Epa Rules

Eco-Friendly Cleaning Bags -- Say no to Plastic!

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 02.25.2009 | Green


Stefanie Michaels

Now there seems to be an answer to appeal to both the consumer and dry cleaner that makes "green sense:" The Green Garmento garment bag.

Household Trash is Managed Better Than The TVA's Coal Ash

Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

While your municipal government does a good job of handling your trash, the Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to protect Americans from hazardous waste. Coal ash fits the bill.

EPA Toughens Lead Pollution Limits Despite Industry Lobbying

Grist | Janet Wilson | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green


Federal regulators announced Thursday a sharp reduction in legal levels of lead emissions, rejecting pleas by industrial battery recyclers who told Wh...

More Lead Pollution? Battery Recyclers Resisting EPA Rules

Grist | Janet Wilson | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green


Lobbyists for industrial battery recyclers charged over to the White House recently to crank up arguments against possible tough new regulations of le...