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Into the Drink California may require labels on bottled water, EPA strengthens lead-in-water regulations		27 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 27 Sep 2007 Bottled-water companies would have to disclose the source of their H2O under a bill that has passed through the California legislature and awaits the pen of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill would require companies to list the minerals, chemicals, and bacteria present in bottled water, as well as whether it came originally from a well, aquifer, spring, or ...
Topics: California, food, green living, health, news, regulation, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Spare the Ozone and Despoil the Riled EPA may soon approve toxic alternative to ozone-depleting pesticide, despite criticism		26 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:11 AM on 26 Sep 2007 To replace the toxic, ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide -- a favorite of stubborn U.S. berry growers -- the U.S. EPA is reportedly set to soon approve an alternative that doesn't deplete ozone but is "one of the more toxic chemicals used in manufacturing" according to opponents, including six Nobel Prize-winning chemists. ...
Topics: agriculture, news, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Watch Out for the Sugar, Sugar Everglades still polluted, says EPA analysis		20 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 2:57 PM on 20 Sep 2007 Pollution in the Everglades remains significant despite billions of dollars spent on cleaning and restoring the park over the last decade, according to new analysis from the U.S. EPA. On the bright side, erosion has stabilized and mercury levels in the tiny mosquitofish have dropped; on the, um, not-bright side, mercury levels still accumulate in higher-up-the-food-chain fish enough to r ...
Topics: Florida, national parks, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Law & Odor Groups petition federal agencies to regulate air fresheners		20 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 12:31 PM on 20 Sep 2007 Environmental groups petitioned the U.S. EPA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday to regulate air fresheners, which can aggravate asthma and often contain chemicals such as benzene and formaldehyde, as well as other compounds linked to developmental problems in kids. The eco-groups want companies to list all the ingredients in air fresheners and conduct health and safety t ...
Topics: business, news, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

EPA to Supreme Court: Take a hike! EPA gives permit to new Utah coal plant; Waxman cries foul	Brian Beutler	19 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, litigation, politics, US EPA, Utah (all these topics)

Fear to Tread Alt-fuel industry recycles rubber tires, contributes to air pollution		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 12:12 PM on 18 Sep 2007 A decade-old industry that recycles old rubber tires into fuel is chipping away at the stockpile of 1 billion retired tires in the U.S. But the laudable recycling effort is balanced by a negative impact on air pollution, as the U.S. EPA's clean-air regulations for burning solid waste include a loophole loosening requirements for facilities that "recover energy." Now a r ...
Topics: air pollution, litigation, news, politics, recycling, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Remedial Math U.S. EPA falls short of fiscal-year goals for Superfund cleanup		14 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 3:34 PM on 14 Sep 2007 The U.S. EPA had aimed to clean up 40 Superfund sites in the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, but only got around to 24 of them. The Bush administration will now average 39 finished cleanups a year; just for comparison's sake, the Clinton administration gussied up an average of 76 sites annually. More than 1,200 sites are still awaiting remediation, which means that at this rate ... oh, ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA, waste (all these topics)

Turns out toxic heavy metals are, um, toxic EPA determines coal waste raises cancer risk	David Roberts	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: US EPA, toxics, coal, energy (all these topics)

All In a Day's Work EPA sued over ship emissions, smacked over 9/11 cleanup		06 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:08 AM on 06 Sep 2007 The Environmental "Protection" Agency faced two major slams yesterday, from east and west. In Washington, D.C., the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office issued a report scolding EPA for its post-9/11 cleanup efforts, saying the agency's approach to toxic indoor contamination in buildings near the site is misdirected and ignores New Yorkers' health concerns. The report & ...
Topics: air pollution, Government Accountability Office, Hillary Clinton, litigation, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

So much for that fig leaf Congressional Research Service report bolsters California's case for EPA waiver	David Roberts	04 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, US EPA (all these topics)

