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EPA Moves Unilaterally to Curb Greenhouse Gases
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - Stymied in Congress, the Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on power plant and oil refinery greenhouse emissions, announcing plans for developing new standards over the next year. In a statement posted on the agency's website late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with pollution contributing to climate change. "We are following through on our commitment to proceed in a measured and careful way to reduce GHG pollution that threatens the health and welfare of Americans," Jackson said in a ...
Oil Spill: We Get It. We're On It.
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EPA Staffers Were Forced to Ignore Science, Investigation Finds
By Sheila Kaplan - Politics DailyEnvironmental Protection Agency staffers have been forced to ignore relevant science, have lacked key monitoring data on human health and environmental impacts, and have worked without crucial information needed to protect the public, according to the preliminary findings of a scientific advisory board. The Committee on Science Integration for Decision Making is still working on its investigation, but has quietly posted draft summaries on the agency's website of 73 interviews with 450 EPA employees -- an unusual bottom-up examination that could bring sweeping changes to the 40-year-old ...
The 5 Best Things for Planet Since Earth Day Started
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 22) -- From climate change to increased global air pollution, numerous challenges face the planet. But on the 40th anniversary Earth Day, AOL News asked two leading voices on the environment to reflect on the greatest triumphs of the past few decades. Five events over the last 40 years stuck out as being the most important. The majority of them took place in the United States, which remains the world's largest consumer economy -- and, until recently, has been the world's biggest polluter. While future lists will surely contain events that transpire in China and other countries, and ...
Lead Poisoning Still a Threat as New Rules Take Effect
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(April 21) -- While federal officials had hoped to eradicate childhood lead poisoning by 2010, health experts now say it could be years before American kids are completely risk-free. Lead continues to pose a threat in poorer urban areas, where older homes are coated in lead-based paint that's now deteriorating, exposing residents to dust tainted with the toxin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which had set the 2010 goal, wants to see tougher laws and more effective enforcement to minimize the presence of lead in American homes, schools, day care centers and other buildings ...
EPA to Toughen Drinking Water Standards
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDrinking water standards would be tightened to limit cancer-causing contaminants under new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday the EPA will issue stricter regulations on four chemical compounds within the next year, The Associated Press reported. Two of the compounds (tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene) are used in industrial and textile processing and can seep into drinking water from contaminated groundwater or surface water. The two others (acrylamide and epichlorohydrin) are impurities that can be introduced into drinking ...
Ticked-Off Pet Owners to Benefit From New Labels
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(March 17) -- With more pets dying from overdoses of pest-prevention products, the federal agency that oversees the pesticides is mandating tighter regulations on labeling and dosage recommendations. The Environmental Protection Agency started looking into allegations of inadequate or confusing labels on flea and tick products last year. In 2008, the agency saw a 53 percent increase in reported pet deaths because of the sprays and creams. But the products, like Enforcer Flea Drops and Frontline, aren't contaminated; owners are just overdoing it. They're unsure how much to give a dog versus ...
EPA Unveils Five-Year Great Lakes Restoration Plan
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPolluted waters would be cleaned, wetlands restored and invasive species beaten back under a $475-million Great Lakes revitalization announced by the the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson met over the weekend with governors from the Great Lakes states -- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- to set out the five-year plan, which also includes increased protection of watersheds. The lakes provide drinking water to more than 30 million people. "We must protect and preserve our lakes for our families and outdoors ...
Opinion: Paper, Plastic, or Neither?
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 15) -- This year, grocery shoppers in the District of Columbia -- which has a poverty rate that surpasses 19 percent and an unemployment rate that approaches 12 percent -- found themselves faced with a new tax: 5 cents on every plastic or paper bag they carry out of the store. The District Department of the Environment says plastic bags, in particular, pollute the local Anacostia River, destroy cooling intakes on motor boats and even "trap fish, birds and other wildlife, or become lodged in their stomachs." So 4 of the 5 cents are directed to an Anacostia cleanup project. The District ...
9 Unexpected Things Found in Drinking Water
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- Charles Duhigg of The New York Times today delivered the latest unsettling news about the nation's water supply: It's not as clean as you might think. An analysis of federal data from the last five years revealed that more than 20 percent of the nation's water-treatment systems have broken provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the standards enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency. The result? As many as 19 million Americans are sickened each year. Over the years, the EPA has identified many substances in water supplies far and wide. Here are nine unexpected things ...
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