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With EPA Regulations, It's Good To Know Your Alphabet!
2013-03-14 08:10:21| pollutiononline News Articles
EPA’s alphabet soup of regulations can be quite confusing, especially all the recent changes and court decisions.“Quick Facts: With EPA regulations, it’s good to know your alphabet!”will briefly answer some of the most frequently asked questions on this subject.
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Interview: An Advocate for Environmental Justice at EPA
2013-03-13 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: After five years of working with low-income and minority communities in Texas, Matthew Tejada brings on-the-ground experience to his new job as director of the Office of Environmental Justice at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Tejada, 33, took over his EPA post this week after leading Air Alliance Houston, where he helped organize communities along the Texas Gulf Coast to fight air pollution from chemical plants, oil refineries, and the shipping industry. Matthew Tejada In an interview...
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EPA Targets Renewable Fuel Fraud
2013-03-07 17:27:58| Chemical Processing
Alternative validation method promises more protection against liabilities.
Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu calls on government to lift EPA ban on BP
2013-03-06 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Lousiana senator has called on the US government to lift the ban that prevents BP from securing sensitive federal contracts, even as the state sues the oil firm for the environmental damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Mary Landrieu said the moratorium, imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last November, amounted to "double jeopardy". The 2010 oil spill is the subject of a sprawling civil law case being played out in New Orleans. Louisiana is among the five Gulf...
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EPA: Former McCarthy skeptic signals 2nd-round battle over nomination
2013-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
E and E: Environmental and industry sources alike have praised current U.S. EPA air chief Gina McCarthy, President Obama's pick to head the agency, for her regulatory knowledge, straight-shooting personality and willingness to engage all sides. But McCarthy's open style may not matter when it comes to her confirmation in the Senate, since the process offers Republicans one of their best opportunities to weigh in on Obama's environmental regulations. "I have great reservations about her," Sen. John Barrasso...
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