A Senate committee Thursday approved a major climate change bill despite a boycott by all of the panel's seven Republican members.
If Congress won't get the job done on climate change, President Obama has a way to do it himself. But is he strong-arming the legislative branch?
A final proposal for new fuel economy standards was unveiled Tuesday in a joint announcement by the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Forget Madison Avenue's claims about the cleaning power of household detergents. Steward Advanced Materials, a 30-employee company in Chattanooga, promises to mop up mercury, lead and even nuclear waste from soil and water.
As the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson wears many hats: environmentalist, upholder of anti-pollution policy and toxic chemical regulator, to name a few.
Some car shoppers are finding that their trade-in vehicles, which qualified for a Cash for Clunkers rebate last week, don't this week because of changes in the EPA's fuel economy ratings.
Sherri and Ira Rojhani stopped paying the mortgage on their 2-year-old South Florida home in April, victims not of a troubled economy, but, they say, of drywall from China that they believe is making them sick.
The Obama administration on Tuesday is set to propose stricter fuel economy standards in an effort to cut down vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
In a hallway lined with portraits of her predecessors, Lisa Jackson is reminded daily of her unique status -- as the first African-American to head up the Environmental Protection Agency.
Six heat-trapping gases that contribute to air pollution pose potential health hazards, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday in a landmark announcement that could lead to regulation of the gases.
A Senate committee Thursday approved a major climate change bill despite a boycott by all of the panel's seven Republican members.
If Congress won't get the job done on climate change, President Obama has a way to do it himself. But is he strong-arming the legislative branch?
A final proposal for new fuel economy standards was unveiled Tuesday in a joint announcement by the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Forget Madison Avenue's claims about the cleaning power of household detergents. Steward Advanced Materials, a 30-employee company in Chattanooga, promises to mop up mercury, lead and even nuclear waste from soil and water.
As the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson wears many hats: environmentalist, upholder of anti-pollution policy and toxic chemical regulator, to name a few.
Some car shoppers are finding that their trade-in vehicles, which qualified for a Cash for Clunkers rebate last week, don't this week because of changes in the EPA's fuel economy ratings.
Sherri and Ira Rojhani stopped paying the mortgage on their 2-year-old South Florida home in April, victims not of a troubled economy, but, they say, of drywall from China that they believe is making them sick.
The Obama administration on Tuesday is set to propose stricter fuel economy standards in an effort to cut down vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
In a hallway lined with portraits of her predecessors, Lisa Jackson is reminded daily of her unique status -- as the first African-American to head up the Environmental Protection Agency.
Six heat-trapping gases that contribute to air pollution pose potential health hazards, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday in a landmark announcement that could lead to regulation of the gases.
The opening of the New York auto show was a grim affair. Instead of the usual spirited debate about whose new models showed the most promise, there was hushed discussion about activities taking place offstage in Washington, DC.
The Environmental Protection Agency will monitor 62 schools across the nation to determine whether the air around them contains toxic pollutants, the agency said Tuesday.
Despite the destruction it caused in a massive spill near a Tennessee power plant in December, coal ash has found many uses that benefit industry and even the environment.
The drinking water in the area of last month's coal-sludge spill in eastern Tennessee is safe, but elevated levels of arsenic have been found in the sludge, authorities said.
A truck stop is an assault on the senses, especially on a hot summer day. There's the smell of diesel, the taste of exhaust fumes and the nerve-jangling, ever-present rumble of truck engines -- even when the drivers are asleep.
The Environmental Protection Agency has found high levels of arsenic and heavy metals in two rivers in central Tennessee that are near the site of a spill that unleashed more than a billion gallons of coal waste.
President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his energy and environment team on Monday, ushering in what's likely to be a dramatic shift in the way the nation tackles the challenges of climate change, energy efficiency and the development of cleaner sources of fuel.
No one wants melting ice cream. Nor do we want melting polar ice caps. The trouble is, keeping our ice cream cold warms the planet because powerful greenhouse gases are used in most refrigerators and freezers in the U.S.
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country.
Shoes tell a lot about a person. If you stumbled into my closet, you would probably think I was a security guard, a construction worker or a Nurse Ratched wannabe. My taste in shoes tends to be boxy, low-heeled and sturdy.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday all but killed a federal plan nearly seven decades in the making to build the world's largest water pump in the Mississippi Delta
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it will not curtail a rule requiring that ethanol be added to gasoline, turning back a claim that the additive was artificially raising food prices.
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has turned a "blind eye" to Florida's Everglades cleanup efforts, while the state is violating its own commitment to restore the vast ecosystem
The Environmental Protection Agency advised employees last month not to answer questions from journalists, the Government Accountability Office or the agency's inspector general, according to an EPA e-mail made public Monday.
