<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - epa</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/epa</link><description>Newsvine - epa</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:49:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:49 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Next Obama Scandal At EPA</title>
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The lawmakers compared the agency's behavior to the recent revelation that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gave additional scrutiny to Tea Party organizations.
In a letter to Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe on Friday, four Republicans accused the agency of routinely&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18345956-the-next-obama-scandal-at-epa</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18345956-the-next-obama-scandal-at-epa</guid><category>epa</category><category>conservatives</category><category>environment</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>rose-garden</category><category>information-act</category><category>environmental-groups</category><category>americas-talking</category><category>outgoing-irs-chief-makes</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 00:49:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin92501807-2ED5-0AF7-F79B-D58D383FBA3C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="155" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin92501807-2ED5-0AF7-F79B-D58D383FBA3C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Another Obama administration scandal is brewing </title>
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Just when we thought it was safe to turn the news on again, a new&nbsp;scandal&nbsp;is brewing in the&nbsp;Obama administration, this one involving the&nbsp;Environmental Protection Agency. It has every possibility of being as big as the IRS scandal, because just like that one,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18301951-another-obama-administration-scandal-is-brewing</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18301951-another-obama-administration-scandal-is-brewing</guid><category>epa</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>favorites</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Government Engulfed in Scandals: Americans Deserve Better | The Tea Party News Network | TPNN.com</title>
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Don&rsquo;t worry, America; this won&rsquo;t be an &ldquo;I told you so&rdquo; moment decrying the re-election of a President who makes Nixon look like a Boy Scout. The re-election of Obama stands as a testament to the power of the Obama political machine, the indoctrinatory na&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18284574-a-government-engulfed-in-scandals-americans-deserve-better-the-tea-party-news-network-tpnncom</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18284574-a-government-engulfed-in-scandals-americans-deserve-better-the-tea-party-news-network-tpnncom</guid><category>people</category><category>ap</category><category>epa</category><category>america</category><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>republican-party</category><category>obama</category><category>scandals</category><category>regime</category><category>benghazi</category><category>democrat-party</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:05:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin8259AD27-4453-7746-FFB9-4375C1100E47.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin8259AD27-4453-7746-FFB9-4375C1100E47.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Controversies Threaten President's Agenda</title>
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An outburst of controversies threatens to swamp President Barack Obama's second-term agenda, while giving Republicans new opportunities to galvanize their base ahead of the battle for control of Congress in the 2014 elections.
The latest controversies&mdash;Internal Revenue Se&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283662-controversies-threaten-presidents-agenda</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283662-controversies-threaten-presidents-agenda</guid><category>ap</category><category>epa</category><category>discrimination</category><category>corruption</category><category>gate</category><category>bias</category><category>irs</category><category>lies</category><category>obama</category><category>scandals</category><category>controversies</category><category>benghazi</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:12:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinD5F8C1C3-3157-6B96-645F-CD89B27EBD22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinD5F8C1C3-3157-6B96-645F-CD89B27EBD22.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EPA waives fee requests for friendly groups, denies conservative groups</title>
<description><![CDATA[Conservative groups seeking information from the Environmental Protection Agency have been routinely hindered by fees normally waived for media and watchdog groups, while fees for more than 90 percent of requests from green groups were waived, according to requests reviewed by th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></source><link>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18275789-epa-waives-fee-requests-for-friendly-groups-denies-conservative-groups</link><guid>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18275789-epa-waives-fee-requests-for-friendly-groups-denies-conservative-groups</guid><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>fees</category><category>denied</category><category>groups</category><category>conservative</category><category>permits</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9A094EDDD-8312-01D0-23BA-F43488823FD2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9A094EDDD-8312-01D0-23BA-F43488823FD2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion | The Nation</title>
