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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed new rules to ensure factories and power plants will be able to obtain permits they will need to emit greenhouse gases starting next year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dispersant chemicals used to break up oil from the BP spill are generally less toxic to test species than oil alone, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data released on Monday showed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP’s use of dispersant chemicals on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is sparking questions from a U.S. congressional panel, which says the company used more of these compounds than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had directed.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday denied 10 petitions challenging EPA’s 2009 finding that climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and the environment.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that ethanol and other renewable fuels must account for 7.95 percent of total gasoline sales in 2011 to meet Congress’ mandate that 13.95 billion gallons of renewable fuels be produced next year.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told Texas pollution regulators that flexible air-quality permits issued by the state since 1994 for refineries, chemical plants and power plants did not meet the standards set by the U.S. Clean Air Act.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it had finalized a rule that would protect millions of people from smokestack emissions of sulfur dioxide, which can lead to asthma and other lung problems.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled on Thursday that factories and power plants would be subject to greenhouse gas regulations, a major step that could push polluters and lawmakers to support the climate bill unveiled this week in the Senate.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deaths from heat waves, property damage from floods and rising seas from melting glaciers are a few of the things Americans can expect as a result of climate change, the U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin analyzing a compromise climate change bill Senator John Kerry hopes to move through the Senate this year, despite a significant setback his effort has suffered, Kerry said on Tuesday.
MIAMI (Reuters) – Plans by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up Florida’s waterways set unattainable goals and would saddle the state’s farm industry with billions of dollars of costs it cannot afford, Florida citrus growers said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it wants the oil and natural gas sector as well as other new sectors to track and report emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
The Obama administration is considering a carbon-trading system under existing law if Congress doesn’t pass cap-and-trade legislation that allows companies to buy and sell the right to pollute, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said today.
March 8 EPA’s Jackson Speaks About Carbon Trading March 8 (Bloomberg) — U.S.
March 8 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration has no plans to set up a “cap-and-trade” program for greenhouse gases under existing law if Congress doesn’t pass legislation doing so, the head of the U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will give small businesses a break on coming carbon dioxide emissions rules but big emitters like coal-fired power plants will face a crack-down, U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it would slow a phase-in of new limits on carbon dioxide from coal and other heavy industry plants to ease concerns about the impact on the economy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it was considering reducing the number of big industrial plants that would be required to get permits to fight climate change.