http://www.mail.com/organizations/3040-us-environmental-protection-agency.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/3040-us-environmental-protection-agency.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090850-epa-nominee-advances-without-gop-support.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted 10-8, along party lines, to advance Gina McCarthy's nomination to the full Senate. McCarthy now leads the EPA's... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090850-epa-nominee-advances-without-gop-support.html 2013-05-16T16:47:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074052-republicans-boycott-committee-vote-epa-nominee.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans boycotted Thursday a scheduled committee vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. All eight GOP members of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee failed to show up at the meeting to consider the nomination of Gina McCarthy, who currently heads the EPA's air pollution... Thu, 09 May 2013 18:21:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074052-republicans-boycott-committee-vote-epa-nominee.html 2013-05-09T18:21:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041720-gm-chevy-spark-ev-82-miles-charge.html DETROIT (AP) — General Motors said Wednesday that the battery-powered version of its Chevrolet Spark mini-car can travel up to 82 miles on a single charge, putting it among the leaders in mass-market electric vehicles sold in the U.S. The Spark EV also gets the equivalent of 119 miles per gallon in testing monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041720-gm-chevy-spark-ev-82-miles-charge.html 2013-04-24T18:23:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039334-appeals-court-upholds-epa-block-wva-mine.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower court's ruling i... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:44:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039334-appeals-court-upholds-epa-block-wva-mine.html 2013-04-23T19:44:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2033596-safety-rules-limited-small-fertilizer-plants.html There were no sprinklers. No firewalls. No water deluge systems. Safety inspections were rare at the fertilizer company in West, Texas, that exploded and killed at least 14 people this week. This is not unusual. Small fertilizer plants nationwide fall under the purview of several government agencies, each with a specific concern and none required to coord... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:55:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2033596-safety-rules-limited-small-fertilizer-plants.html 2013-04-20T21:55:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The EPA's Office of Inspector General said in a report that the studies are necessary to deter... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:28:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html 2013-04-18T22:28:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013704-tofu-towhit-senators-discuss-epa-email-aliases.html WASHINGTON (AP) — To whom? ToWhit? Tofu? Senators sidetracked their confirmation hearing Thursday for Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, to discuss secret government email addresses that have been used by senior EPA officials for at least a decade. The agency's inspector general is investigating Re... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:05:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013704-tofu-towhit-senators-discuss-epa-email-aliases.html 2013-04-11T21:05:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000646-tyson-agrees-to-4m-penalty-to-resolve-epa-case.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tyson Foods Inc. will pay roughly $4 million in civil penalties to settle allegations related to eight accidental anhydrous ammonia releases that caused multiple injuries and one death over four years, the U.S. government and the company said Friday. The deal, which resolved a federal lawsuit filed in St. Louis by the Environmental Protec... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:05:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000646-tyson-agrees-to-4m-penalty-to-resolve-epa-case.html 2013-04-05T18:05:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986214-cleaner-gas-rule-would-higher-price-pump.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's newest anti-pollution plan would ping American drivers where they wince the most: at the gas pump. That makes arguments weighing the cost against the health benefits politically potent. The proposal to reduce sulfur in gasoline and tighten auto emission standards, released Friday, would raise gasoline prices by... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:24:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986214-cleaner-gas-rule-would-higher-price-pump.html 2013-03-29T17:24:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986070-requirements-ballast-water-dumped-ships.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new requirements for cleansing ballast water dumped from ships, which scientists believe has provided a pathway to U.S. waters for invasive species that damage ecosystems and cost the economy billions of dollars. Commercial vessels are equipped with tanks that can hold millions of ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:11:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986070-requirements-ballast-water-dumped-ships.html 2013-03-29T07:11:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980360-epa-than-half-streams-poor-shape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of the country's rivers and streams are in poor biological health, unable to support healthy populations of aquatic insects and other creatures, according to a new nationwide survey released Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency sampled nearly 2,000 locations in 2008 and 2009 — from rivers as large as the Mississipp... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:52:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1980360-epa-than-half-streams-poor-shape.html 2013-03-26T18:52:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1974382-deal-requires-ferry-to-ash-dumping-2-years.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday. The agreement between Lake Michigan Carferry, which operates the S.S. Badger, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would require the ship to retain its ... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:42:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1974382-deal-requires-ferry-to-ash-dumping-2-years.html 2013-03-23T03:42:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967354-court-sides-with-timber-industry-runoff-dispute.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with timber interests in a dispute over the regulation of runoff from logging roads in western forests. In a 7-1 vote, the court reversed a federal appeals court ruling which held that muddy water running off roads used in industrial logging is the same as any other industrial pollution, requiring a C... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:38:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967354-court-sides-with-timber-industry-runoff-dispute.html 2013-03-20T14:38:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1963096-mo-senator-threatens-block-epa-administrator.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican Sen. Roy Blunt threatened Monday to block President Barack Obama's choice for Environmental Protection Agency administrator until plans are resolved for a long-stalled levee project in southeast Missouri. The two senators from Missouri, Blunt and Democrat Claire McCaskill, expressed disappointment that the EPA and two other age... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:07:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1963096-mo-senator-threatens-block-epa-administrator.html 2013-03-18T20:07:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931974-energy-nominee-favors-all-of-the-above-approach.