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EPA delays decision on ethanol blend
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
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The Wichita Eagle The Environmental Protection Agency's announcement Tuesday that it would put off its ruling on whether to increase the ethanol blend level until mid-2010 drew mixed reviews even within the industry. One ethanol trade group lauded the...
Tags: EPA, ethanol blending, Environmental Protection Agency, epa delays, higher ethanol, handle higher, blending limit, ethanol content, higher blending, New York, Environment, Liquid fuels, Business Finance, Ethanol fuel, Alternative propulsion, Petroleum products, Ethanol, Gasoline, Biofuels, Flexible-fuel vehicle, Renewable Fuels Association, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Fuels, E85, Biofuel in the United States, Clean Air Act, Law Crime
Honda tops again in efficiency on roads
Toyota :: Japan | 13 days ago
Credibility Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd has again produced the most fuel efficient and least polluting vehicles on American roads, the US government projections for 2009 showed on Friday. South Korea's Hyundai-Kia and Toyota Motor Corp, also based in Japan, followed...
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, fuel efficiency, Japan, Toyota, Fuel economy in automobiles, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Environment, Business Finance, Ford Motor Company, Car Allowance Rebate System, Car manufacturers, Energy conservation, Hybrid electric vehicle, Energy in the United States, Miles per gallon, Honda
Critics Silenced by the EPA
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Laurie Williams and husband Alan Zabel worked as lawyers for the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, in its San Francisco office for more than 20 years, and they know more about climate change than most politicians. But when the couple released a video...
Tags: climate change, San Francisco, Barack Obama, Politics, Emissions trading, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Labor, Punahou School alumni
Judge rejects objections to Fla. pollution deal
Miami :: FL :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility DEP heads oppose EPA water settlement Two former state environmental secretaries are opposing an agreement by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set surface water pollution standards for Florida. They joined organizations that represent Florida...
Tags: EPA, Northern District of Florida, Southwest Florida, Florida Stormwater Association, Florida Environmental Protection, Florida Wildlife Federation, Judge Robert Hinkle, Environmental Protection Agency, Fla, federation environmental, Miami, Hydrology, Water supply and sanitation in the United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Water quality, Clean Water Act, Water pollution, Pollution in the United States, Environmental soil science, Environment
AEP plant's safety rating might be upgraded soon
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility W.Va. — A consulting firm has recommended that the Environmental Protection Agency upgrade the safety assessment of waste impoundments at an American Electric Power coal-burning plant in West Virginia. A draft report issued by the agency yesterday suggests...
Tags: burning plant, American Electric Power, Environmental Protection Agency, power coal, waste impoundments, West Virginia, Charleston, Environment, Disaster Accident, United States Environmental Protection Agency
SMU professor named EPA regional head
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 28 days ago
Credibility Al Armendariz, a professor at Southern Methodist University who has been a long-time advocate for tighter rules on air pollution, has been named the regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Dallas offfice, the EPA announced Thursday.
Tags: North Texas, Texas Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Dr. Al Armendariz, Southern Methodist University
Republicans boycott hearing on climate change bill
Copenhagen :: Denmark | about 1 month ago
Credibility Democratic senators in the Environment and Public Works Committee faced a row of empty seats across from them this morning, as Republicans are boycotting hearings on climate change legislation. The standoff between committee chair Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.,...
Tags: climate change, Senate Republicans, US Senate, change bills, Barbara Boxer, change legislation, republican boycott, Environmental Protection Agency, climate debate, global warming
EPA says 7 Northeast Ohio counties don't meet fine-particle pollution standard
Detroit :: MI :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Environmental Protection Agency has announced that seven counties in Northeast Ohio are failing to meet the government's daily standard for fine-particle pollution. For areas designated as violating the air quality standard, states must develop plans...
Tags: EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, Northeast Ohio, particle pollution, daily standard, NBC
EPA seeks broad powers to regulate chemical industry
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson laid out the administration's principles for rewriting the nation's main toxic chemicals law, which has not been revised significantly in 33 years. Also Online During that time, thousands of...
Tags: obama administrator, toxics chemical, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S, Obama Administration, EPA, chemical law, Congress, agency administrator, administrator lisa, Washington
EPA Finalizes Rules On Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said the nation's biggest sources of greenhouse gases must soon publicly disclose their annual emissions. Data collection will begin in January with disclosure required in the first quarter of 2011. EPA's greenhouse...
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Murkowski, EPA, gas emissions, greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas, Washington
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