Topic: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emboldened by their success wresting concessions from the Obama administration in debt-limit talks, House Republicans now plan an assault of similar vigor on the Environmental Protection Agency.Republicans, backed by wealthy conservative lobbyists, are determined to stop the EPA and ...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill aimed at preventing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.The 255-172 vote in the Republican-held chamber came a day after the Democratic-led Senate rejected such a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate rejected a measure on Wednesday to permanently stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions blamed for warming the planet.The Senate rejected the measure sponsored by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell by a vote of ...
What is happening to the world? It seems that the EPA and the Obama administration have decided to make companies specifically household cleaners to place all ingredients on there labels. Am I to understand that they were not required to do this ...
Hundreds of coal miners are rallying on Capitol Hill against the Obama administration's attempts to rein in mountaintop removal mining. The industry-backed group Faces of Coal paid for most of the travel and lodging expenses for the coal miners, who came from ...
In local and state governments that run on a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year , this first budget proposal is normally offered in February or March. Many states have constitutional requirements to pass a budget before the start of the ...
The article offers news briefs on the chemical industry in 2008. The amendment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to remove the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda will be pushed ...
How have advances in information technology transformed government? The U.S. government lags behind in electronic government quite a bit large because whenever you need to create an electronic government transaction, software, you need to involve a number of different government stakeholders. My ...
In a response to lawsuits by environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will review a controversial decision on ozone pollution limits made in March 2008 and propose a new standard by December.. Conservation and animal welfare groups asked the National Oceanic ...
The Obama administration is moving ahead with not one, but three EPA rules that will start to reduce our use of coal, (by far the worst emitter of greenhouse gases in the nation) to move the nation towards a cleaner, safer, healthier ...
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EPA vs Texas
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, refineries and chemical plants ...AP News - -
Gulf Oil Spill Justice
Attorney General Eric Holder, accompanied by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa ...AP News - -
Mountaintop Mining Protest
Maggie Fry of Huntington W.Va., shouts with other protesters in front ...AP News -
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EPA's Giant Power Grab Under ...
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EPA Loves Scooters
The Environmental Protection Agency stated that scooters are environmentally friendly ...2011-04-29
