Tag: Epa
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Even Former Coal Miners Want to End Mountaintop Removal Mining
It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.
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Obama's EPA to require better gasoline, cleaner air
Good news for those of you that enjoy clean air!
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Obama nominates Gina McCarthy as new EPA chief
"Every American is—or will soon be—breathing cleaner air because of McCarthy," says Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch.
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Lisa Jackson to Step Down as EPA Director
Did years of criticism from everyone from Big Coal to the environmental movement take its toll?
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EPA Threatened With Lawsuit to Force Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Institute for Policy Integrity hopes to force EPA's hand in mandating a cap on greenhouse gas emissions by using the Clean Air Act.
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Who Was The Greenest President? 12 Environmental Groups are Polled and the Results Might Surprise You
Corporate Knights Magazine asks the question and gets a different result than we did.
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EPA's New E-Waste Program Has Good Points, But Still Fails In One Major Area
The volunteer program encourages businesses to take back and recycle old electronics, but it's not quite enough.
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A Chief Architect of the EPA Passes Away
Russell E. Train, the conservative bureaucrat who had a massive hand in shaping the E.P.A., has passed away
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US and Canada Sign New Great Lakes Accord
It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.
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Air Conditioner Vendors Keep Selling "Banned" R-22 Based Equipment, Driving Through Loophole the Size of the Ozone Hole
It's called "dry-shipping", they shouldn't do it and the EPA should ban it
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Thousands of Lives Would Have Been Saved If Obama Had Backed Stronger Smog Standards
According to Johns Hopkins scientists up to nearly 8000 lives would have been saved annually if President Obama backed the EPA's strongest recommendations for ozone pollution limits.
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Public Health Versus A Nevada Coal Plant
The Moapa Band of Paiutes are coping with health problems caused by the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant in Nevada.
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Appeals Court Upholds EPA's Right To Do Its Job, Protect the Environment
In a unaminimous decision, the DC Court of Appeals has ruled that the EPA does have the authority to regulate carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act.
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TreeHugger Radio #205: America's War on Innocent Critters, Pollution's Cooling Effect, and the EPA's Cross to Bear
Jacob and Brian look at SolarCity going public, pollution that cools the country, clever sewage sensors, and plenty more.
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New Project Seeks to Turn 500,000 Polluted Sites Into Renewable Power Hotspots
There are a half million contaminated sites across 15 million acres in the United States, and a new initiative aims to spur clean energy development on as much of it as possible.
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EPA Official Resigns Over "Crucify" Remarks, Breathes Life Into "Job-Killing" Myth
The GOP's crusade against the Environmental Protection Agency has culminated in the lose of a regional administrator's job.
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EPA Finalizes Fracking Rules - Gives Industry 30 Months to Fully Comply
EPA says VOC emissions from new wells will be reduced 95%.
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Protecting Americans From Natural Gas Air Pollution
Americans are speaking out in support of EPA's coming protections from pollution caused by natural gas and oil drilling.
