U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Obama administration seeks to reverse Bush rule allowing mountaintop mining waste near streamsThe Obama administration took steps Monday to reverse a last-minute Bush-era rule that allows mountaintop mining waste to be dumped near streams saying it was bad public policy.Interior Secretary Ken ...

EPA restores requirements for companies to disclose release of toxic chemicalsThe federal government will once again require companies to fully disclose the toxic chemicals they release into the air, onto land and into water.The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it was ...

New cars and trucks will need to reach 27.3 miles per gallon in 2011 model yearThe Obama administration plans to raise fuel efficiency standards by 2 miles per gallon to 27.3 mpg for new cars and trucks in the 2011 model year, ...

While toxic releases declined in 2007, more long-lived chemicals entered the environmentToxic chemical pollution from the nation's industrial plants, mines and factories declined by 5 percent in 2007, the government said Thursday.Companies reported releasing 4.1 billion pounds of toxic chemicals into the ...

Court asks EPA to better explain how Bush standard for soot protects public healthA federal appeals court is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency for a better explanation of how the Bush administration's limit on the amount of soot and dust allowed in ...

Obama administration to seek tougher controls on mercury, scrapping Bush administration planThe Obama administration signaled Friday that it will seek more stringent controls on mercury pollution from the nation's power plants, abandoning a Bush administration approach that the industry supported.The Justice Department ...

I was thrilled to see two working moms rise to prominent U.S. government jobs in recent days. President Barack Obama picked Lisa Jackson as the first black administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; she was sworn in today. "Take a good look ...

Congress gives warm welcome to Obama selections, senators pledge to approve them quicklyThe Senate warmly received several of President-elect Barack Obama's choices for Cabinet positions Wednesday, continuing an aggressive push to confirm them by Inauguration Day.At hearings reviewing Obama's picks for veterans ...

Obama EPA will investigate coal ash sites, consider federal regulationThe Obama administration will immediately begin to assess the hundreds of coal ash disposal sites at power plants across the country in the wake of two spills in Alabama and Tennessee.Lisa Jackson, President-elect ...

Scientists and environmental activists are applauding President-elect Barack Obama's pick for head of the Environmental Protection Agency: 16-year agency veteran Lisa Jackson.

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Topic: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Obama seeks reversal of mountaintop mining rule

EPA restores stricter reporting of toxic pollution

Source: Fuel efficiency standard going up

EPA reports uptick in some toxic chemicals in 2007

Court orders EPA to reconsider soot threshold

Obama seeks tougher controls on mercury emissions

Would They Razz a Man? On New EPA Chief Lisa Jackson, N.Y. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and More

Senate gives warm welcome to Obama Cabinet picks

Obama EPA will investigate coal ash sites

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