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Lack Of Transparency The Key To Success Of EPA Climate Change Proposals
2014-06-13 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Opponents of the EPA proposals to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent readily concede that if implemented they might indeed reduce the earths temperature by as much as one twentieth of a degree within one hundred years, but have expressed concerns about the hundreds of billions it would cost consumers to do so. Of particular concern to opponents is how these proposals would affect the poor, since the poor pay three times as much as a percentage of their income as higher income groups. While the...
EPA Waters of the U.S. Rule Continues to Rile Ag Community
2014-06-13 01:18:00| National Hog Farmer
Compiled by National Hog Farmer The Waters of the United States rule has been a contentious topic of discussion in agricultural circles recently. This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the comment period for the proposed rule will be extended to October 20 instead of ending July 21, with a deadline of July 7 to comment on the accompanying interpretive rule governing agricultural exemptions to the rule. Content Classification: Curated read more
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EPA Identifies Safer Substitutes for Toxic Flame Retardants
2014-06-12 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA announced safer alternatives, as identified through Design for the Environment (DfE) Alternatives Assessment Program, to flame retardants hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE) used in such products as building insulation and products with flexible polyurethane foam. Respectively, report on alternatives to HBCD and updated draft report on alternatives to pentaBDE name butadiene styrene brominated copolymer and oligomeric phosphonate polyol. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EPA Requires Ford to Correct Fuel Economy for Six Vehicle Models
2014-06-12 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
To correct errors found in internal audit, Ford Motor Company is revising fuel economy estimates for 6 of its vehicle models. Fuel economy labels on affected vehicles must be corrected within 15 days. Ford will re-label 4 versions of Ford Fiesta, Hybrid and Energi versions of Ford Fusion, C-Max Hybrid and Energi, and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. Most labels will change between 1 and 5 mpg. Also, Ford has agreed to implement enhanced validation tests for future vehicles under EPA oversight.<br /> This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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The 'King of Coal' Threatens to Sue EPA For Lying About Climate Change
2014-06-11 13:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: The largest independent producer of coal in the U.S. insists that climate change is a lie, and he's threatening to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to make it shut up. Robert Murray, the founder of Murray Energy, says that the EPAs assertion that climate change exists violates the U.S. Data Quality Act, which requires government agencies to use only objective informational input to form its opinions. Murray asserts that the EPAs new regulations on carbon emissions from existing coal plants...
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