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New Bedford Harbor cleanup on faster track
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Cleanup of the harbor could resume on a faster track as soon as June 1, with up to a $35 million boost from federal stimulus money that will create jobs and spur economic development, EPA Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said. Limited cleanup funds have...
Tags: US Environmental Protection Agency, superfund sites, New Bedford Harbor, stimulus money, Lisa Jackson, federal stimulus, agency administrator, EPA Agency, administrator lisa
BREAKING NEWS: US Feds to Defoliate Rio Grande River Bank!
In a major setback to the environment last night, the Laredo TX city council voted to allow the Border Patrol to aerially spray the US-Mexico border with the toxic herbicide Imazapyr, a substance which begins to kill all vegetation immediately...
Tags: environment, US Border Patrol, US-Mexico border, Attorney General Eric Holder, Imazapyr, carrizo, Rio Grande River, Rio Grande International Study Center, US Department of Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency, Jay J. Johnson-Castro Sr., activist
Court reinstates clean air rule during EPA fix
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Americans living downwind of sources of dangerous emissions," he said. Said Vickie Patton, deputy general counsel at the Environmental Defense Fund: "Today's court decision is a welcome gift for the millions of Americans that face serious health threats...
U.S. issues environmental 'most wanted' list
Washington :: DC :: USA | 12 months ago
Credibility These fugitives allegedly smuggled chemicals that eat away the Earth's protective ozone layer, dumped hazardous waste into oceans and rivers and trafficked in polluting cars...In its own version of the FBI most wanted list, and the first to focus on environmental...
Tags: protective agency, environmental protective, US Environmental Protection Agency
Report: EPA caved in on emissions
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, said new details unearthed in interviews with top EPA officials showed the White House "played a decisive role in the rejection of the California motor vehicle standards"...
Tags: EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, White House, California, EPA Reversal, US Environmental Protection Agency, giving california, epa chief, house oversight, congressional investigation, initially supporting
EPA wants tougher lead rules
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a major tightening Thursday of the health standard for airborne lead, saying that current allowable concentrations do not adequately protect public health, especially children. The lead health standard has...
IBM's gov't ban due to EPA
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility -- IBM Corp.'s ban from all new federal work stems from an $84 million Environmental Protection Agency contract the company lost last year and is protesting. The EPA last week temporarily banned IBM from receiving any new government contracts
EPA expected to toughen requirements for cutting smog 12:44 PM CT
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening the air quality health standard for smog, but not by as much as many medical experts believe is needed to protect the elderly and young children. The agency, however, unexpectedly postponed a
Tags: EPA Tightens U.S., US Environmental Protection Agency, tightens ozone, air quality, ozone limits, air pollution
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