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Switch Getters Industries pull the switch on mercury switches		14 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Switch Getters Industries pull the switch on mercury switches The steel and auto industries have agreed to pay $2 million each to remove mercury-containing light switches from millions of scrapyard-bound vehicles. The deal will reduce U.S. annual mercury pollution by at least 5 percent over the next 15 years, according to U.S. EPA chief Stephen Johnson. Bully for the U.S., but a wash for the planet: the mercury will be r ...
Topics: news, placemaking, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Break on Through to the Other 'Cide EPA proposes ban on two toxic pesticides, limits on use of many others		04 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Break on Through to the Other 'Cide EPA proposes ban on two toxic pesticides, limits on use of many others As part of a congressionally mandated 10-year review, the U.S. EPA this week recommended banning two particularly toxic pesticides and putting thousands of restrictions on the use of others. Out of 231 "active ingredients" reviewed by the agency, the two singled out for bans are lindane, which is used primarily on grain ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Friedman At Last, Friedman At Last Federal judge whacks EPA for foot-dragging on toxic air pollution		04 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Friedman At Last, Friedman At Last Federal judge whacks EPA for foot-dragging on toxic air pollution This week, a federal judge administered a well-placed kick to the rear end of the U.S. EPA, blasting the agency for being "grossly delinquent" in regulating air pollutants as required by the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments. While EPA has developed emissions regulations for only 15 of the 70 industries covered under the a ...
Topics: air pollution, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Take Care, TCE Top scientists call on EPA to crack down on drinking-water pollutant		28 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Take Care, TCE Top scientists call on EPA to crack down on drinking-water pollutant The solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) -- the most common industrial pollutant in U.S. drinking water -- poses a high risk of kidney cancer and other diseases, the National Research Council reported yesterday. The council said the U.S. EPA should get moving on a new risk assessment, which is expected to lead to new standards for allowabl ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

The Air of Their Ways EPA falling short on clean-air protection, GAO says		27 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
The Air of Their Ways EPA falling short on clean-air protection, GAO says The Government Accountability Office is on the U.S. EPA's case again, reporting that the agency has, and we quote, "not reduced human health risks from air toxics to the extent and in the time frames envisioned in the [Clean Air] Act." The EPA has largely failed to regulate pollution from small sources like dry cleaners and trucks, says the GAO; ...
Topics: air pollution, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Unimpressive at Any Speed Average fuel economy of U.S. vehicles no better than last year		18 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Unimpressive at Any Speed Average fuel economy of U.S. vehicles no better than last year The average fuel economy of 2006 model-year vehicles in the U.S. is a guzzle-rific 21 miles per gallon, the U.S. EPA announced yesterday -- the same as in 2005. (And 1994. And 1982.) SUV fuel economy rose from 18.3 to 18.5 mpg from model year 2005 to 2006, a benefit canceled out by a passenger-car fuel-economy ...
Topics: cars, fuel efficiency, news, placemaking, Prius, US EPA (all these topics)

Perc o' Late EPA will require residential dry cleaners to phase out toxic solvent		17 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Perc o' Late EPA will require residential dry cleaners to phase out toxic solvent Dry cleaners in residential buildings must phase out use of the toxic solvent perchloroethylene by 2020, under new U.S. EPA regulations. About 28,000 dry cleaners use perc, but only 1,300 of them will be affected by the new ruling. As old machines wear out, dry cleaners must replace them with non-perc machines. Health risks to nearby residents may be &qu ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Big Brother Knows Best House bill would keep states from setting tough toxics rules		14 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Big Brother Knows Best House bill would keep states from setting tough toxics rules House Republicans are pushing legislation that would keep states from setting standards for pesticides and health-threatening industrial chemicals that are more stringent than federal regulations. If passed, the bill could nullify a California ban on brominated fire retardants, for example, and restrictions in San Francisco that ...
Topics: California, news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Dioxin Another Day EPA should reassess dioxin risk, science panel says		12 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Dioxin Another Day EPA should reassess dioxin risk, science panel says The U.S. EPA may be overestimating the cancer-causing risk of the chemical dioxin at very low doses, and should crunch the numbers in new ways before setting a cleanup standard, says a research council from the National Academy of Sciences. The EPA published a draft report on dioxin in 2003 indicating that the level of dioxin exposure ...
Topics: National Academy of Sciences, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Ag Reflex Factory farms let off the hook for water pollution, activists say	Amanda Griscom Little	30 Jun 2006	Muckraker
The Bush administration wants to let factory farms determine whether the animal excreta that oozes from their facilities into waterways should be regulated, environmentalists say -- and they argue that the plan, well, stinks. The cow factor. Photo: iStockphoto. Agriculture has long been a top source of water pollution in the U.S., but in the last two decades the scale of the problem h ...
Topics: agriculture, industrial ag, Muckraker, politics, regulation, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

A Lawn Time Coming EPA may implement California small-motor standards across U.S.		30 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
A Lawn Time Coming EPA may implement California small-motor standards across U.S. The U.S. EPA indicated yesterday that it was leaning toward approving California's proposal to require catalytic converters on small motors like those in weed whackers and lawn mowers, eliminating the equivalent of emissions from 800,000 cars. Even better, the agency suggested it may implement the high standards across the country. &q ...
Topics: air pollution, California, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Another Fine Mess GAO says EPA is sloppy and plagued with management problems		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Another Fine Mess GAO says EPA is sloppy and plagued with management problems Well, here's a shocker: the U.S. EPA is inconsistent in its environmental enforcement and keeps sloppy records. That's what the Government Accountability Office told the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works yesterday. Upon reviewing reports and studies from the past six years, the GAO discovered that the EPA's 10 regional offices disagree on which regulat ...
Topics: news, US EPA (all these topics)

