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Two-Decade-Old Harvard Data Confounds U.S. EPA Nomination
2013-05-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Buried in the questions Senate Republicans want answered by the nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a stumper: data linking microscopic particles in the air to premature death. The problem is the EPA doesnt have the data, which was compiled by Harvard University researchers more than two decades ago, and confidentiality agreements with hundreds of thousands of participants prevent researchers from making it public. The nominee, Gina McCarthy, had nothing to do with the research....
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Senate Panel Advances Nominee for E.P.A
2013-05-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A sharply divided Senate committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Gina McCarthy to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Environment and Public Works Committee voted to clear Ms. McCarthy by 10-to-8 along strictly partisan lines, sending the nomination to the Senate floor where Republicans are threatening to filibuster unless the E.P.A. meets demands for additional information. The Democrats on the panel, chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer of California, were...
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Republicans Block Votes on EPA, Labor Nominees
2013-05-15 18:41:24| ENR.com: Headline News
Votes on rescheduled to take place on May 16.
Up To $9M Available From EPA For 2013 Diesel Emission Reduction Grants
2013-05-13 07:02:02| pollutiononline Home Page
The DERA program has significantly improved air quality and provided critical health benefits by reducing air pollution and saving millions of gallons of fuel. Diesel pollution is linked to a range of serious health problems including asthma, lung and heart disease, other respiratory ailments, and premature death
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Pennsylvanians Complete 100 Days Of Climate Action To Call For Final EPA Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants
2013-05-13 04:27:17| pollutiononline News Articles
When President Obama stated at his second inauguration that we have a moral obligation to fight climate change, Pennsylvanians saw it as a call to action
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