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Small Businesses Want Government to Invest in Clean Energy

John Arensmeyer | Posted 04.30.2012

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Entrepreneurs support EPA standards and believe they're conducive to job creation and economic growth -- in other words, they don't view regulation as the bee in their small business bonnet.

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EPA To Reduce New Power Plants' Carbon Pollution

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.27.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignor...

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100 Groups Petition EPA For New Regulations

| Posted 03.15.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Tia Ghose: A group of 100 environmental organizations has petitioned the Environmental...

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EPA Approves Montana Water Pollution Plan

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 03.11.2012

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Montana's plan to phase in strict limits on water pollution from municip...

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Republican Nonsense on Regulation

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 02.27.2012

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The GOP's attack on regulation is part of a larger attempt to discredit the idea that government can play a positive role in people's lives. That attack is itself based on a fantasy -- that in the absence of government, human action would yield generally optimal outcomes for society as a whole.

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EPA Proposing Eased Boiler Rule, Claims Health Benefits Unchanged

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON — Facing criticism from industry and lawmakers, the Obama administration on Friday proposed easing rules aimed at reducing toxic air ...

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EPA Releases Plan To Regulate Ship Ballast Water To Fight Invasive Species

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 01.30.2012

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed stricter requirements Wednesday for cleaning ballast water that keeps ships ...

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WATCH: 'There Is No Choice Between A Clean Environment And A Healthy Economy'

Posted 12.24.2011

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Last Friday, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson appeared on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," discussing her work and the Obama administration's environm...

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Congress Ignores the People When Dismantling Public Health, Environmental Protections

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 12.25.2011

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New polling information that shows overwhelming majorities of Americans support stronger health and environmental standards, and they also think Congress should back off and let the EPA do its job.

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Is the Green Movement Dead?

Francesca Olivieri | Posted 12.19.2011

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We know the drill. We know we need to turn off the water, stop buying plastic bottles and unplug the toaster. Do these small actions really make a difference?

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EPA Farm Dust Rule A 'Myth,' Agency Says

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The EPA is trying to put to rest what it calls a "myth" that it is going to crack down on farm dust. In letters to two senators last we...

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House Republicans Push Through Looser Environmental Regulations In War On EPA

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 12.14.2011

WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed through legislation Friday that gives the states the power to regulate coal ash from power plants as if it...

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Groups Sue Obama Administration For Scrapping Stricter Smog Standards

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — Environmental groups sued the Obama administration Tuesday for scrapping a stricter limit for smog-forming pollution, saying the de...

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Swing State GOPers Infuriate Environmentalists

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 12.06.2011

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In their votes on environmental issues this year, House Republicans from blue places have greens seeing red. Which is to say that GOP legislators fro...

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Company Cites EPA Rules In Closure Of 2 Illinois Plants

AP | By JIM SALTER | Posted 12.04.2011

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ST. LOUIS -- Ameren Corp. said Tuesday it will close two power plants in Illinois by the end of the year, blaming the cost of complying with new pollu...

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Weak Environmental Regulations Show Little Faith in U.S. Business

Andrew Winston | Posted 11.13.2011

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Choosing weaker environmental regulations actually makes our country less competitive and shows amazingly little faith in our business community to innovate.

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The Climate Post: Beleaguered EPA Must Take Charge of Greenhouse Gases, Supreme Court Rules

Mason Inman | Posted 08.23.2011

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Big Oil is also in the sights of the cartoon Cars 2. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, director John Lasseter said, "I kept going to big oil" as the villain in the soon-to-be-released film.

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Top 5 EPA Conspiracy Theories

Mother Jones | Posted 07.23.2011

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From cracking down on milk spills to regulating human respiration, the power-crazed bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency will stop at no...

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White House 'Strongly Opposes' Anti-EPA Bill

nytimes.com | JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 06.05.2011

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In case there was any doubt, the White House on Tuesday issued a formal statement opposing a bill now before the House that would bar the Environmenta...

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Japan's Earthquake-Tsunami-Radiation Disaster Worsens

Mason Inman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Climate Post Offers a Rundown of the Week in Climate and Energy News Last Friday, Japan was rocked by a magnitude 9.0 quake--its most powerful ea...

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'Junk' Insurer Owned By Goldman Sachs Gets First Exemption From Health Care Provision

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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Welcome to our new blog, "The Watchdog," which will keep a close eye on regulatory agencies and how their actions impact the lives of everyday America...

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EPA Cuts Pollution-Control Costs

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Faced with stiff opposition in Congress and a court-ordered deadline, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will...

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House Votes To Block EPA From Regulating Greenhouse Gases

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican-controlled House has voted to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases that scientists say cause glob...

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While Congress Debates EPA, CO2 Keeps Rising

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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Welcome to our new blog, "The Watchdog," which will keep a close eye on regulatory agencies and how their actions impact the lives of everyday America...

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Here Come a Bunch of Bills Aimed at Blocking EPA's Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Climate Post offers a rundown of the week in climate and energy news The Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mic...

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