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*CONTACT: *Deb Berlin berlin.deb@epa.gov 202-564-4914 202-564-4355 * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *December 11, 2009 *EPA Signs Two Rules to Further Protect Ozone Layer * *WASHINGTON* - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced two final rules that will further cut ozone-depleting pollutants, protecting the Earth's ozone layer and reducing harmful greenhouse gases.
The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new national strategy to enforce safe drinking water laws in small, rural communities on Tuesday and pledged to redouble efforts to protect children from toxic water in schools.
Associated Press - December 9, 2009 6:15 PM ET LA PORTE, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its finding that greenhouse gases...
PHOENIX (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency said chemical releases in Arizona rose last year. According to new federal data released Tuesday, mining firms, utility plants and manufacturing facilities in Arizona released 95 million pounds of toxic chemicals in 2008, up 7 percent from 2007.
As new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are poised to take effect on Jan. 1, Honeywell is hoping a new set of products can ease the transition to compliance for process manufacturers.
The Environmental Protection Agency is concerned about the federal enforceability of a permit issued to a cement transfer station in the North Valley, according to documents requested by the Alibi under the Inspection of Public Records Act. In early October, neighbors of American Cement got word that the city had approved the permit to extend operation to 24 hours a day. The station at 4702 ...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward in regulating greenhouse gas emissions in the US from both mobile sources (principally autos and trucks) and stationary sources (industrial and power generation sources). The actions taken today support EPA in regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Today, the US EPA Administrator signed two distinct ...
Today, the US Environmental Protection agency announced a formalized endangerment finding for greenhouse gasses, a document that enables the agency to regulate six different gasses as pollutants under the Clean Air Act. For now, however, the EPA will not be establishing any rules regarding their emissions, leading many to speculate that the announcement was timed for the start of the Copenhagen ...
US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson gestures during a briefing in the U.S. center at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says she will take commonsense steps to regulate carbon emissions to protect the health of Americans. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Although the Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday that Nevada's overall toxic releases decreased by 10 percent last year, there's still plenty of cancer-causing metals and minerals escaping to the air and water.
Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency said the decreasing emissions recorded in federal data released Tuesday might have occurred because the weakening economy meant a drop in manufacturing, according to the report.
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