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EPA head calls climate-change shift a proud milestone
2013-01-09 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: As she prepares to step down from her position as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson said she is proudest of presiding over the landmark finding that climate-changing greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. "Americans are back to believing that something is happening with our climate and that mankind has a role to play in that. These are not natural phenomena," said Jackson in her first newspaper interview since announcing on Dec. 27 that she would...
Fracking Debate Continues as EPA Issues Progress Report on Water Contamination
2013-01-09 16:04:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Hydraulic fracturing might be the hottest environmental debate brewing right now. In 2011, The Environmental Protection Agency began a study on the effects of hydraulic fracturing in drinking water, and after nearly two years released a "progress report" on its investigation.
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United States: Gregoire emerges as top contender to boss EPA
2013-01-08 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: President Obama is about to nominate outgoing Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire as the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a very private prediction from a very senior source in Washingtons congressional delegation. Gregoire was director of Washingtons Department of Ecology before being elected Attorney General in 1992. The future governor made her reputation by negotiating a Hanford nuclear waste cleanup agreement with the first Bush administration, which has held...
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EPA Drafts Plan to Inspect Iowa CAFOs
2013-01-07 19:04:00| National Hog Farmer
Joe Vansickle The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under pressure from environmental activist groups in the state of Iowa, has released a draft work plan in which the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) would agree to undertake a plan to inspect 8,000 concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) over the next five years. read more
US EPA finalizes solid waste incineration standards
2013-01-07 17:17:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized clean air standards for major and area source boilers and Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI).
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