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Headline	Author	Published	Section
The Smog Days of Summer (and Spring, and Fall) EPA says climate change could worsen smog levels, extend smog season		11 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 8:38 AM on 11 Jul 2008 In a draft report released Thursday, the U.S. EPA said smog levels could increase significantly in many areas of the United States due to climate change, especially in the Northeast, lower Midwest, and mid-Atlantic regions. Smog is mainly a summer phenomenon in most places, caused by sunlight reacting with nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compo ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, US EPA (all these topics)

White-Out House White House tries to keep EPA from showing how greenhouse gases could be regulated		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:29 PM on 30 Jun 2008 The White House is trying to block the U.S. EPA from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases, reports The Wall Street Journal. The draft document, a formal response to a Supreme Court decision that greenhouse gases are pollutants and can thus be regulated under the Clean Air Act, must be OK'd by the White Hou ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

Hey, EPA, when are you going to develop that national system for regulating CO2?	David Roberts	05 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Eh, whenevs.
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

California waiver update	David Roberts	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Earlier this year I wrote about a new (EPA-sponsored) study showing that increased CO2 in the atmosphere is directly correlated with increased ozone, particulates, and carcinogens in the air. Since California suffers disproportionately from those traditional air pollutants, it follows that California does have "extraordinary and compelling conditions" in the face of climate change, and the EPA's decision to deny Cali's waiver was bogus. Now the author of th ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Hot, noxious air from Bush administration The EPA's phony explanation of its rejection of California	Frank O'Donnell	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill
After more than two months, the Bush administration today finally articulated its legal case for rejecting California's greenhouse-gas standards for motor vehicles. The argument is here. It reads like something written up in the boardroom of General Motors or a law firm working for car companies. It even cites arguments made by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers as justification for the decision!It's a phony argument designed to protect the auto industry -- ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Hackus interruptus EPA staffers warned Johnson he might have to resign if he denied Cali's waiver	David Roberts	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Stephen Johnson. Lordy. Not only did Stephen Johnson's staff at the EPA oppose his decision to deny California's waiver, but they warned him that if he denied the waiver he might have to resign in shame. Boxer's EPW committee has gotten ahold of some internal memos and briefings from the EPA. To pick just one example, check out this extraordinary list of talking points from staff at the Office of Transportation and Air Quality: I know you are under e ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Smog struggle A view behind the scenes at the EPA and the White House	Frank O'Donnell	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill
It is now less than four weeks until the EPA announces its decision on whether to change current national standards for ozone or smog. And things are getting very interesting behind the scenes. Officially, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget website, the EPA has not yet transmitted its plan to the White House for review. The truth is, the EPA is obviously being picked at by the OMB already. The Bush administration is jus ...
Topics: agriculture, air pollution, climate, Department of Agriculture, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (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
In tonight's debate, much to my surprise, the Republican candidates got a direct question about the California waiver. Also rather to my surprise, all four said they support California's right to a waiver. It's amazing how isolated Johnson (coughCheneycough) is on this. Not one of his party's standard-bearers will back him up. That is some sad sht. Here's the portion of the debate on Pavley and climate change: [L.A. TIMES' JANET] HOOK: This is for Senator ...*
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, elections, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, presidential race 08, 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
We have known for weeks that the EPA administrator overruled his staff when announced late last year that the EPA was denying California's application to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions. Now we have the details of the PowerPoint presentation that the EPA's legal and technical staff made to Johnson, thanks to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). At the end, I'll reprint a letter from the Terminator (and 13 other governors) sent to the EPA. As reported today by the ...
Topics: air pollution, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Peeling away the covers Boxer releases notes on secret EPA material	Frank O'Donnell	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This just in: Sen. Barbara Boxer today released notes her staff took on some of the materials the Bush administration has tried to suppress regarding the decision to reject California's effort to enforce its greenhouse-gas standards for vehicles. These documents back up published reports that EPA chief Steve Johnson rejected the advice of his staff. More here.
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
Thurday will be an interesting test of the ability of Congress to crack a Bush administration coverup of a rotten and likely illegal action: its decision to reject California's effort to enforce its greenhouse-gas standards for motor vehicles. Sen. Barbara Boxer will put EPA Administrator Steve Johnson in the box to explore not only his indefensible decision, but his efforts to withhold information from Congress and cover up the truth about his pro-car company ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

