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Air Strike EPA plan would give political officials more say over air-quality standards	Amanda Griscom Little	14 Apr 2006	Muckraker
Who should decide what level of air pollution is safe -- scientists or political appointees? Plume and doom. Photo: iStockphoto. A counterintuitive answer came from top officials at the U.S. EPA last week. Bill Wehrum and George Gray, EPA's highest-ranking air and science officials, respectively, issued recommendations that some enviros and agency staffers fear could curtai ...
Topics: air pollution, John Dingell, Muckraker, ozone, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

TRI This on for Sighs EPA unveils mixed news on U.S. toxic emissions		14 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
TRI This on for Sighs EPA unveils mixed news on U.S. toxic emissions The U.S. EPA issued its annual Toxics Release Inventory this week, and it's a pessimist's dream. U.S. waterways absorbed 241 million pounds of chemicals in 2004, up 10 percent from the year before. Dioxin, mercury, and PCB releases were down, but (a fact the press failed to note) the 58 percent dioxin decline in 2004 was relative to a huge spike in 2003; compared to ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Lung Out to Dry Thousands of Manhattanites suffer post-9/11 respiratory problems		13 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Lung Out to Dry Thousands of Manhattanites suffer post-9/11 respiratory problems With all due respect to the Free-Floating Anxiety and War Fever afflicting many in the post-9/11 world (prescription: less talk radio), at least 15,000 people have actual medical complaints related to the attack. Many victims afflicted with "World Trade Center cough" assumed it would pass once the dust settled; instead, problems have ...
Topics: New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

With Rules Like These, Who Needs Rules? Draft EPA regulation could up air pollution		04 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
With Rules Like These, Who Needs Rules? Draft EPA regulation could up air pollution The U.S. EPA is considering a regulatory change that could massively increase air pollution -- which is really its job, when you think about it. Currently, oil refineries, chemical factories, and other operations that emit more than 25 tons of toxics into the air a year must apply best available pollution-control technologies; emissions then typ ...
Topics: air pollution, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Left Behind Pentagon aims to avoid cleanup costs by attacking EPA science		30 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Left Behind Pentagon aims to avoid cleanup costs by attacking EPA science Confused over who they're supposed to be killing -- their enemies? themselves? -- the Defense Department in recent years has often defied U.S. EPA recommendations for environmental cleanups and toxicity standards. Case in point: A 2001 EPA draft report estimated that the chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) -- a widespread water pollutant fou ...
Topics: Department of Defense, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Humpty Dance Bush attempts to weaken Clean Air Act are illegal, court rules		20 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Humpty Dance Bush attempts to weaken Clean Air Act are illegal, court rules Americans who breathe scored a big victory on Friday, when a federal appeals court declared illegal the Bush administration's long-running effort to undermine pollution rules for coal-fired power plants and other pollution-belching industrial facilities. Judge Judith Rogers, writing for the court, castigated the U.S. EPA for trying to red ...
Topics: air pollution, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Critical Mass Massachusetts proposes tough standard for perchlorate in drinking water		16 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Critical Mass Massachusetts proposes tough standard for perchlorate in drinking water In a not-so-subtle jab at the Bush administration, Massachusetts has proposed a strict drinking-water standard for the toxic chemical perchlorate, which can disrupt metabolism, growth, and development, particularly in children. There is currently no federal limit on perchlorate in drinking water, though the U.S. EPA ...
Topics: Massachusetts, news, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Benzene There, Might Do That New EPA regs would slash benzene emissions from cars by 2030		02 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Benzene There, Might Do That New EPA regs would slash benzene emissions from cars by 2030 The Bush administration delighted enviros yesterday (yes, we just wrote that) by unveiling long-awaited proposals to cut toxic tailpipe emissions. Of course, it took a lawsuit to get the plan released, but why look a gift regulation in the mouth? According to the U.S. EPA, the proposed rules would cut benzene e ...
Topics: news, placemaking, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Midas Crutch EPA may replace ozone-depleting chemical with cancer-causing chemical		22 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
The Midas Crutch EPA may replace ozone-depleting chemical with cancer-causing chemical Here's a hypothetical: Say you were a nation that signed a pact to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals. Say you therefore needed an alternative to methyl bromide, an ozone-attacking pesticide used on strawberries and other crops. Would you phase in a highly toxic fumigant that probably causes cancer? Sigh. Of course you would. The U.S. ...
Topics: California, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Money for Nothin' Bush's 2007 budget includes Arctic Refuge drilling, cuts EPA funding		07 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Money for Nothin' Bush's 2007 budget includes Arctic Refuge drilling, cuts EPA funding Unsurprisingly, greens will find little to love in President Bush's proposed $2.77 trillion budget for fiscal year 2007. It calls for oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, estimating $7 billion in revenue by 2008 from leasing drilling rights -- nearly triple the $2.4 billion forecast in la ...
Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Conned Air EPA chief twisted particulate pollution advice, say scientists		06 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Conned Air EPA chief twisted particulate pollution advice, say scientists U.S. EPA chief Stephen Johnson "twisted" and "misrepresented" recommendations on regulating soot and dust pollution from the agency's own air-quality experts, according to, um, the agency's own air-quality experts. In an unprecedented move, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee is urging Johnson to change course on the pollution ...
Topics: air pollution, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Performance Anxiety EPA program offers carrots to polluters and takes away sticks, enviros say	Amanda Griscom Little	03 Feb 2006	Muckraker
A U.S. EPA program that's supposed to give recognition and flexibility to companies that are good environmental citizens may in fact be giving a free pass to some firms that are heavy polluters and even lawbreakers, according to a coalition of environmentalists. Come and get it! Photo: Clipart. The agency's voluntary Performance Track program -- whose participants i ...
Topics: business, Muckraker, US EPA (all these topics)

