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Profiles in Garbage: Latest EPA Data
2013-08-01 23:00:00| Waste Age
The recession is over and population is up, but total and per capita waste generation are down. read more
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EPA Awards $2 Million to Small Businesses for Sustainable Technology Development
2013-08-01 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA awarded more than $2 million in contracts to 7 small businesses to develop sustainable technologies that will help protect human health and the environment. Small Business Innovation Research program funded 25 research proposals from small businesses for 6 months through last year’s Phase I contracts of $80,000. Following peer-review process, 7 Phase I recipients are being awarded Phase II contracts for up to $300,000, supporting further development and commercialization of their ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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New EPA Chief Targets Climate Change
2013-07-31 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Newly confirmed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Tuesday pledged action on climate change during the Obama administrations remaining years, saying the concern is as much economic as it is environmental. Climate change will not be resolved overnight, but it will be engaged over the next three years; that I can promise you, McCarthy said during her speech at Harvard Law School. McCarthy, confirmed to head the federal agency on July 19 after a bruising Senate review...
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New EPA head McCarthy outlines ambitious agenda in Harvard speech
2013-07-31 14:37:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In her first public speech since talking the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency two weeks ago, Administrator Gina McCarthy told an audience at Harvard Law School cutting carbon pollution will feed the economic agenda of this country. Climate change will not be resolved overnight, she told the 310-person audience. But it will be engaged over the next three years. That I can promise you. McCarthy made a full-throated defense of her agency`s right to address greenhouse gas emissions...
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New EPA boss urges businesses to 'embrace the opportunity of climate change'
2013-07-31 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The new boss at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has used her first public speech since taking up the role to categorically reject accusations the watchdog's carbon legislation will damage the US economy. Speaking at an event hosted by Harvard Law School, Gina McCarthy argued there was ample evidence that environmental regulations can aid the economy and urged businesses to "embrace the opportunity of climate change". "Can we stop talking about environmental regulations killing jobs?...
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