<description><![CDATA[A torrent of troubling information about the massive explosion in West, Texas has emerged since April 19&mdash;it&rsquo;s becoming increasingly clear that the federal regulatory structure failed on multiple fronts when it came to the West Fertilizer Company plant.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18215894-senate-to-investigate-texas-plant-explosion-the-nation</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18215894-senate-to-investigate-texas-plant-explosion-the-nation</guid><category>epa</category><category>hearing</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>us-news</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>ammonium-nitrate</category><category>west-fertilizer-company</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 01:28:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie7010B29727-E945-91D3-799A-83C2EF5817EA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie7010B29727-E945-91D3-799A-83C2EF5817EA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paul Ryan Gets His World Rocked When a 'Taker' Rebels At Town Hall</title>
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Almost everything that Rep. Ryan said to that audience was a lie. Paul Ryan has been pushing for the sequester since 2004. It was Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor who originally set the stage for the sequester by talking John Boehner out of accepting President Obama&rsquo;s offer of a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18041334-paul-ryan-gets-his-world-rocked-when-a-taker-rebels-at-town-hall</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18041334-paul-ryan-gets-his-world-rocked-when-a-taker-rebels-at-town-hall</guid><category>epa</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>lies</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>obama-derangement-syndrome</category><category>sequester</category><category>tea-party-republicans</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jury convicts Illinois official of lying about contaminated water | Fox News</title>
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A one-time suburban Chicago official was convicted Monday of lying for decades about drawing water for residents from a well the village knew was tainted by a cancer-causing chemical.
Theresa Neubauer, 55, is the only Crestwood official to go to trial in a scandal that shocked&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></source><link>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17973468-jury-convicts-illinois-official-of-lying-about-contaminated-water-fox-news</link><guid>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17973468-jury-convicts-illinois-official-of-lying-about-contaminated-water-fox-news</guid><category>epa</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>us-news</category><category>regulations</category><category>clean-water</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:52:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans8C8077B5-47E7-98B2-A281-265F59A16E9C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="128" width="128" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans8C8077B5-47E7-98B2-A281-265F59A16E9C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The 'Hoax': by Sen. Bernie Sanders</title>
<description><![CDATA[
So that is the issue. Do we agree with Senator Inhofe that global warming is a "hoax" and that we do not want the EPA, the Department of Energy or any other agency of the federal government to address that issue? Or do we agree with the overwhelming majority of scientists who t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17761434-the-hoax-by-sen-bernie-sanders</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17761434-the-hoax-by-sen-bernie-sanders</guid><category>epa</category><category>global-warming</category><category>politics</category><category>bernie-sanders</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>climate-denial</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:39:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan5FB4C1E5-BA9F-D981-0492-3B6C727EB2E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan5FB4C1E5-BA9F-D981-0492-3B6C727EB2E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Government Cover-Up on Fish Farming Affects Your Health</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisafrequency]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lisafrequency]]></source><link>http://lisafrequency.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17732271-how-government-cover-up-on-fish-farming-affects-your-health</link><guid>http://lisafrequency.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17732271-how-government-cover-up-on-fish-farming-affects-your-health</guid><category>epa</category><category>food</category><category>environment</category><category>wild-salmon</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:06:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Exxon Confirms 80,000-Gallon Spill Contains Canadian Tar Sands Oil</title>
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A pipeline that ruptured and leaked at least 80,000 gallons of oil into central Arkansas on Friday was transporting a heavy form of crude from the Canadian tar sands region, ExxonMobil told InsideClimate News.&nbsp;
Local police said the line gushed oil for 45 minutes before b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17542185-exxon-confirms-80000-gallon-spill-contains-canadian-tar-sands-oil</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17542185-exxon-confirms-80000-gallon-spill-contains-canadian-tar-sands-oil</guid><category>oil</category><category>epa</category><category>pegasus</category><category>environment</category><category>exxonmobil</category><category>tar-sands</category><category>bitumen</category><category>keystone-xl</category><category>canadian-crude</category><category>dilbit</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:35:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg3E8187B7-EED9-C972-D82E-B79F78EE4E4F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg3E8187B7-EED9-C972-D82E-B79F78EE4E4F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EPA poised to demand cleaner gasoline</title>
