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The Environmental Protection Agency will set new nationwide emission standards for makers of polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as the plastic PVC, under a settlement with environmental groups announced Thursday.
In a move praised by activists as a way to save lives but criticized by industry as potentially driving up electricity costs, the Obama administration has agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic emissions of mercury, soot and other chemicals from all coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it will re-evaluate the health effects of a popular weed killer that has been found in drinking water supplies.
Proposed regulations would require power plants, factories and refineries to reduce greenhouse gases by installing the best available technology and improving energy efficiency whenever a facility is significantly changed or built.
President Barack Obama's administration put the brakes on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits in four states Wednesday, saying they would violate the Clean Water Act.
With more and more toxic chemicals turning up in people's bodies and the environment, the Obama administration asked Congress Tuesday to draft a tougher law for how the government regulates tens of thousands of chemicals.
About 50 medical waste incinerators nationwide will have to reduce their air pollution under new regulations announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
A Republican senator is blocking the nomination of a top Environmental Protection Agency official over what he calls a flawed study of the climate bill recently passed in the House.
The Environmental Protection Agency, complying with a court order, will develop a rule to guarantee companies that mine everything from copper to uranium will pay for needed environmental cleanup, not taxpayers.
The Obama administration said Wednesday it will pump more than $130 million into a Montana town where asbestos contamination has been blamed for more than 200 deaths.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was sued Friday by an environmental group that claims the agency has failed to safeguard public health in the West by not limiting the transmission of air pollution across state lines.
Three Mississippi companies are accused in a federal lawsuit of illegally importing and selling more than 78,000 small engines made in China.
The top U.S. environment official says it's time for the United States to shed its energy-wasting image and lead the world race for cleaner power sources instead.
The U.S.' chief environmental official said Tuesday that America can learn much from the way the Dutch manage water — focusing more on living with it than on trying to control it at every turn.
The Environmental Protection Agency should not wait for Congress before taking steps to control the gases blamed for global warming, supporters of federal greenhouse-gas regulation said Monday.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule Monday banning the use of the pesticide carbofuran on food crops, saying it poses an unacceptable health risk, especially to children.
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule banning the use of the pesticide carbofuran on food.
Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits after a government declaration Friday setting the stage for the first federal regulation of gases blamed for global warming.
The Obama administration took another step toward regulating carbon dioxide, issuing a notice Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency will review whether those emissions should fall under the Clean Water Act.
President Barack Obama's pick for the No. 2 post at the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly removed himself from consideration Wednesday, saying the controversy surrounding a foundation he once belonged to would distract from the agency's work.
Breaking with the policies of the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency is sharpening its oversight of mountaintop coal mining to ensure projects do not harm streams and wetlands.
The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the first step on the long road to regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
The Environmental Protection Agency is closing a program that drew complaints from environmentalists for cutting back on company inspections and regulations as a reward for voluntary controls on pollution.
The federal government wants to require companies for the first time to disclose the amount of greenhouse gases they're releasing into the atmosphere.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday launched a review of coal ash storage facilities and said it would draft regulations for coal ash by the end of the year.
Great Lakes Shippers Oppose Air Pollution RulesTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Shipping companies that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes have enlisted support from leading congressional Democrats to ward off air pollution regulations they say would be a financial burden.
Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job'The Environmental Protection Agency released a long-secret document last week that reveals the agency's conclusions on global warming while President Bush was in office.
Texas heavy industries worry about EPA shift on emissions permitsDALLAS - For 15 years, environmentalists have complained that state regulations have allowed the powerful oil and chemical industries to skirt Clean Air Act standards in Texas, the nation's foremost producer of industrial air pollution.
Science based, Bush-Era EPA Document on Climate Change Finally Released Bush-era EPA document on climate change released The 2007 draft suppressed until now calls for regulation of greenhouse gases, citing global warming as a serious risk to the U.S. A finding by the Obama administration is nearly identical.
Colony Collapse: Are Potent Pesticides Killing Honeybees?The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being sued by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for withholding details about the impact of neonicotinoids — a class of widely used pesticides — on honeybees and other pollinators.