More on EPA's waiver decision	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Juliet Eilperin's got a really crackerjack story on the California waiver in the WaPo. It's devastating to Johnson. It also confirms a lot of stuff that I, a mere blogger, could only speculate about irresponsibly. First of all, the EPA staff was foursquare against this decision: EPA's lawyers and policy staff had reached the same conclusion [that the decision is 'legally and technically unjustified and indefensible'], said several agency officials familiar with the ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson's nuts Analysis of the EPA's decision to deny California's waiver	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
As I mentioned below, today the U.S. EPA denied California's request for a waiver exempting it from federal fuel economy standards, allowing it to implement its own standards. EPA administrator Stephen Johnson announced the decision in a rushed press conference following President Bush's signing of the energy bill. The announcement came with a veritable torrent of dishonest spin. Let me try to disentangle some of it. 1. Johnson leaned heavily on today's passage of t ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Breaking: EPA announcing ruling on California waiver at 6:30 Eastern	David Roberts	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The EPA just sent out an email advisory saying that Administrator Stephen Johnson will announce the agency's decision on the California air standards waiver ... in about 30 minutes. (Background on the waiver issue here, here, and here.) The lack of lead time might lead one to believe that they want to bury this news. Which might lead one to believe that they're going to deny California the waiver. Boxer and Waxman have both said they expect that outcome. That would ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

So Three Judges Walk Into a Car ... Appeals court rules EPA doesn't have to regulate CO2 emissions from cars	Amanda Griscom Little	18 Jul 2005	Muckraker
It's a simple but powerful question: Does the U.S. EPA have the power -- and the obligation -- to regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act? Strangely, it still remains partially unanswered, even though it was a central issue in a landmark court case decided on Friday. Spew away, appeals court says. In a major legal victory fo ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Suit to Kill California and Other States to Sue EPA over Greenhouse Gases		06 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Suit to Kill California and Other States to Sue EPA over Greenhouse Gases California intends to sue the U.S. EPA over the Bush administration's recent decision that the agency doesn't have the authority to regulate emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, Gov. Gray Davis (D) announced on Friday. Nine other states, including I ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, Illinois, New York, ozone, politics, Sierra Club, US EPA, Washington (all these topics)

Vehicular Geocide EPA Declines to Regulate Greenhouse Gases		29 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Vehicular Geocide EPA Declines to Regulate Greenhouse Gases Automakers and oil companies will not be required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, the U.S. EPA announced yesterday. In 1999, three environmental organizations petitioned the agency to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, saying the gases contribute to climate change, which in turn causes public health threats ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, US EPA (all these topics)

C02, Too?		05 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
C02, Too? Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts sued the federal government yesterday to force it to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. The lawsuit, which alleges that the emissions fuel global warming and should therefore be governed by the Clean Air Act, marks the first time a state has sued the government to force it to take action on climate change. The three ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, ozone, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Wow We		30 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Wow We For the second time in the last two weeks, a major utility company has reached a settlement with the U.S. EPA to clean up its act under the New Source Review rules of the federal Clean Air Act. Last week, it was the Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources; now, it's We Energies, a Wisconsin electric company that will spend as much as $600 million to upgrade plants and reduce emissions in ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, energy, Michigan, US EPA, Wisconsin (all these topics)

Mass-ive Attack		31 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Mass-ive Attack Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut will sue the U.S. EPA for violating clean air laws and imperiling the health of citizens by failing to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, the states' attorneys general announced yesterday. In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, the attorneys general will argue that CO2 emissions fr ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, Connecticut, energy, environmental justice, health, Maine, Massachusetts, ozone, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Coughing in a Winter Wonderland		03 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Coughing in a Winter Wonderland Be glad you're not on the planning committee for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. First there was terrorism to worry about; now there's the weather. Salt Lake's squeaky-clean image could suffer a blow if the world gets a glimpse of the woeful air pollution that plagues the city in the winter. Snow in Salt Lake City usually means a temperature inversion, ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, health, pollution and waste, US EPA, Utah (all these topics)

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