http://www.mail.com/people/12954-lisa-jackson.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/people/12954-lisa-jackson.html 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/news/politics/1946564-obama-to-speak-to-organizing-action-summit.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to speak Wednesday night to donors and Democratic activists who are building support for a nonprofit group formed to promote his agenda. Two people involved in the planning confirmed the president's speech to the founders' summit of Organizing for Action, which was first reported by Politico Monday morning. T... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1946564-obama-to-speak-to-organizing-action-summit.html 2013-03-11T17:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929572-legacy-mind-obama-aides-form-web-influence.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Close aides and loyal allies who made President Barack Obama's re-election possible are attempting to do what's never been done before. They're building an extensive, well-heeled network of outside groups and consulting firms with one goal: promoting Obama's agenda and shaping the legacy he'll leave behind. Two months into his second ter... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:14:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929572-legacy-mind-obama-aides-form-web-influence.html 2013-03-04T22:14:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1862946-energy-secretary-chu-to-step.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down. Chu offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in a letter Friday. He said he will stay on at least until the end of February and may stay until a successor is confirmed. Chu's departu... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1862946-energy-secretary-chu-to-step.html 2013-02-01T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827988-obama-to-confront-oil-pipeline-climate-change.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second-term energy agenda is taking shape and, despite the departure of key Cabinet officials, it looks a lot like the first: more reliance on renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and expanded production of oil and natural gas. Obama also is promising to address climate change, an issue he has acknowledged was sometimes... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827988-obama-to-confront-oil-pipeline-climate-change.html 2013-01-17T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1824166-interior-chief-salazar-stepping-march.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill and promoted alternative energy sources throughout the nation, will step down in March. A former U.S. senator from Colorado, Salazar ran the Interior Department throughout President Barack Obama's first term and pushed renewable power suc... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1824166-interior-chief-salazar-stepping-march.html 2013-01-16T22:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819992-obama-deflects-criticism-lack-diversity.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Deflecting criticism about a perceived lack of diversity in his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama on Monday urged Americans not to rush to judgment about who he will appoint to replace departing members of his team. In a declaration tinged with the rhetoric of his re-election campaign, Obama asserted: "We're not going backwards... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819992-obama-deflects-criticism-lack-diversity.html 2013-01-14T23:34:00Z 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/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 http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766996-epa-tightens-standards-soot-pollution.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first major regulation since the election, the Obama administration on Friday imposed a new air quality standard that reduces by 20 percent the maximum amount of soot released into the air from smokestacks, diesel trucks and other sources of pollution. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said the new standar... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1766996-epa-tightens-standards-soot-pollution.html 2012-12-14T22:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1735916-epa-adopts-water-pollution-rules-florida.html TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a combination of state and federal water pollution rules for Florida after a lengthy court fight with environmental groups that favored the federal version, agency officials said late Friday. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson initially filed a brief notice in federal court in Tallah... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1735916-epa-adopts-water-pollution-rules-florida.html 2012-12-01T03:02:00Z