’s cleanup of groundwater at JPL has achieved a major milestone. The final Record of Decision for the cleanup of groundwater deep beneath JPL and beneath areas adjacent to JPL has been approved and signed. See a summary at go.nasa.gov/2DqdCfG.