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Report: Flaws in US EPA Drilling Pollution Data
2013-02-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Limited data and unreliable estimates on air pollution from oil and natural gas production is hindering the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to police the drilling boom, the agency's internal watchdog said in a report released Thursday. Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr. said the EPA has failed to directly measure emissions from some pieces of equipment and processes, and some estimates it does have are of "questionable quality." "With limited data, human health risks are uncertain, states...
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EPA Releases Producer Information to Activist Groups
2013-02-22 01:00:00| Beef
Cattlemen outraged as EPA provides private information of CAFOs to activist groups NCBA news release WASHINGTON — Early this week the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) was notified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the agency had been collecting information from states on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). read more
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Frontrunner to lead EPA vows more action on climate change
2013-02-21 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The front-runner to fill the vacancy atop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged to push ahead with actions to confront climate change during a wide-ranging speech Thursday. As President Obama said, climate change is a priority -- and we are going to take action, Gina McCarthy, the EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, told attendees at the Georgetown Climate Center Workshop in Washington, D.C. Obama is reportedly leaning toward tapping McCarthy as the...
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Fracking Emissions Get Review After EPA Watchdog Report
2013-02-21 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Federal environmental regulators said they will more closely study air emissions from hydraulic fracturing after the agencys auditor concluded current information is insufficient to make policy decisions. The Environmental Protection Agency has already begun an inter-agency study of methane, air toxic and other pollutants released when oil and gas are tapped using the process, called fracking, Gina McCarthy, the head of the agencys air office, said in a letter to the Inspector Generals office,...
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EPA Still Monitoring Accuracy of Mileage Ratings
2013-02-21 08:38:22| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The Article EPA Still Monitoring Accuracy of Mileage Ratings appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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