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Smog struggle A view behind the scenes at the EPA and the White House	Frank O'Donnell	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, air pollution, climate, Department of Agriculture, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Cap 'n' Crunched Bush's controversial mercury rule for power plants struck down by federal court		08 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:57 AM on 08 Feb 2008 Bad news for the Bush administration: A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a U.S. EPA rule that would have let coal-fired power plants trade the right to emit mercury, a neurotoxin that contaminates waterways, accumulates in fish, and has been linked to nerve and brain damage, particularly in children. Environmentalists and public health advocates, among oth ...
Topics: litigation, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Leggo my Yazoo EPA set to kibosh Mississippi Delta boondoggle	Emily Gertz	06 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, habitat loss, Mississippi River, placemaking, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

Yahoo, Yazoo EPA moves to veto wetland-destructive Army Corps project		04 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:58 PM on 04 Feb 2008 The U.S. EPA has moved to block an Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project in the Mississippi Delta, the first time the agency has aimed to veto a Corps project since 1990. The $220 million project would have built the world's largest hydraulic pump, sucking dry enough wetland area to cover New York City in order to protect a sparsely populated area of soybean fields from Yazoo River flo ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, habitat protection, Mississippi, news, politics, progress, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

Competing for the Governator's endorsement? All four Republican candidates support California's right to a waiver from the Bush EPA	David Roberts	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, California, climate, elections, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, presidential race 08, US EPA (all these topics)

Bush blinks -- at least a little Waxman wins a round in battle over EPA car scandal	Frank O'Donnell	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Schwarzenegger's response Details on the EPA chief overruling his staff on California tailpipe emissions	Joseph Romm	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson Hangs Tough EPA chief won't back down on unpopular California auto-emissions decision		24 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 3:58 PM on 24 Jan 2008 U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson appeared before Senate Democrats today to defend his decision to deny California's auto-emissions waiver. Johnson stood his ground while senators assailed his decision as in the pocket of special interests, logic-defying, "shameful," "outrageous," "irresponsible," and "unconscionable." Respon ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, US EPA, US Senate (all these topics)

State of Denial EPA staff supported California auto-emissions waiver, documents show		24 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 AM on 24 Jan 2008 As suspected, U.S. EPA employees last year told agency Administrator Stephen Johnson that California had "compelling and extraordinary conditions" that would justify a federal waiver allowing the state to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from autos, according to EPA documents reviewed by Senate staffers this week. Nonetheless, Johnson denied the state that waiver in Dec ...
Topics: jackassery, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Tastes great, less landfilling On battling (plastic) bottled-up rage	Ashley Braun	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: recycling, US EPA, waste (all these topics)

Peeling away the covers Boxer releases notes on secret EPA material	Frank O'Donnell	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Testing the limits of coverup and privilege More shenanigans from the EPA on the Cali waiver	Frank O'Donnell	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Paper Travail EPA provides only some documents related to California waiver		22 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:17 AM on 22 Jan 2008 The U.S. EPA has given Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) only some documents related to the agency's refusal to allow California to regulate car greenhouse-gas emissions -- not all, as she had asked. Missing or redacted documents include a presentation said to predict that EPA would lose if sued over its recalcitrance (which, of course, it has been). Citing executive privilege, the EPA explained in ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Massey Business Coal company penalized for Clean Water Act violations		17 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 5:16 PM on 17 Jan 2008 Massey Energy Co., the nation's fourth-largest coal producer, has agreed to a $30 million settlement with the U.S. EPA over allegations of Clean Water Act violations. Massey was accused of polluting streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky with the detritus of mountaintop-removal mining on at least 4,500 occasions between 2000 and 2006. The company must pay $20 million in civil pena ...
Topics: coal, energy, litigation, mining, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Waxman vs. EPA What will the House Oversight Committee chairman turn up next?	Brian Beutler	15 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: California, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

To Have and to Put on Hold EPA launches cell-phone recycling campaign		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:40 PM on 08 Jan 2008 As many as 150 million cell phones are taken out of service in the U.S. each year, and some 80 percent end up in the landfill, where they leach toxins into the air and water. In an attempt to address the problem, the U.S. EPA today launched a campaign to boost cell-phone reuse and recycling. Eleven companies -- AT&T, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Er ...
Topics: green living, news, recycling, tech, US EPA (all these topics)

Another reason EPA's denial of Cali's waiver is bogus Increased CO2 in the atmosphere exacerbates the effects of air pollution	David Roberts	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Rebuttal? California stats say state emissions-reduction plan far more effective than federal law		04 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 1:04 PM on 04 Jan 2008 When the U.S. EPA denied California the right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, the agency reasoned that the just-passed energy bill's boost to national fuel-economy standards would be stronger emissions-reduction policy than the state's plan. California, which has sued, would beg to differ, and has released statistics refuting the EPA's claim. For ...
Topics: California, climate, climate change mitigation, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Runaway Sue California, 15 other states, and five nonprofits sue EPA over waiver decision		02 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:47 AM on 02 Jan 2008 California has made good on its promise to sue the U.S. EPA over the agency's refusal to allow the state to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles, and 15 other states have made good on their promise to join in on the litigation. The swarm of states, along with five nonprofit groups, filed suit today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The presu ...
Topics: California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

The EPA papers Cheney and Johnson probably conspired, ho hum	David Roberts	02 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Did You Get the Memo? U.S. EPA directs employees to gather documents related to California decision		28 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 10:17 AM on 28 Dec 2007 The U.S. EPA has directed employees to preserve and produce all documents -- including communications with the White House -- related to its recent unpopular decision to block California from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions. The memo to employees indicates that the agency will comply with a Congressional investigation into its decision. source:� Associated Pre ...
Topics: climate, Congress, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

As States Would Have It Multiple states will sue over EPA decision to not let California regulate vehicle emissions		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 5:10 PM on 21 Dec 2007 Riled up about the U.S. EPA's decision not to allow California to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions, Golden State Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared he will sue the agency "within the next three weeks." At least eight other states that would have adopted the stricter emissions standards had the EPA allowed it have said they'v ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Udderly Ridiculous U.S. EPA proposes easing reporting requirements for factory farms		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 3:28 PM on 21 Dec 2007 The U.S. EPA has proposed a "better approach" to making factory farms report their levels of air-polluting emissions -- don't make 'em report them at all! Under a proposal put forth today, commercial livestock operations would not have to report hazardous chemical pollution if the source was animal waste. The rule change, which would exempt Big Ag from three separate l ...
Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, news, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson's staff	David Roberts	21 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Waxman investigates	David Roberts	20 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: US EPA, California, politics, air pollution, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

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