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EPA seeks feedback on proposed settlement with Dow Chemical � Michigan Messenger
(michiganmessenger.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public review of a proposed agreement with Dow Chemical that establishes a process for evaluating dioxin contamination in Saginaw Bay, the... More
Submitted 4 months ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Vitter Wants EPA To Delay Rules On Pollutant -- Mirroring Stance Of Industry That Backs Him
(tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is blocking an EPA nomination because he wants the agency to delay establishing safety procedures for formaldehyde. Meanwhile, major emitters of the dangerous chemical have... More
Submitted 5 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
EPA Taking a Harder Look at Mountaintop Removal
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
CHARLESTON, WV - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding 79 pending mountain-top coal removal permits for further review. The agency says it has concerns about the practice of blasting... More
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Environmental Racism in Benton Harbor Park Plan
(news.newamericamedia.org)
Citizens from the impoverished and 93 percent Black Benton Harbor revealed to a federal judge Aug. 28, that property the city received for giving up 22 acres of pristine beach front is toxic.
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Granholm asks EPA to add 3 Mich. sites to Superfund list
(michiganmessenger.com)
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to add three contaminated Michigan sites to the National Priorities or Superfund list.
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Chamber Backs off "Scopes" Comment
(www.motherjones.com)
A few days after I made fun of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for saying it wants a hearing on climate change that would be "the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st Century," the group has backed off the... More
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Wielding Stick on Climate, EPA Reminds it Could Regulate CO2 Itself
(www.motherjones.com)
If the Senate does not pass a cap and trade bill this year—a prospect that seems increasingly likely—the Obama administration may start pressuring legislators by moving to regulate CO2 itself.
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Water utilities lack proper filters for weed-killer
(www.grist.org)
Results from a federal drinking water monitoring program show that many public water companies are ineffective at removing a widely used weed-killer from their water supplies. As the Huffington... More
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EPA reveals almost twice as many dangerous coal ash dumps as previously known
(www.grist.org)
Double the trouble EPA reveals almost twice as many dangerous coal ash dumps as previously known 0 * Sue Sturgis Posted 10:47 AM on 31 Aug 2009 by Sue Sturgis o... More
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Recession helps cut E.U. greenhouse-gas emissions
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BRUSSELS - Greenhouse-gas emissions in the European Union fell for the fourth year running in 2008, thanks to the economic recession, the European Environment Agency said Monday. The official EEA... More
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