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Bill Clinton touts EPA legacy as HQ takes his name
2013-07-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The agency's headquarters was officially renamed the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building on Wednesday, and the former president and his EPA chief used the occasion to tout past successes and claim some credit for laying the groundwork for President Barack Obama's push to bypass Congress to implement his climate change agenda. Clinton also cited the clean-up of more than 600 Superfund toxic waste sites, the creation of 19 national monuments and even the efforts for an early version of a...
EPA Seeks Input for Potential Rule Revisions on Existing Uses of PCBs
2013-07-15 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA seeks nominations from individuals who represent small businesses, small governments, and small not-for-profit organizations to provide input to federal panel that will explore changes to existing uses of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Panel will focus on EPA's development of proposed rule to revise or end existing authorized uses of PCBs as appropriate if conditions under which they were authorized 30+ years ago have changed. Self-nominations must be received by July 29, 2013. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EPA Announces $15 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean up and Redevelop Contaminated ...
2013-07-15 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA announced approximately $15 million in supplemental funding to help clean up contaminated Brownfields properties. Revolving Loan Funding will help 41 communities carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects, which will help communities create jobs while protecting people’s health and the environment. Ranging from about $200,000 to $400,000 with an average grant award of $300,000, funds have enabled the support of 90,000 jobs in cleanup, construction, and redevelopment. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Court strikes down EPA delay on biomass power plant standard
2013-07-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: A federal appeals court on Friday put pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to move quickly on a rule that addresses carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants that burn timber and agricultural waste to generate electricity. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down an EPA rule postponing greenhouse-gas standards for new biomass power plants, but it didn't specify a timetable for the agency to act. The court said the EPA had failed to justify its reasons...
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EPA has lowered estimate to clean Allied Paper site, says Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell at PCB rally
2013-07-12 02:55:47| Waste Management - Topix.net
Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell revealed at a rally today for the "Clean Up not Cover Up" campaign that the EPA's estimate for total cleanup has dropped from the initial estimate of $336 million, although he said he couldn't say exactly how much it had lowered.
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