Lisa Jackson

EPA chief on environmental justice, working for Obama, and more 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
EPA chief on mountaintop mining, climate, and more 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Action Jackson

EPA chief Lisa Jackson on mountaintop removal, climate legislation, toxics, and more 3
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The EPA can't stop mountaintop-removal mining under current law, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson tells Grist. In an exclusive interview, she also talks about climate legislation, toxics, environmental justice, and what it's like to be part of Obama's "green Cabinet." Watch the video and read the highlights.
Wrong to know?

EPA refuses to reveal dangerous coal ash waste sites 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Around the U.S. today, there are 44 coal ash waste disposal sites so hazardous that -- were they to fail like the one at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant did last December -- they could kill untold numbers of nearby residents. However, we don't know where these hazardous sites are because the EPA is refusing to disclose their locations to the public due to security worries.
The administration

Key Obama advisers on climate and energy 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
President Barack Obama's key advisers on energy and climate issues include a former top aide to Al Gore, a Nobel Prize winner, a governor, and a gaggle of former members of Congress. Meet them.
EPA administrator Lisa Jackson on The Daily Show 5
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Two funny Daily Show videos.
Progressive incompetence and conservative skullduggery battle for supremacy

Final (ironic) notes on the fake “OMB memo” story 3
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Turns out, it may have been a progressive group that started the whole "OMB memo" misunderstanding and got the story rolling.
Ethanol's Big Day

Barack gives biofuels the big thumbs up 0
Posted 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Obama administration came out big time today for biofuels.
A stitch in time saves nine

EPA chief stumbles over need to prepare for global warming 4
Posted 7 months ago
In one of her first interviews with the national press since being named to office, EPA chief Lisa Jackson started well in her defense of the need for government action to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases. But as the interview with NPR progressed, her arguments grew weaker.
Fair Catch

EPA tosses flag on Cowboys’ new field 1
Posted 7 months ago
The Dallas Cowboys planned to monitor the greenness of their new stadium through an EPA program -- which was so flawed it's been discontinued.
Baracking in the free world

Obama’s green achievements at 100 days 8
Posted 7 months ago
What have Barack Obama and his administration done to meet green expectations in their first 100 days?
Waiver goodbye?

States left wondering about EPA’s greenhouse gas ruling 5
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The EPA's greenhouse gas announcement explicitly tied motor vehicle emissions to climate change. But there was no mention of allowing California or more than a dozen other states to move forward promptly with their long languishing laws.
Clear and present endangerment

EPA says greenhouse-gas emissions a threat to public health 25
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The EPA has determined that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health -- a long-expected finding that moves the Obama administration closer to regulating CO2.
Markey/Waxman = Roadmap for Coal 2
Posted 7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Markey/Waxman American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is a clever roadmap for maintenance of coal.
As EPA moves on greenhouse gases, pressure builds on Congress to pass a climate bill 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
EPA announces plans to regulate coal ash 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
... and all we got were ‘clean energy’ promises ... 5
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
The game plan: regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act 7
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
EPA reopens possibility of regulating CO2 from coal-fired power plants 2
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The game plan: starting with a bang 1
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago