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Coal industry battles to keep power in U.S. energy debate
Four months after pledging to lead the United States on a path to sustainable energy, President Barack Obama faces a turning point on electricity generated from coal, one of the dirtiest of fuels. The White House was expected this week to finalize a rule to reduce emissions from all new…
Obama’s budget boosts funding for health and science
President Barack Obama’s budget proposal released on Wednesday would boost funds for major science and health programs while making small cuts at NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency. Top projects at the US space agency would continue, including developing a new spaceship to send astronauts to the International Space Station,…
EPA announces new rules for auto emissions, sulfur in gasoline
US regulators announced on Friday stricter rules on vehicle emissions and a requirement for low-sulfur gasoline as part of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal would require a 60 percent reduction in sulfur in gasoline as well as stricter tailpipe emissions standards for cars…
Environmental group: Thousands of pesticides dodge regulation
Thousands of pesticides are allowed onto the US market without rigorous safety testing, putting people, animals and crop pollinators like bees at risk, a US environmental group said Wednesday. The Natural Resources Defense Council said the culprit is a congressional loophole dating back to 1978, which has allowed the Environmental…
Beekeepers sue EPA over failing to stop harmful pesticides
Beekeepers, conservation and food campaigners accuse Environmental Protection Agency of failing to protect the insects The US government is being sued by a coalition of beekeepers, conservation and food campaigners over pesticides linked to serious harm in bees. The lawsuit accuses the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of failing to protect the insects – which pollinate three-quarters of…
Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu asks U.S. to lift ban on BP contracts
Ban imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency last November prevents BP from securing sensitive federal contracts 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…
Comic Lee Camp: ‘Fracking is Sexy And F-cking Excellent’
Comedian Lee Camp assailed the practice of fracking in a video released on Monday, mocking supporters of the practice who insist it is safe while arguing they should not have to reveal the chemicals involved. “It’s a funny thing about the word ‘safe,’” Camp said, affecting an impersonation of a…
EPA finds higher-than-expected levels of toxic chemical in air and water near Superfund site
The Environmental Protection Agency says that an area larger than previously thought has been affected by the toxic chemical TCE at an underground Superfund site and has been “leeching into the air” in two specific spots, reported NBC Bay Area. The area, located in Moffet Field and Mountain View in…
Appeals court affirms EPA regulation of greenhouse gases
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided not to reconsider a decision that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to regulate greenhouse gases, reported The Hill. In June, the appeals court affirmed the EPA’s reading of the Clean Air Act, which gives the government agency…
U.S. tightens restrictions on soot emissions by 20 percent
The United States on Friday tightened standards on emissions of soot from industry and vehicles by 20 percent, predicting that the regulations would avert thousands of deaths. The Environmental Protection Agency, in its first major announcement since President Barack Obama’s re-election, ordered stricter rules on so-called fine particle pollution that…
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