4 days ago
But environmental groups said the proposal was weaker than last year's plan and represents a nearly complete capitulation to industry, which had lobbied heavily against the earlier rule.
5 days ago
The agency has said that the alias, based on the name of Jackson's dog, was used so that Jackson wasn't overwhelmed with the thousands of messages that came to her public EPA account.
12 days ago
Health is what gets people excited," said Ruckelshaus, of Seattle, the first administrator to lead the Environmental Protection Agency when it opened for business 42 years ago.
12 days ago
At least one Republican senator, Roy Blunt of Missouri, placed a hold on Gina McCarthy's nomination to lead the EPA over questions about a levee project in his state.
13 days ago
Senate Republicans have boycotted a scheduled committee vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
17 days ago
Mark Brownstein, who runs the energy and climate program at the Environmental Defense Fund, says "some don't have the stomach for that and are simply going with the flow.
19 days ago
Mark Brownstein, who runs the energy and climate program at the Environmental Defense Fund, says "some don't have the stomach for that and are simply going with the flow.
20 days ago
The EPA was not immediately available to comment on the lawsuit.
64 days ago
Blunt responded by saying he was placing a "hold" on the nomination of Gina McCarthy as EPA chief.
67 days ago
The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America claim the EPA has allowed pesticide use without required consultations with federal agencies to study the impacts.
78 days ago
Gina McCarthy, currently an assistant administrator in charge of air and radiation, would replace Lisa Jackson, the well-liked but controversial EPA leader in Obama's first term.
78 days ago
"Republican lawmakers, who've attacked the EPA for what U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue called "burdensome permitting requirements," are expected to put up more of a fight.
79 days ago
A White House official says President Barack Obama on Monday will appoint a new energy secretary and new head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
89 days ago
Under the President Barack Obama the EPA has stepped up regulation of natural gas drilling which has been booming thanks to hydraulic fracturing technology.
91 days ago
For decades, the America public has come to believe that the EPA essentially endorses whatever mileage statements are made by General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda and other carmakers.
96 days ago
A top environmental official is warning lawmakers that automatic spending cuts due next month would jeopardize EPA's ability to protect against oil spills, air pollution, and hazardous waste.
97 days ago
EDF said earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization posted 4.6 percent organic growth to (EURO)16.08 billion - nearly two-thirds of that total in France alone.
97 days ago
The company said its EDF Energie unit posted its best nuclear production in seven years in Britain.
99 days ago
In December 2010, the EPA issued an emergency order directing Range to identify the source of the gas in the water wells and take other corrective actions.
99 days ago
The 86 groups demand in a letter Monday to the EPA's inspector general, Arthur Elkins, that he widen an existing investigation into the agency's actions.
105 days ago
The report, released Tuesday, said power plants remain the largest stationary source of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that trigger global warming.
105 days ago
The report, released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, said power plants remain the largest stationary source of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that trigger global warming.
106 days ago
Ruckelshaus, who also headed the agency for a stint under President Ronald Reagan, said the EPA has come under attack for so long that it now suffers from "battered agency syndrome.
107 days ago
He said there is also concern about the large volumes of naturally occurring but exceptionally salty wastewater and air pollution.It's premature to say whether it will ever be feasible to have...
110 days ago
"This projection reflects EPA's current estimate of what will actually happen in 2013," she said, adding that EPA will consider public comments before setting the final cellulosic standard.
