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New EPA Chief Exhorts Agency Staff to 'Act Now on Climate Change'
2013-07-22 07:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency has a clear responsibility to act now on climate change, the agencys new chief said Monday in a video message to staff. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, who was confirmed to replace Lisa Jackson last week, said the agency has reached a defining time in its history as it prepares to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. We also need your sustained service and your sustained commitment more than ever before because this is a defining time...
Proof of EPA bias less than solid
2013-07-21 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Critics of the Obama administration have gotten a lot of mileage by claiming ideological bias at the Environmental Protection Agency. But a POLITICO analysis of the evidence shows holes in their case. At the heart of the debate are the fees EPA charges when people or groups request documents under the Freedom of Information Act. The critics allege a shocking disparity: EPA waives fees for liberal groups more than 90 percent of time, they say, while rejecting more than 70 to 90 percent of waiver...
Lawyers gear up to lobby, sue as McCarthy heads to EPA
2013-07-19 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When Gina McCarthy steps into her new role as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency she will face an army of lawyers trying to sway the agency as it writes rules on power-plant emissions that will form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate-action plan. At least some of those lawyers are likely to lead legal challenges against the rules once they are issued. McCarthy, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, and the EPA will use a rarely used section of the Clean...
BIO Welcomes Confirmation of Gina McCarthy as EPA Administrator
2013-07-19 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BIO congratulated Gina McCarthy on winning Senate confirmation for the post of EPA administrator. According to BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood, the EPA has long been a supporter of biotechnology as a solution to climate and pollution challenges and as an enabling technology for advanced biofuels and green chemistry. BIO looks forward to working with Administrator McCarthy to continue ensuring that federal policies clear a path for the continued development of such innovative ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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EPA, XTO Energy reach Pa. gas drilling settlement
2013-07-19 03:04:49| Energy - Topix.net
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with XTO Energy over alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stemming from a spill of gas drilling wastewater in central Pennsylvania.
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