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Texas challenges EPA ruling on greenhouse gas threat

JAMES DREW Dallas Morning News 02/17/2010
Texas challenges EPA ruling on greenhouse gas threat

AUSTIN – The state accused the federal government in a lawsuit Tuesday of using "tainted data" to declare that heat-trapping gases are a threat to the public, warning that Texas' economy could suffer as a result.

Feds to spend $13M to fight Asian carp invasion

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Federal officials said Monday they would use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp.

Three Individuals Indicted for Roles in Conspiracy Schemes Involving Two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Sites in New Jersey

A Newark grand jury indicted three individuals for their participation in fraud and kickback conspiracies related to contracts at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund site, Federal Creosote, located in Manville, N.J., the Department of Justice announced today.

From pythons to fungus, species invading US

A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative species that is wreaking havoc in the Everglades, threatening people, the environment and native wildlife.

EPA approves California fuel efficiency rule to cut greenhouse gases from vehicles

The Environmental Protection Agency gave the go-ahead Tuesday for California to impose stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, setting the stage for a national requirement expected to mirror the state's effort.

US environment agency deems CO2 a health risk

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Environmental Protection Agency has shifted course by deeming carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a health risk, in a landmark turnaround that could impact climate change regulation.

Deputy EPA chief nominee withdraws

Jim Tankersley Los Angeles Times 03/25/2009
Deputy EPA chief nominee withdraws

Washington -- Another Obama administration nominee withdrew his name Wednesday as questions emerged about a nonprofit group with which he had been affiliated.

Environmental Protection Agency to review coal-mining permits

Washington -- The Environmental Protection Agency put hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits on hold Tuesday to evaluate the projects' impact on streams and wetlands.

EPA Presses Obama To Regulate Warming Under Clean Air Act

Juliet Eilperin The Washington Post 03/23/2009

EPA expected to act on CO2 emissions

Eoin O'Carroll Christian Science Monitor 02/20/2009
EPA Presses Obama To Regulate Warming Under Clean Air Act

The Environmental Protection Agency's new leadership, in a step toward confronting global warming, submitted a finding that will force the White House to decide whether to limit greenhouse gas emissions under the nearly 40-year-old Clean Air Act.

EPA expected to act on CO2 emissions

The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to take its first steps toward regulating emissions of carbon dioxide, the New York Times reported Wednesday.


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