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will put forward new rules Friday to cut car pollution, despite oil industry protests, administration officials said. The agency is expected to call for a cutback in the amount of sulfur in gasoline to an average of 10 parts per million &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17514205-epa-poised-to-demand-cleaner-gasoline</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17514205-epa-poised-to-demand-cleaner-gasoline</guid><category>oil</category><category>epa</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gasoline</category><category>oil-industry</category><category>environmental-protection-agency</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:02:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama signs 'Monsanto Protection Act' written by Monsanto-sponsored senator — RT USA</title>
<description><![CDATA[Our president has signed the Monsanto Protection Act! This serves&nbsp;to protect&nbsp;agriculture corporations&nbsp;from labeling and informing their consumers clearly on the genetically altered and in some cases, poisonous foods it sells them, and will allow the continuation of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous Insight]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Anonymous Insight]]></source><link>http://anonymous-insight.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506990-obama-signs-monsanto-protection-act-written-by-monsanto-sponsored-senator-rt-usa</link><guid>http://anonymous-insight.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506990-obama-signs-monsanto-protection-act-written-by-monsanto-sponsored-senator-rt-usa</guid><category>epa</category><category>fda</category><category>us-news</category><category>roundup</category><category>birth-defects</category><category>pesticides</category><category>agent-orange</category><category>usda</category><category>food-safety</category><category>gmos</category><category>clean-water</category><category>glyphosate</category><category>genetically-engineered-foods</category><category>secretary-of-agriculture</category><category>genetic-science</category><category>livestock-feed</category><category>2-4-d</category><category>monsanto-protection-act</category><category>h-r-933</category><category>enviromental-law</category><category>banned-gmo-crops</category><category>poisonous-foods</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:27:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=anonymous-insightB5EC7246-6CF1-4833-AD42-528C18C3A619.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=anonymous-insightB5EC7246-6CF1-4833-AD42-528C18C3A619.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EPA Forces Man to Spend $200,000 To Expand Lake, Then Doesn&amp;#039;t Grant Permit To Do It</title>
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Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has launched a new campaign called "Victims of Government" that details how onerous government has destroyed people's lives. To launch the effort&nbsp;Senator Johnson posted a video yesterdayin which he describes the plight of Stephen Lathrop from G&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17487498-epa-forces-man-to-spend-200000-to-expand-lake-then-doesnt-grant-permit-to-do-it</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17487498-epa-forces-man-to-spend-200000-to-expand-lake-then-doesnt-grant-permit-to-do-it</guid><category>epa</category><category>lake</category><category>grant</category><category>us-news</category><category>permit</category><category>clean-water-act</category><category>200000</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is the State Department Being Downright Fraudulent in Assessing the Risks of the Keystone XL Pipeline? | Alternet</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[nolagrrl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nolagrrl]]></source><link>http://nolagrrl.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17363981-is-the-state-department-being-downright-fraudulent-in-assessing-the-risks-of-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-alternet</link><guid>http://nolagrrl.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17363981-is-the-state-department-being-downright-fraudulent-in-assessing-the-risks-of-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-alternet</guid><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>corruption</category><category>gop</category><category>alec</category><category>keystone</category><category>pipline</category><category>seis</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:18:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nolagrrl047466C1-3F49-9C5E-E715-40E1CFEC6CDF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nolagrrl047466C1-3F49-9C5E-E715-40E1CFEC6CDF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ruth Marcus: OFA is taking porous campaign finance laws and exploiting them to the max</title>
<description><![CDATA[It isn&rsquo;t merely conservatives griping about the dubious nature of the Obama campaign outfit&rsquo;s metamorphosis from election machinery to advocacy group. The president&rsquo;s lieutenants have been busily&nbsp;fielding a defense&nbsp;of the group&rsquo;s intentions since&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17302093-ruth-marcus-ofa-is-taking-porous-campaign-finance-laws-and-exploiting-them-to-the-max</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17302093-ruth-marcus-ofa-is-taking-porous-campaign-finance-laws-and-exploiting-them-to-the-max</guid><category>epa</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>ofa</category><category>ruth-marcus</category><category>david-plouffe</category><category>jim-messina</category><category>campaign-finance-law</category><category>lisa-jackson</category><category>organizing-for-action</category><category>reelection-effort</category><category>gridiron-club-dinner-ruth-marcus</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:49:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome0C668904-4DAA-2629-23FB-8DD1ED3D0D29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="167" width="230" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome0C668904-4DAA-2629-23FB-8DD1ED3D0D29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Keystone XL: Gina McCarthy, Rumoured New EPA Head, Likely Not A Fan Of Canadian Pipeline</title>
<description><![CDATA[
- U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to nominate his "green quarterback," a longtime air quality expert who has been a champion for tougher carbon emissions standards, as head of the powerful Environmental Protection Agency.