'Popcorn lung' and the collapse of government oversight While the FDA and EPA look away, noxious fumes from fake butter wreck lungs	Tom Philpott	04 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Refine! Be That Way! EPA rejects stricter emissions standards for U.S. refineries		24 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Refine! Be That Way! EPA rejects stricter emissions standards for U.S. refineries Following a review of the refinery pollution rules it issued in 1995, the U.S. EPA has decided not to improve the 12-year-old rules because the analysis found that "the risks to human health and the environment are low enough that no further controls are warranted." As the EPA sees it, they could do two things: nothing, or mayb ...
Topics: air pollution, Big Oil, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Spaghetti Midwestern Citizens, politicians, EPA face off over BP refinery discharges		01 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Spaghetti Midwestern Citizens, politicians, EPA face off over BP refinery discharges Good old-fashioned fury continues to build over Indiana's decision to grant oil giant BP permission to increase discharges of ammonia and sludge into Lake Michigan. A group of eight shoreline mayors has formed a task force to fight the plan. Tens of thousands of residents have signed petiti ...
Topics: Big Oil, Chicago, grassroots activism, insanity, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Boxer Sticks It to Johnson Senate hearing probes EPA chief's delay on tailpipe decision		27 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Boxer Sticks It to Johnson Senate hearing probes EPA chief's delay on tailpipe decision Can U.S. states enact stricter tailpipe regulations than the feds? That question has been hovering in the air since California requested a waiver from the U.S. EPA in late 2005. Why no answer yet? At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing yesterda ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, California, cars, climate, Congress, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

EPA economic analysis of cap-and-trade program Like Christmas for nerds	David Roberts	24 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Swine By Us Court rules against green groups, lets factory farms off the hook		19 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Swine By Us Court rules against green groups, lets factory farms off the hook Some 2,600 livestock companies are participating in a sweet deal from the U.S. EPA. In exchange for paying a minimal fee and agreeing to participate in an air-quality data-collection program, factory farms can basically be exempt from Clean Air Act requirements for 30 months. When the swap was announced ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Big Ag, industrial ag, litigation, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Whitman: Don't blame me, blame the terrorists Defends herself at a hill hearing, poorly	David Roberts	26 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, US EPA (all these topics)

Alito Bit More Critter-Hating Supreme Court sides with developers on Endangered Species Act case		26 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Alito Bit More Critter-Hating Supreme Court sides with developers on Endangered Species Act case Like a tormented parent with two kids in a spelling bee, environmentalists watched in horror this week as the U.S. Supreme Court judged the relative heft of two federal eco-laws. The case in question pitted green groups against the National Association of Home Builders. At issue was whether the U.S. EPA co ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, news, sprawl, US EPA (all these topics)

James Connaughton: The Bush era personified Lies, more lies, and still more lies from the head of CEQ	David Roberts	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, George Bush, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson Stiffens Smog Rules Current U.S. ground-level ozone standard deemed insufficient		22 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Johnson Stiffens Smog Rules Current U.S. ground-level ozone standard deemed insufficient Smoggy air could get cleaner if a new U.S. EPA standard passes muster. Agency head Stephen Johnson has proposed lowering the allowable amount of ground-level ozone from 80 to 84 parts per billion to 70 to 75 ppb, since "the current standard is insufficient to protect public health." But the agency will hold a 9 ...
Topics: air pollution, health, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson Pussyfoots EPA chief will decide whether to regulate greenhouse gases ... next year		12 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Johnson Pussyfoots EPA chief will decide whether to regulate greenhouse gases ... next year Climatic evidence notwithstanding, U.S. EPA chief Stephen Johnson would like to assure you that snoozers are not losers. On Friday, Johnson told a House special committee on global warming that he's going to put off making up his mind about whether vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions should be regulated by ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Jay Inslee, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Clean Water Is Highly Overrated Bush administration limits reach of Clean Water Act		07 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Clean Water Is Highly Overrated Bush administration limits reach of Clean Water Act If you assumed the federal Clean Water Act should apply to all bodies of water in the U.S., well, you have made an ass out of u and me. The Bush administration unveiled guidelines this week that say only bodies of water large enough to float a commercial boat in and their adjacent wetlands will get automatic protection un ...
Topics: news, politics, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

That's It, We're Not Washing Our Undies Anymore Groups ask U.S. EPA to ban chemical in detergent that feminizes fish		06 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
That's It, We're Not Washing Our Undies Anymore Groups ask U.S. EPA to ban chemical in detergent that feminizes fish Your detergent gets your clothes clean, sure -- but does it feminize your trout? Five green groups and a labor union are petitioning the U.S. EPA to ban a family of chemicals used in cleaning products that have been linked to gender changes in fish. Each year, the U.S. produces about ...
Topics: green living, news, scientific research, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Testing, Testing ... Is This Thing On? Federal chemical testing program inadequate, scientists say		30 May 2007	Daily Grist
Testing, Testing ... Is This Thing On? Federal chemical testing program inadequate, scientists say In 1996, Congress mandated that the U.S. EPA launch a chemical testing program within three years. My, how time flies. The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program is now set to begin in 2008 -- and shockingly, critics say it panders to Big Chemical. They point to the EPA's plans to only do high-dosage tests, despite evidence tha ...
Topics: news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Shocker: EPA enforcement declines Sigh	David Roberts	23 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Justice, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

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