Lisa Jackson

It begins...

The big stories out of Tuesday’s Senate hearing on Kerry-Boxer 3
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago Tuesday's hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee -- the first of three days of hearings on the Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill -- didn't contain any big surprises. As Keith Johnson notes, Senators generally played their appointed roles. There are four stories out of today that seem notable.
Swagga, bitchez!

Greens have finally got the Big Mo 1
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago It looks like greens pushing for clean energy legislation finally have the wind at their back, with a streak of positive media stories about new friends and very stupid enemies.
Historic game changer

Will EPA veto or regulate the plunder of Appalachia? 1
Posted 1 month ago In a historic move, Lisa Jackson's EPA threw down the gauntlet on mountaintop removal mining last Friday -- after they had just compromised on another massively destructive mountaintop removal operation.
Investors and companies should pay attention to the service industry that’s emerging to meet these massive new demands for information.

You can only manage what you measure 0
Posted 1 month ago A decade ago, health-conscious consumers forced manufacturers to list nutritional information on food packages. We’ll soon be able to make buying decisions based on carbon content too - - taming our waistlines and “waste lines” at the same time.
AEI compares EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Clint Eastwood 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Let me get this straight, the right-wing is now saying it’s bad to be like Clint, the quintessential tough guy hero lionized by conservatives because he’ll do whatever is needed to save human life?
DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS

At Governator’s climate party, EPA chief aims to calm small business worries 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago EPA administrator Lisa Jackson unveiled a modest proposal on Wednesday: If a company wants to build a new power plant or refinery, or fix up a smoky old belcher, it will have to use the best available technology to control greenhouse gases.
Everybody calm down

What the EPA announcement did (and did not) say 17
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago The EPA made an announcement today that lots of folks seem to be misinterpreting as "proposed regulations on power plants." That's not what they are.
With bunnies!

Everything you always wanted to know about EPA greenhouse gas regulations, but were afraid to ask 10
Posted 2 months ago

Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority and the obligation to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. At a stroke, the politics of climate change were changed. The choice was no longer between legislation or no legislation -- it was between legislation or regulation. One way or another, climate pollution would be controlled by a federal program.

Most experts agree that EPA regulations will be complex and somewhat unwieldy. Industry believes they will be onerous and expensive. Conventional wisdom, at least initially, was that fear of regulation would drive utilities and manufacturers to the bargaining table, changing the dynamic in Congress. EPA was supposed to play the role of the big, silent goon in the corner, tapping his baseball bat in his hand.

That theory isn't holding up too well.
Sports section

Jackson goes for gold 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be in Chicago Friday to talk about greening the business of sports ... oh, and maybe boost the Windy City's bid for the 2016 summer Olympics.
Blast It, EPA: Make a Decision Already!

A moment of truth for Appalachia, Obama and EPA on mountaintop removal coal mining 4
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
Double the trouble

EPA reveals almost twice as many dangerous coal ash dumps as previously known 1
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released information showing there are 584 coal ash dump sites across the country -- almost twice as many as previously identified.
From Miley to Marvin

JoBros, Miley Cyrus send on eco-message, and more 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Miley Cyrus, the JoBros, and other Disney tweensters want you to "send it on" -- your love for the earth, that is.
Notable quotable

How Barack Obama is like Marvin Gaye 3
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
EPA chief Lisa Jackson draws the comparison.
Block party

Obama admin teams with grassroots groups to ‘Green the Block’ 1
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Green the Block is a new effort by the White House and two grassroots organizations -- Green for All and Hip Hop Caucus -- to bring the benefits of green jobs and clean tech to poor and underserved communities.
Get the lead out, chapter 3

EPA to review 2008 Bush action on lead emissions 1
Posted 4 months ago
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has decided she'll take another look at monitoring of car battery recyclers, concrete kilns and power plants that spew dangerous lead emissions.
Boy, George

Sen. Voinovich stalls confirmation of EPA deputy, demands new climate-bill analysis 3
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) is holding up the confirmation of a deputy administrator at the U.S. EPA until the agency coughs up numbers on the House climate bill that are to his liking.
You'll be sorry, Ms. Jackson

Rural county asks EPA chief not to make it ‘The Ash Hole of Alabama’ 2
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The residents of Perry County in central Alabama are none too excited about the prospect of their home becoming "The New Ash Hole of Alabama."
Senate Environment Committee Hearing - July 7, 2009

Opening remarks from Chu, Jackson, Vilsack, Salazar and Barbour 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Waiver hello

EPA affirms California’s right to set tougher automobile emissions standards 1
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The EPA announced on Tuesday that it will grant a waiver for California and 13 other states to set automobile emission standards that are higher than national ones. The move is important symbolically, even though it isn't likely to lead to emission reductions in the next few years.
Zen and the art of anxiety maintenance

Why I’m not freaked out about the Waxman-Markey climate bill 36
Posted 5 months ago
Will the Waxman-Markey bill spark a full-scale energy revolution? No. Not in the next 10-15 years. But I've been trying to focus on the bigger picture: will there be an energy revolution? The two questions are not the same; thinking they are is the road to freakout.