EPA Developing Tool to Assist in Enviro Justice Initiative
U.S. EPA is working on a coarse screening tool as part of its
EPA Sends Top Administrator To Oversee Enbridge Spill Cleanup
EPA Sends Top Administrator To Oversee Enbridge Spill Cleanup
EPA Rejects Challenges on Greenhouse Gas Threat
U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson rebuffed recent efforts to prevent her agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions yesterday, stating that the evidence proving climate change is a problem remains "robust, voluminous and compelling." Jackson rejected 10 petitions filed by the attorneys general of Texas and Virginia, the Ohio Coal Association and other groups that urged her to nullify the ...
EPA Urges House To Pass Bill On Chemicals Regulation
EPA Urges House To Pass Bill On Chemicals Regulation
EPA Urges House To Pass Bill On Toxic Substances Control
EPA Urges House To Pass Bill On Toxic Substances Control
EPA rejects Enbridge's long-range cleanup plan
Crews clean up oil, from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, near booms where Talmadge Creek meets the Kalamazoo River in Marshall Township, Mich., July 30, 2010. The Canadian company that owns the pipeline that leaked the oil estimates the spill at 820,000 gallons. The EPA puts the total at more than 1 million gallons. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
EPA official says interpretations of oil's extent differ
EPA official said this morning there were 'two different interpretations' of how far the oil had reached down the Kalaamazoo River.
EPA: Oil spill appears contained, not likely to reach Lake Michigan
The EPA says restoration of the Kalamazoo River will take months. Part of that process is the voluntary evacuation of about 50 families closest to the spill site.
EPA Responds to Enbridge Kalamazoo River Spill
EPA has assumed the role of federal on-scene coordinator in response to the Enbridge oil spill in the Kalamazoo River. In that role, EPA will coordinate the response activities carried out by federal and state officials and will direct the response efforts carried out by Enbridge Inc.
EPA Rejects Claims of Flawed Climate Science
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities, and threatens human health and the environment.