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department advocates an all-of-the-above approach to energy and favors natural gas as a "bridge fuel" to help the country develop clean energy. Ernest Moniz, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leads the MIT Energy Initiative, a research group that gets fund... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:40:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931974-energy-nominee-favors-all-of-the-above-approach.html 2013-03-05T17:40:30Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1925962-us-seizes-2200-pieces-artwork-nj.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The massive trove of artwork arrived in New Jersey last year from Texas on an 18-wheeler — its contents a mystery. After five days of inventory, the haul proved to be significant: more than 1,100 pieces of art, mostly works by some of the nation's most influential photographers, including Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston. ... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:57:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1925962-us-seizes-2200-pieces-artwork-nj.html 2013-03-02T01:57:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1914666-settlement-binds-power-co-to-burning-coal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the largest U.S. electricity producers will stop burning coal at two of its power plants and make deeper pollution cuts at more than a dozen others under a legal settlement reached with the Environmental Protection Agency, eight states and several environmental groups. American Electric Power agreed late Friday in federal court in... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:17:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1914666-settlement-binds-power-co-to-burning-coal.html 2013-02-25T20:17:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1907392-report-flaws-epa-drilling-pollution-data.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Limited data and unreliable estimates on air pollution from oil and natural gas production is hindering the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to police the drilling boom, the agency's internal watchdog said in a report released Thursday. Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr. said the EPA has failed to directly measure emissions fro... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:42:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1907392-report-flaws-epa-drilling-pollution-data.html 2013-02-22T03:42:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1894080-budget-cut-impact-smaller-navy-fired-teachers.html What does smaller government look like? The budget standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans means Americans may soon find out, and the picture the Obama administration sketches is downright scary. Cuts in the Navy's Pacific operations of one-third. Furloughed food inspectors forcing nationwide closures of meat and poultry plan... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:06:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1894080-budget-cut-impact-smaller-navy-fired-teachers.html 2013-02-15T15:06:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870654-epa-decline-carbon-pollution-power-plants.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Heat-trapping gases from U.S. power plants fell 4.6 percent in 2011 from the previous year as plants burned less coal, the biggest source of greenhouse gas pollution, according to a new government report. The report, released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, said power plants remain the largest stationary source of carbon ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870654-epa-decline-carbon-pollution-power-plants.html 2013-02-05T22:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856844-apnewsbreak-epa-moves-to-ban-rodent-poisons.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to ban the sale of a dozen rat and mouse poisons sold under the popular D-Con brand in an effort to protect children and pets. The agency said Wednesday it hopes to reduce the thousands of accidental exposures that occur every year from rodent-control products. Children and pets are at risk ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856844-apnewsbreak-epa-moves-to-ban-rodent-poisons.html 2013-01-30T16:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1846364-court-epa-overestimates-biofuels-production.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency is overestimating the amount of fuel that can be produced from grasses, wood and other nonfood plants in an effort to promote a fledgling biofuels industry. At issue is a 2007 renewable fuels law that requires a certain amount of those types of fuels, called cellu... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1846364-court-epa-overestimates-biofuels-production.html 2013-01-25T21:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1840776-sickening-fog-settles-salt-lake-city-area.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Michelle Francis keeps one eye on Utah's air quality index and the other on her 9-year-old daughter's chronic asthma these days. The air pollution is so awful in her Salt Lake City suburb that Francis keeps her daughter indoors on many days to prevent her cough from being aggravated. "When you add all the gunk in the air, it's too mu... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1840776-sickening-fog-settles-salt-lake-city-area.html 2013-01-24T05:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1837698-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-clean-air-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to a tough new clean air requirement limiting sulfur dioxide emissions. The high court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from businesses and industrial interests involving an Environmental Protection Agency regulation setting emission levels of sulfur dioxide, a colorless gas with the smell of ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1837698-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-clean-air-rule.html 2013-01-22T14:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1823850-epa-changed-course-gas-company-protested.html WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun bubbling like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: A company may have tainted their wells while drilling for natural gas. At first, the Environmental Protection Agency believed the situation was so serious that it issued a rare emergen... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1823850-epa-changed-course-gas-company-protested.html 2013-01-17T02:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about diversity in Obama's inner circle. Solis, a former California congresswoman and one of the highest-ranking Hispanics i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html 2013-01-10T02:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1800094-court-faults-epa-bush-era-soot-regulations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court is siding with environmental groups that had challenged Environmental Protection Agency regulations on soot as too weak. The three-judge panel ruled Friday that the EPA regulated soot of a certain size under weaker cleanup requirements than it should have. The environmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1800094-court-faults-epa-bush-era-soot-regulations.html 2013-01-04T20:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1788278-epa-administrator-jackson-announces-resignation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, is stepping down after nearly four years marked by high-profile brawls over global warming pollution, the Keystone XL oil pipeline, new controls on coal-fired plants and several other hot-button issues that affect the nation's economy and people's health. ... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1788278-epa-administrator-jackson-announces-resignation.html 2012-12-27T18:56:00Z