Gina McCarthy, who currently heads the EPA's Offi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17182864-keystone-xl-gina-mccarthy-rumoured-new-epa-head-likely-not-a-fan-of-canadian-pipeline</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17182864-keystone-xl-gina-mccarthy-rumoured-new-epa-head-likely-not-a-fan-of-canadian-pipeline</guid><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>climate-change</category><category>republican-party</category><category>air-quality</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>big-business</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>keystone-xl</category><category>big-corp</category><category>green-house-gases-global-warming</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:15:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Good Riddance: 112th Congress Had Worst Environmental Record Ever</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;"The best that can be said about this session of the 112th Congress is that it's over," League of Conservation Voters President Gene Karpinski said this week.
The sentiment comes in reaction to the League's 2012 Congressional Scorecard, released on Wednesday, which showe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17070214-good-riddance-112th-congress-had-worst-environmental-record-ever</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17070214-good-riddance-112th-congress-had-worst-environmental-record-ever</guid><category>congress</category><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>coal</category><category>republicans</category><category>kyl</category><category>wildlife</category><category>reid</category><category>public-health</category><category>pelosi</category><category>noaa</category><category>durbin</category><category>hoyer</category><category>mcconnell</category><category>cantor</category><category>league-of-conservation-voters</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:43:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg7AB7E756-CEF5-79A3-F9DC-C557D95276AA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg7AB7E756-CEF5-79A3-F9DC-C557D95276AA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EPA estimates on drilling pollution unreliable, report says</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;Limited data and unreliable estimates on air pollution from oil and natural gas production is hindering the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to police the drilling boom, the agency's internal watchdog said in a report released Thursday.
Inspector General Arthur &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17060494-epa-estimates-on-drilling-pollution-unreliable-report-says</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17060494-epa-estimates-on-drilling-pollution-unreliable-report-says</guid><category>epa</category><category>gas</category><category>global-warming</category><category>politics</category><category>smog</category><category>methane</category><category>soot</category><category>unreliable</category><category>0il</category><category>internal-watchdog</category><category>drilling-pollution</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:38:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome70190A4C-4B0F-63A5-CCB5-98A2B595EEC6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome70190A4C-4B0F-63A5-CCB5-98A2B595EEC6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EPA Contaminated by Conflict of Interest | Feb. 13, 2013 | PBS NewsHour | PBS</title>
<description><![CDATA[Good lord, they are still hemming and hawing about this? Or waiting to make a decision after all the affected people have died and can't look at them?!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Boese]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Boese]]></source><link>http://chrisboese.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/16998886-epa-contaminated-by-conflict-of-interest-feb-13-2013-pbs-newshour-pbs</link><guid>http://chrisboese.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/16998886-epa-contaminated-by-conflict-of-interest-feb-13-2013-pbs-newshour-pbs</guid><category>epa</category><category>environment</category><category>pacific-gas</category><category>government-accountability-office</category><category>hamner-institutes</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:35:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chrisboese594428E0-8B2A-0A14-C61E-014AA2BDB482.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="322" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chrisboese594428E0-8B2A-0A14-C61E-014AA2BDB482.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Explosive Fed. Mandate Killing Thousands of Red Snapper | Mobile AL, Pensacola FL News, Weather, Sports | WPMI-TV | Local15TV.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[From the book of stupid environmental moves....
