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EPA to move on emissions as Congress stalls
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 1 day ago
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Environmental Protection Agency will formally declare that greenhouse gases endanger human health Monday, allowing President Barack Obama to show action as a major climate change summit opened in Copenhagen. The EPA finding will allow it to regulate...
Tags: EPA, greenhouse gases, global warming, Barack Obama, The Environmental Protection Agency, endangerment finding, climate change, Congress, U.S, carbon dioxide, Denmark, Copenhagen, Environment, Clean Air Act, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Emission standards, United States environmental law, Politics, Carbon finance, Air pollution, Climate change in the United States, Lisa P. Jackson, Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States, Presidency of George W. Bush, Pollution in the United States, Politics of global warming, G8, Angela Merkel, Kyoto Protocol, Non-governmental organization, Environment of California
National Briefing | Midwest: Kansas: Buyout for a Small Town
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Buyout for a Small Town Published: October 29, 2009 The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to buyout the residents of the contaminated town of Treece. The decision was a victory for about 140 residents, who had asked for help to leave the...
Tags: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Treece, Kansas
EPA to Adopt Air Rules for Power Plants
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to issue new air-pollution rules for coal- and oil-fired power plants by November 2011, according to court documents. While the new regulations will likely reduce emissions of cancer-causing pollutants by...
Tags: power plants, The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Regulators Plan to Study Health Risks of Atrazine
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The Environmental Protection Agency plans to conduct a new study about the potential health risks of atrazine, a widely used weedkiller that recent research suggests may be more dangerous to humans than previously thought. Atrazine a herbicide often...
Tags: EPA, weed killer, health risk, The Environmental Protection Agency, Washington
EPA moves to regulate greenhouse gases
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The agency said the proposed rule would apply only to those entities that release more than 25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year, limiting its application to utilities and large industrial facilities. The Clean Air Act regulates industries...
Tags: EPA, greenhouse gases, powers plants, gas emissions, Congress, epa moves, regulate greenhouse, The Environmental Protection Agency, epa propose, greenhouse gas, Washington
EPA to reconsider smog standards
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider smog standards set by the Bush administration that scientists said didn't go far enough to protect public health, officials said today. “This is one of the most important protection measures we can take...
Tags: EPA, Bush, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Environmental Protection Agency, bush administrator, ozone standards, smog standards, Washington
Stricter vehicle emissions rules are targeted
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility A federal lawsuit by two industry groups aims to halt the U.S. government and the state of California from moving ahead with new greenhouse gas emissions rules for cars and trucks -- an action that, if successful, could scuttle a key piece of the Obama...
Coal-ash hazard list includes 6 Ohio sites
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The Environmental Protection Agency today made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal-ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year. The list includes three...
Tags: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Labels, hazard potentially, Tennessee Valley Authority, Kentucky, coal ash
EPA completes first testing of Chinese drywall
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Federal officials have completed preliminary testing into tainted Chinese drywall linked to corrosion and potential health effects in Florida and other states. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, working in conjunction with the Agency for Toxic...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Senate Judiciary Committee, The Environmental Protection Agency, South Florida, suspected material, Bill Nelson, EPA
Ethanol producers could face tougher standards
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The administration also announced the creation of an interagency task force designed to speed the development of the alternative-fuel industry. Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, called the group a “very positive step for...
Tags: Barack Obama, Social Innovation Fund, Michelle Obama, greenhouse gas, obama administrator, U.S, The Environmental Protection Agency, gas emissions, corn ethanol, White House
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