In a letter sent out to supporters today, self-described watchdog group Free Market Florida alleges that the EPA is guilty of misleading a reporter about its proposed numeric nutrient criteria, a set of standards that aim to govern nutrient pollution in state waterways. # More…
The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has released its annual list of cities that have the most Energy Star certified buildings, noting that Des Moines has increased its participation during the past year.
The list of cities is lead by Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco; Chicago; New York; Atlanta; Houston; More…
In testimony given late last week, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that false accusations about her agency’s numeric nutrient criteria to govern Florida waterways are proving to be a detriment to their implementation. #
Testifying before the House Agriculture Committee, Jackson said More…
U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., helped lead last week’s GOP onslaught against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, despite polling in his congressional district showing two-thirds of his constituents feel “Congress should let the EPA do its job.”
Gardner, a co-sponsor of legislation meant More…
The first of several promised clashes over U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulatory powers came this week at a hearing over a Republican bill that would block the agency from regulating greenhouse gases out of concern for climate change.
At a heated Wednesday hearing by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee More…
The Obama administration announced first-of-their-kind national standards today to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and increase the fuel economy of heavy-duty trucks and buses.
The rules start with model year 2014 heavy-duty trucks and buses and require up to a 20 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions for 2018 vehicles. More…
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has granted a waiver allowing for gasoline to be mixed with up to 15 percent ethanol for vehicles of model year 2007 and newer. Currently, only 10 percent ethanol can be blended with gasoline.
There has been an ongoing fight behind the More…
At a hearing of the national oil spill commission today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson addressed concerns about waste disposal from the oil spill.
Politico this morning published a lengthy profile on Carol Browner, the White House’s climate and energy adviser or “climate czar.” The story focuses on rumors that Browner will abandon her post now that climate change legislation has a near-zero chance of passing Congress. The story cites little evidence that More…
There have been rumblings this week of another push to block the Obama administration’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, and for those of you who haven’t kept up with every jot and tittle of this fight, I thought today might be a good time More…
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