Remember this is your government at work.....]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[space guy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[space guy]]></source><link>http://wingod.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910076-explosive-fed-mandate-killing-thousands-of-red-snapper-mobile-al-pensacola-fl-news-weather-sports-wpmi-tv-local15tvcom</link><guid>http://wingod.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910076-explosive-fed-mandate-killing-thousands-of-red-snapper-mobile-al-pensacola-fl-news-weather-sports-wpmi-tv-local15tvcom</guid><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>south-alabama</category><category>environmental-stupdity</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 14:08:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wingod527EB23D-430B-12FD-6708-B4F025D8667F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wingod527EB23D-430B-12FD-6708-B4F025D8667F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EPA limiting expansion of oil and gas production</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16822533-epa-limiting-expansion-of-oil-and-gas-production</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16822533-epa-limiting-expansion-of-oil-and-gas-production</guid><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>hydrofracking</category><category>keystone-xl-pipeline</category><category>roger-nunley</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 01:02:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The EPA once again raises its biofuels standards &amp;#8212; for biofuels that still do not exist &amp;laquo;  Hot Air</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s brazen contempt for free-market economics evidently knows no bounds.
Less than a week ago, the Environmental Protection Agency received a slap on the wrist from a federal appeals court that ruled that the EPA may not force oil companie&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16803209-the-epa-once-again-raises-its-biofuels-standards-for-biofuels-that-still-do-not-exist-laquo-hot-air</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16803209-the-epa-once-again-raises-its-biofuels-standards-for-biofuels-that-still-do-not-exist-laquo-hot-air</guid><category>epa</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>regulation</category><category>biofuels</category><category>increased-cost</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 09:31:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docB03CDA68-B950-431F-0EF9-2D995782C280.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="237" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docB03CDA68-B950-431F-0EF9-2D995782C280.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court Deals Blow to EPA and Obama's Green Energy Program :</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Last week, a federal judge ruled the EPA exceeded their authority when they mandated that refiners had to use the cellulosic biofuels, considering the fact that they could not obtain any to use.&nbsp; The judge did rule that the EPA could set certain high estimates for some pro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16784946-court-deals-blow-to-epa-and-obamas-green-energy-program</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16784946-court-deals-blow-to-epa-and-obamas-green-energy-program</guid><category>epa</category><category>court</category><category>ruling</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>verdict</category><category>biofuels</category><category>smack-down</category><category>environment-regulations</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The PJ Tatler  &amp;raquo; Ethanol Mandates Are Making Super Bowl Chicken Wing Buckets Go Bye-Bye</title>
<description><![CDATA[When the nation gathers around its television sets this upcoming Sunday to watch the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers face off for best title in the NFL, Americans everywhere will be feeling the effects of our weak energy policy (even if they don&rsquo;t know it).
Ch&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16765077-the-pj-tatler-raquo-ethanol-mandates-are-making-super-bowl-chicken-wing-buckets-go-bye-bye</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16765077-the-pj-tatler-raquo-ethanol-mandates-are-making-super-bowl-chicken-wing-buckets-go-bye-bye</guid><category>epa</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>regulation</category><category>increased-cost</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:54:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc69D50E01-5FC6-A288-48D2-38E3172D4F2D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="85" width="85" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc69D50E01-5FC6-A288-48D2-38E3172D4F2D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="85" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>