Environmental Protection Agency

Wasted or Wasteful? Are Bureaucrats All That Bad?

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Harry Moroz

Obama and Biden promise they will not spend our money badly. Government stimulus spending is presented by the administration as a necessary evil.

Danielle Ivory Discusses The EPA's Failure To Inform Public About Weed-Killer In Drinking Water On "Democracy Now" (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


The Huffington Post Investigative Fund recently published an article revealing that the EPA had failed to inform customers about the presence of a wid...

GM: New Chevy Volt To Get 230 Miles Per Gallon

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business


WARREN, Mich. — General Motors said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car could get 230 mpg in city driving, making it the first American vehi...

Federal Reserve Has Lowest Job Approval Rating; CDC, NASA Top List: Poll

Gallup | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


At a time when Americans are discouraged about the direction of the country and hesitant about the scope of President Barack Obama's federal budget pl...

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Acknowledges The Need To Clean Up Vieques

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green


Brendan DeMelle

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson acknowledged the need to clean up the island of Vieques last week at the national convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

Conyers Ethics Probe Sought By Conservative Group

The Detroit News | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


A conservative group asked the House ethics committee today to investigate whether U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, possibly violated ethics rules a...

EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee Moreno

ProPublica | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green


ProPublica

Six EPA attorneys criticized the nomination, but asked that their names not be used in this story because they fear retribution. They said they doubt that anyone who has recently defended GE would be effective in the role.

Obama Officials Urge Senate To Act On Climate Bill

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Saying global warming poses unprecedented threats to Americans' way of life, four of President Barack Obama's top environmental and...

On the Public Dime, a Grating Whine

A. Siegel | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

It is really sad that CBS News allowed itself to be played, so well, by the global warming denier crowd, helping to give legitimacy to an invented story.

Waterkeeper 10th Anniversary Conference and Gala Event with Bill Clinton and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kevin George | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green


Kevin George

Our values are changing from profits and competition, to collaboration and community, focused on philanthropic giving for environmental and social responsibility.

EPA Approves California's Plan To Impose Strict Emissions Regulations

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step toward tougher reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks Tu...

EPA Reveals Dangerous Coal Ash Sites

Posted 07.30.2009 | Green


Map Data : Contribute data : The Environmental Protection Agency released on Monday afternoon a list of 44 "high hazard potential" coal ash sites ...

Sen. Inhofe: EPA Should Be Investigated For "Cooking" Climate Change Science

The Hill | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deliberately withheld facts from a report on global warming in order to bolster the Obama administration's c...

Climactic But Not Just Because Of The Climate

Harry Moroz | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics


Harry Moroz

The American Clean Energy and Security Act establishes a market-based cap-and-trade system to limit emissions of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide.

NY Air Pollution Carries Serious Cancer Risk: Feds

AP | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York


AP - Millions of people living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a ...

Green News Report - June 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT:: Saving the planet on less than 50 cents a day!; Energy companies sued for conspiracy; Do not ask for whom the Toll House co...

Stimulus Dollars Funding Clean-Diesel Projects

Business First of Columbus: | Matt Burns | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green


Federal stimulus dollars are picking up where a nearly $20 million state program aimed at cutting diesel engine emissions left off....

Clean Energy Bill Can Be Better

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green


Gillian Caldwell

America has a chance to lead in the global race if we pass a bill that truly levels the playing field for clean renewable energy

Congressmen Press EPA To Investigate BP Pollution

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 07.06.2009 | Chicago


More than a dozen federal legislators from both sides of the aisle are calling upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to scrutinize pollution p...

Sotomayor's "Green" Decision

Richard L. Revesz and Michael A. Livermore | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green


Richard L. Revesz and Michael A. Livermore

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's paper trail on the environment is slim, but one decision has drawn praise from environmentalists, and some concerns from business.

Green News Report - May 19, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: One step forward and two steps back for Obama and the Democrats -- the changing political climate of climate change politics....

Eco-Hitched

Michael DeJong | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green


Michael DeJong

I hope that the Sierra Club continues to support the new proposed bill more enthusiastically than they have the "greenwashing" efforts of their shot-gun bride, Clorox Corporation.

There is Nothing to Fear but Staying Silent

Rev. Lennox Yearwood | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


Rev. Lennox Yearwood

NoFear II and its tougher language is needed to grant protection to Dr. Marsha Coleman and the pitiful few left in government with the courage to blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse.

Semantically Correct ... Entirely Misleading

A. Siegel | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

When the director of an organization weighs in (quickly) to discuss reporting of an organizations work, that often suggests that the reporter just didn't get it.

EPA Seeks New Restrictions On Power Plants Discharging Toxic Sludge

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 06.03.2009 | Green


Faced with new evidence that utilities across the country are dumping toxic sludge into waterways, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to im...