EPA to review health impact of weed killer | Green Business | ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it is reviewing the health impacts of an herbicide known as atrazine, a widely used weed killer that recent studies have tied to birth defects, low birth weight and premature babies.
Camp Lejeune Marines - Poisoned Patriots? Stricken Marines seek help with illnesses For Rick Kelly, the first sign of cancer was a feeling of discomfort in his chest.
A Secret White House Power Grab Is In Full Swing. by Phil Kerpen. September 23, 2009Cap-and-trade energy tax legislation appears stalled, at least for now, in the U.S. Senate. But that doesn't mean the cap-and-trade energy tax isn't imminent.
Climate lawsuits are coming, Gore & Browner warn. Politico blog by Josh Gerstein. 1:45 PM, September 22, 2009Former Vice President Al Gore and current White House climate change czar Carol Browner are warning companies and lawmakers that the courts will step in to regulate greenhouse gases if Congress fails to act.
Polluters Unpunished for Violations of Clean Water Act New York Times Study Points to Failed EPA Regional Model OpEdNews, 09/17/09 By Robert Bullard
EPA to reject Texas' air-pollution permit processThe air-pollution permitting process in the nation's largest greenhouse-gas-producing state does not adhere to the Clean Air Act and portions of it should be thrown out, federal regulators said Tuesday in an announcement applauded by Texas environmentalists.
Water Polluters Near YouAcross the nation, the system that Congress created to protect the nation's waters under the Clean Water Act of 1972 today often fails to prevent pollution.
Report: Great Lakes toxic cleanup sluggishTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. | Cleanup of the most polluted sites in the Great Lakes is moving so slowly it will take 77 more years to finish the job at the existing pace, according to a federal report.
Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in SufferingNeighbors apply special lotions after showering because their skin burns.
EPA puts limits on 3 pesticides to protect salmonThe Environmental Protection Agency revealed new limits Friday on three pesticides commonly used on western farms to protect endangered and threatened Pacific salmon. The restrictions announced Friday apply to the use of chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion near salmon waters in …
You may have read about the cap and trade legislation which the US House of Representatives passed in June of this year. The US Senate is due to begin work on their version of this legislation in September.
EPA to declare CO2 a dangerous pollutantCarbon dioxide will soon be declared a dangerous pollutant - a move that could help propel slow-moving climate-change legislation on Capitol Hill, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said today.
Coal Ash Controversy in AlabamaLast year coal spilled from a TVA plant in Kingston, Tennessee. The coal ash is being shipped to a landfill in Perry County, Alabama. Some local officials cite the economic benefit as a boon to the poor county.
Don't Exhale: EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant Don't exhale.
Preventing and Restoring Ocean Dead Zones - Is the EPA Doing Enough?The Environmental Protection Agency should be setting strict limits on fertilizer runoff and sewage overflows in far-flung streams across the nation, according to an EPA Inspector General report (pdf).
Carbongate (Cont'd)Junk Science: The EPA may be considering closing the watchdog office that exposed the flimsy evidence of man-caused warming. So much for the administration's promise to "restore science to its rightful place."
U.S. Chamber of Commerce pushes for 'Scopes Monkey Trial' of global warming scienceThe nation's largest business lobby wants to put the science of global warming on trial. The U.S.
30 Oklahoma City School District nurses will offer swine flu vaccinations to 36,000 students .2008 enrollment:41,089Parents are being prompted into signing vaccination permission slips. Schools will send permission slips home with students as soon as they receive them from the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, she said.
The race is on: 100 miles on just 1 gallon - The Boston GlobeAs part of the second Boston GreenFest, seven teams will attempt to drive their homemade cars from Greenfield to Boston City Hall Plaza, a distance of 100 miles, using just 1 gallon of gasoline.
Dredging damages Hudson fort remnants - Environment- msnbc.comOngoing contestable project for almost 25 years, the dredging of the upper Hudson River bottom sediments for GE manufacturer-used PCB dumped in the river above Federal Dam in New York state.
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