Nice Package UPS will test new hydraulic hybrid trucks		27 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Nice Package UPS will test new hydraulic hybrid trucks If you thought the muscled deliveryfolk in tight brown shorts were hot, wait 'til you get a load of their trucks. UPS drivers in Detroit will be testing new hybrid delivery trucks developed by the U.S. EPA, which the agency claims will boost fuel efficiency up to 70 percent in stop-and-go traffic. The "hydraulic hybrid" trucks -- also intriguing to ...
Topics: news, placemaking, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Bench Warmers Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases		26 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Bench Warmers Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases The Supreme Court today announced that it will rule on whether the U.S. EPA should regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles. Against the advice of the Bush administration, SCOTUS will hear a suit brought by 12 states, a number of cities, and various environmental groups against the EPA. The plaintiffs argue ...
Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Refining Fault Green groups sue EPA over refinery emissions rules		21 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Refining Fault Green groups sue EPA over refinery emissions rules Yet again, environmental groups are suing the U.S. EPA for issuing rules the enviros say will increase pollution. In the old days, refineries and other industrial plants were required to submit a malfunction contingency plan to the EPA; under a rule that went into effect in April, the agency has discretion in asking for such plans, and refineri ...
Topics: California, news, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

AZM Grace EPA will phase out highly toxic pesticide		13 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
AZM Grace EPA will phase out highly toxic pesticide If you've been avoiding Brussels sprouts because of pesticide contamination -- as opposed to the grossness -- you're in luck: by next year, the U.S. EPA plans to phase out organophosphate azinphos-methyl (AZM) on the odiferous buds, as well as on nuts and nursery stocks. By 2010, AZM would be banned completely, affecting growers of apples, blueberries, cherries ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Touched by an Angelo Bush admin weakens water-pollution rules after oil exec intervenes		13 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Touched by an Angelo Bush admin weakens water-pollution rules after oil exec intervenes When Clinton administration regulators announced they were working on a rule that would require special EPA permits for oil and gas drilling sites, to prevent water pollution, the oil and gas industry lumbered into action, lobbying furiously to thwart the rule. Then the Bush administration came into office, and their job got eas ...
Topics: news, politics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Man Hatin' Transfer EPA declines to regulate polluted water transfers		02 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Man Hatin' Transfer EPA declines to regulate polluted water transfers Corporate farms and other businesses would not need to obtain a Clean Water Act permit in many water-transfer cases, under a rule proposed by the U.S. EPA yesterday. The rule would apply regardless of how polluted the water is -- but hey, corporate farming always produces clean water, right? Coincidentally, only not, the EPA proposal comes during ...
Topics: Florida, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Sulfur, So Good EPA is jazzed about new rules on ultra-low sulfur diesel		02 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Sulfur, So Good EPA is jazzed about new rules on ultra-low sulfur diesel New federal clean-air rules came into effect yesterday, requiring sulfur content to be cut by 97 percent in at least four-fifths of U.S.-refined diesel fuel. The new "ultra-low sulfur diesel" will hit service stations in the fall. The U.S. EPA estimates it will raise the cost of diesel fuel by about five cents a gallon; other estimates rang ...
Topics: news, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

They Should Volunteer to Be Penalized for That Bush's voluntary emissions-reduction programs not amounting to much		26 May 2006	Daily Grist
They Should Volunteer to Be Penalized for That Bush's voluntary emissions-reduction programs not amounting to much Are you sitting down? We've got some earth-shattering news: the Bush administration's voluntary programs to reduce industrial greenhouse-gas emissions aren't working. A report issued yesterday by the Government Accountability Office stated that many industry participants in the U.S. EPA' ...
Topics: business, climate, Department of Energy, news, US EPA (all these topics)

A Twist of Organophosphate EPA scientists say they're being pressured on pesticide studies		25 May 2006	Daily Grist
A Twist of Organophosphate EPA scientists say they're being pressured on pesticide studies U.S. EPA managers and pesticide-industry officials have been pressuring agency scientists to skip steps in pesticide testing and allow continued use of some potentially harmful pesticides, says a letter sent to EPA chief Stephen Johnson by union leaders representing agency employees. The "integrity of the science upon which agency decisions ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House? House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill		19 May 2006	Daily Grist
Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House? House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill The House of Representatives was on an eco-roll yesterday as it fixed up an Interior Department spending bill to send to the Senate. Over the objections of top Republicans, lawmakers approved 252-165 a measure that would put oil and gas ...
Topics: Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil, politics, toxics, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

Not Wade Away U.S. streams in sad shape, says EPA analysis		08 May 2006	Daily Grist
Not Wade Away U.S. streams in sad shape, says EPA analysis It's Monday and most of the streams in the U.S. are in bad shape. Can we go back to bed? A U.S. EPA study finds that 42 percent of "wadeable" U.S. streams are in poor condition, 25 percent are fair, and only 28 percent are good (OK, math geeks, 5 percent were not analyzed because of sampling problems). Streams running between the Appa ...
Topics: news, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Pollute Suit Riot States sue EPA for not regulating CO2		28 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Pollute Suit Riot States sue EPA for not regulating CO2 Ten states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. EPA over what has become a central point of contention between the feds and ... people who have to live on the planet for the next 50 years: whether or not the agency has the authority to regulate planet-warming carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Plaintiffs -- who've been joined by two cities and three gree ...
Topics: air pollution, news, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

The Fume, the Crowd, the Berries EPA withdraws plan to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide		27 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
The Fume, the Crowd, the Berries EPA withdraws plan to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide After contriving to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide for use in strawberry fields forever, the U.S. EPA has withdrawn the plan in the face of fierce opposition from California officials, labor unions, and enviros. The approval of methyl iodide was to be the culmination of a nearly 15-year search for a sub ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

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