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Congressman wants EPA officials on the no-fly list
2016-07-08 23:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You`ve got to hand it to him for creativity. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) has proposed an amendment that would ban employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using taxpayer money to fly ... because environmental regulators in coach is really the battle we need to be fighting right now. You can think of it as a sort of no-fly list for greens, as Politico reports. Not content merely to force EPA employees to ride Greyhound, Rep. Hudson also proposed an amendment that would prohibit...
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NFU Public Comments Strongly Encourage EPA to Increase 2017 RFS Volume Levels
2016-07-07 19:19:52| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (July 7, 2016) On behalf of nearly 200,000 family farm and ranch members, National Farmers Union (NFU) submitted public comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, advocating for the agency to adjust their proposed Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) volume obligations […]
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House Hearing On EPA Rule Turns Ugly As Rep Calls Regulations Un-American
2016-07-07 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) said the EPA's rules were "un-American" at a hearing this week. Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee harshly questioned the EPA`s acting assistant administrator, Janet McCabe, on Wednesday, saying that the Clean Power Plan, the EPA`s rule to reduce carbon emissions from the electricity sector, was overly burdensome on the American economy and was part of the EPA`s longstanding war on industry. Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) notably called the EPA rules "un-American,"...
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Coal ash bedevils Oklahoma town, revealing weakness of EPA rule
2016-07-04 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Integrity: Here in the land of wind-whipped, rolling plains, the gray dust, which sparkles in just the right light, seems inescapable. Residents of this town near the Arkansas line say they have spotted it on their grass, trees, ponds, barns, furniture and cars. The source of Bokoshes enduring misery is coal ash, an often-toxic byproduct of burning coal for electricity. Clouds of it, swirling like tornadoes at times, descend upon people while they sit in their yards and mow their lawns. The powdery material...
Port Everglades and EPA to jointly study air emissions
2016-06-30 01:00:00| Ship Technology
US-based Port Everglades has entered into a partnership agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study air emissions in a seaport setting to help provide sustainable development.
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