Fault Whitman Bush appointee misled public on toxic air after 9/11 attack, judge says		03 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Fault Whitman Bush appointee misled public on toxic air after 9/11 attack, judge says Federal judge Deborah Batts said yesterday that former U.S. EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman "increased, and may have in fact created, the danger" to people living and working near the World Trade Center towers in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks -- behavior Batts called "conscience-shocking." Ouch. Most sign ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Fine and Randy Bush admin deal exempts thousands of farms from pollution fines		31 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Fine and Randy Bush admin deal exempts thousands of farms from pollution fines A Bush administration deal announced yesterday will allow thousands of factory farms to evade pollution fines. The U.S. EPA has signed consent agreements with nearly 2,700 companies in the egg, poultry, dairy, and hog industries, exempting them from paying major daily fines for toxic air emissions. The companies will ante up a flat $2,500 to pa ...
Topics: news, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Dropping Acid EPA asks companies to phase out toxic chemical PFOA		26 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Dropping Acid EPA asks companies to phase out toxic chemical PFOA The U.S. EPA, having recently discovered that P stands for "protection," has asked DuPont and seven other chemical companies to phase out use of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon cookware, stain-repellant fabrics, microwave popcorn bags, and other scarily ubiquitous household goods. If the eight companies and their ove ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Kid Tested, Mother Appalled Bush admin to accept pesticide testing on humans, and in some cases kids		24 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Kid Tested, Mother Appalled Bush admin to accept pesticide testing on humans, and in some cases kids Enviros, public-interest groups, members of Congress, and even some government scientists are criticizing soon-to-be-released U.S. EPA rules on pesticide testing on humans. The regulations -- leaked in advance of their formal unveiling, which could happen as soon as this week -- would accept tests of pesticides on non-pregnant adults. ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson Left Hanging Six former EPA chiefs tell Bush to cap and cut greenhouse gases		19 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Johnson Left Hanging Six former EPA chiefs tell Bush to cap and cut greenhouse gases Six former heads of the U.S. EPA -- including five Republicans -- have blasted the Bush administration for failing to act on global warming. In an unprecedented united front, the ex-chiefs, gathered yesterday to commemorate the agency's 35th anniversary, agreed that debating the extent to which climate change is a human-caused phenomenon ( ...
Topics: climate, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Dust Breathe EPA seeks to rescind clean-air protections for rural areas		19 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Dust Breathe EPA seeks to rescind clean-air protections for rural areas A new Bush administration proposal would strip significant clean-air protections from rural areas. The U.S. EPA would exempt these areas from meeting federal standards for coarse particulate matter -- essentially, windblown clouds of dust -- and end federal monitoring of particulate levels in those locales. The weakened regulations would have a parti ...
Topics: air pollution, news, US EPA, West (all these topics)

The Green Mileage Mileage estimates likely to decline under EPA's proposed new system		11 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
The Green Mileage Mileage estimates likely to decline under EPA's proposed new system The U.S. EPA has proposed new standards for calculating auto fuel-economy ratings, expected to reduce by 5 to 30 percent the mileage estimates in window stickers on new cars and trucks. Ouch. It's the first ratings overhaul since 1985, intended to reflect changes in driving conditions (e.g., ...
Topics: cars, fuel efficiency, hybrids, news, placemaking, politics, Prius, US EPA (all these topics)

My Left Soot EPA proposal on soot emissions ignores scientists, ticks off enviros		03 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
My Left Soot EPA proposal on soot emissions ignores scientists, ticks off enviros Finally getting around to updating air-quality standards that were supposed to be revised in 2002, the U.S. EPA late last month unveiled a proposal that pleases ... nobody. It would lower the daily limit for fine-soot pollution, which comes from coal-fired power plants, cars, and a number of other sources, but make no change to the average annual ...
Topics: air pollution, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Stickin' It to the Pan DuPont to pay $16.5 million for hiding chemical's risks		15 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Stickin' It to the Pan DuPont to pay $16.5 million for hiding chemical's risks DuPont will pay $16.5 million in a settlement with the U.S. EPA for failing to report information on health and environmental risks of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used to make Teflon and other plastics. Greenies are ticked that the company won't be forced to admit liability or apologize, and say the fine ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

There's Nothing to Fear But Clear Itself Bush administration gamed analysis of competing air-pollution plans		05 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
There's Nothing to Fear But Clear Itself Bush administration gamed analysis of competing air-pollution plans Now, we know you're going to find this hard to believe, but ... it seems the Bush administration has been less than truthful about its industry-friendly air-pollution proposal. In late October, the U.S. EPA released a report purporting to demonstrate that its "Clear Skies" legislation delivered the m ...
Topics: air pollution, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Do It Yourself A worried mother discovers the secrets of pesticide testing	Audrey Schulman	01 Dec 2005	Soapbox

Topics: toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

What, Too Busy Screwing Up New Orleans? EPA abandons big cleanup plans near New York City's Ground Zero		30 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
What, Too Busy Screwing Up New Orleans? EPA abandons big cleanup plans near New York City's Ground Zero The U.S. EPA is ditching ambitious cleanup plans for post-9/11 lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, disbanding a panel of scientists, community leaders, and local officials that has met for 20 months on the matter. The panel's efforts -- to devise a comprehensive decontamination plan for homes and businesses in the path of dust ...
Topics: New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

General Electric Slide Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan		21 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
General Electric Slide Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan Remember the historic settlement announced last month between the U.S. EPA and General Electric? The one that would have GE clean up PCBs in the Hudson River, one of the largest industrial cleanups ever attempted? Yeah, well ... don't get your hopes up. GE intends to cap off much of the pol ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

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