U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental groups sue to stop EPA from changing rule allowing surface mining near streamsEnvironmentalists sued the Bush administration on Monday, trying to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from changing a rule they say keeps mining waste from entering mountain streams. "The notion ...

Obama announcing more Cabinet picks Friday: labor, transportation, US trade representativePresident-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is nearly complete as he prepares to leave Saturday on a holiday vacation in his native Hawaii.Obama was planning to officially announce California Rep. Hilda Solis as labor ...

President-elect Barack Obama Monday nominated Nobel laureate physicist Steven Chu as his energy secretary, at the head of a new team to take on global warming and break US reliance on foreign oil.Obama also tapped Lisa Jackson, chief of staff to the ...

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday cabinet picks to head the US agencies tasked with making America more energy efficient and ecologically friendly.Obama's transition team said he would hold a press conference " "News reports said the president-elect Obama ...

The Bush administration has dropped controversial plans that would have allowed some existing power plants to expand without having to install new pollution controls.. Abandoning a second proposed change, the EPA also said it will not seek to loosen rules concerning plants ...

Daschle to oversee new health reform office while also serving as Obama's health secretaryFormer Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will pull double duty in the Obama administration, where he will serve not only as the Health and Human Services secretary but also ...

Today the Bush administration FINALLY responded to the Supreme Court case on global warming -- a case the Bush crowd lost nearly a year ago. EPA is going to issue an "advanced notice of proposed rulemaking. Consider, for example, that EPA issued ...

EPA has been overstating penalties against polluters, congressional investigators sayAccounting practices at the Environmental Protection Agency have helped mask how much the Bush administration has slashed penalties against polluters, according to congressional investigators.A Government Accountability Office report to be released Tuesday says ...

House Democrats unveil draft bill to address gases blamed for global warmingWith the presidential election less than a month away and the economy reeling, House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to reduce the gases blamed for global warming from power ...

Environmental Protection Agency wont regulate hazardous perchlorate in drinking water Longtime residents of Southern Nevada will recall that two manufacturers in Henderson once made ammonium perchlorate, a rocket fuel booster much in demand as this country stockpiled missiles during the Cold War. ...

1
2
3
4
5

Topic: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental groups sue over EPA mining rule

Obama announcing labor, transportation picks Fri.

Obama names Chu as energy secretary

Obama to announce energy, environment cabinet picks

EPA drops plans to change power plant rules

Daschle also to oversee new health reform office

The Administration is going to run out the clock on global warming

Report: EPA overstating enforcement record

House Democrats unveil draft climate change bill

Protect the public’s health

Photo Gallery

From Around the Web

Video Gallery

Follow this Topic with...