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EPA Sued by Several Groups for Invasive Species Regulation, Pesticides and Emissions
2013-07-10 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The first ten days of July have been ugly for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is being sued by a variety of organizations for allegedly not protecting the environment enough. Recent lawsuits brought against the EPA assert that the group's regulations on invasive species and pesticides are wanting, and a pending lawsuit contends that the group is not doing enough to regulate pollution form coal mines. Wednesday's news included the EPA being sued by the National Wildlife Federation,...
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AFBF, NPPC File Lawsuit Over EPA Privacy Breach
2013-07-10 17:25:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation In response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) repeated release of personal information of farmers and ranchers, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and the National Pork Producers Council have jointly filed a federal lawsuit and temporary restraining order to halt the infractions. read more
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New Continuous Emissions Monitoring System Enables Users To Meet EPA Standards
2013-07-10 07:31:22| pollutiononline News Articles
Plant managers and engineers at industrial source facilities, including utilities, industrial boilers and cement kilns, can measure stack gases with precision and reliability, enabling users to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) maximum achievable control technology (MACT) emissions monitoring standards.
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US EPA set to unveil host of new regs
2013-07-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Obama administration is looking forward to a host of new environmental regulations that go far beyond the president's plans to issue new standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants. The new regulations, previewed in the administration's spring regulatory roadmap released this week, cover everything from pollution runoff from military ships to landfill methane emissions, and in some cases will be issued long after called for under the law. This September, the...
EPA Approves Use of Invasive Species for Biofuel
2013-07-03 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a final rule which would allow for biofuels made from two well known invasive species to qualify for credits under the Federal Renewable Fuels Standard. The rule, which was finalized late Friday afternoon, allows two invasive grasses, Arundo donax (also known as giant reed)--assessed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as being a high-risk species--and Pennisetum purpureum (commonly called napier grass), to qualify as cellulosic biofuel...
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