The Environmental Protection Agency is telling its pollution enforcement officials not to talk with congressional investigators, reporters and even the agency's own inspector general
The Court affects environmental policy more than you may realize. And it may only be as green as our next President
It's not just the American dollar that's losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life isn't worth what it used to be
The first ever U.S. National Train Day on May 10 was a celebration that may have passed many Americans by. But why create a day to celebrate trains?
Critics fear the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near national parks
Ecological and conservation groups are praising a move by the Environmental Protection Agency to impose new restrictions on rat poisons to help reduce the threat of accidental exposure to children and wildlife.
As the presidential primary season draws to a close, it is worthwhile to contemplate this:
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a major tightening of the health standard for airborne lead
Students will learn about U.S. environmental legislation
An advisory panel of scientists told the Environmental Protection Agency that its new air quality standard for smog fails to protect public health as required by law and should be strengthened
IBM on Friday said the Environmental Protection Agency has lifted a week-old ban that prevented the company from getting new government contracts
The EPA tightened restrictions on ozone, but why is the new limit still higher than what science recommends? Critics say it comes down to politics and money
Up until very recently, conventional wisdom held that shipping was a minor player in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. That all changed in October last year. Leaked details of a report by the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) got into the press, and revealed an uncomfortable truth about the shipping industry -- its emissions could be double the amount everyone previously believed.
Dear FSB: I am getting ready to launch and I need someone to finance my recycling business. I'm particularly interested in the area of government surplus copper.
An energy bill that requires the average fuel economy of all the nation's cars and trucks to be 35 miles per gallon by 2020 sounds sweeping, but don't look for any immediate big changes in the kinds of vehicles sold in this country.
A coalition of states and environmental groups is urging the federal government to curb global warming pollution from planes and other aircraft
Twelve states sued the Bush administration on Wednesday to force greater disclosure of data on toxic chemicals that companies store, use and release into the environment
Michelle Hammond and Jeremiah Holland were intrigued when a friend at the Oakland Tribune asked them and their two young children to take part in a cutting-edge study to measure the industrial chemicals in their bodies.
Here's a fact that may surprise people: Garbage collecting is one of the most dangerous jobs you can do.
Honda and Toyota offered U.S. consumers the highest average fuel efficiency of 2007 model year vehicles, the government reported Wednesday.
It's not just low wages, but environmental hazards and labor-law violations that afflict workers on the bottom rungs. Here's a look at three of the worst places to work right now
With the price of gasoline setting new records everyday, more and more people are turning to hybrid cars as a way to protect themselves against price increases at the pump. But are hybrids all they're cracked up to be? We'll tell you what you need to know.
President Bush said Tuesday he is directing the Environmental Protection Agency, and the departments of energy, transportation and agriculture, to develop steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2008, but he failed to call for a specific increase in fuel efficiency standards.
Enforcement deficit
Growing concern about the U.S. dependence on foreign oil is raising more urgent calls for developing alternative energy sources.
It costs less than $40 and, according to its Web site marketing, it will raise your vehicle's fuel economy by 30 percent or more. Customers swear by it in testimonials.
If you're shopping for a more fuel-efficient car, you need to get a handle on what poor fuel economy really costs you. And you'll need to take a hard look at what you actually need in a vehicle.
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to implement new emission standards for lawn mowers in an effort to reduce pollution and save gas, according to an article published Monday.
DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) - Soon all vehicles in the United States will get lower fuel mileage as estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency if the agency has its way.
The Environmental Protection Agency says it can help drivers save fuel. It has said that for a long time, of course, but this time it's not talking about providing fuel mileage data for car shoppers. It's talking about a new invention created in its own Ann Arbor, Mich. research laboratories
The Environmental Protection Agency is sitting on a report showing a decline in fuel economy for U.S. autos while Congress prepares to vote on energy legislation that does little to mandate automakers to improve fuel efficiency, according to a published report Thursday.
There are few sure ways to avoid ingesting perchlorate, the chemical used in rocket fuel that researchers have detected in breast milk at levels five to eight times higher than those considered safe, experts say.
A Ford SUV took a place among the "greenest" vehicles in this year's "greenest and meanest" list from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
There's been a lot of griping lately about the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel efficiency estimates. Those estimates are pretty far off, they say.
"Two offers at 150."
When the EPA announced in February that the lumber industry would voluntarily phase out the use of most pressure-treated wood, consumers worried about their own backyards. This durable lumber, ofte...
Here's a little-known fact about hogs: They produce ten times the amount of waste humans do--800 pounds per year, to be exact. Why worry about that kind of volume? Because the EPA is about to crack...
Paper The brown classics aren't exactly earth-friendly; just think of clear-cut forests, ruined habitats, and mills belching hazardous emissions. But a paper bag is five times likelier to be recycl...
An empty desk doesn't have to be evidence of...well, you know. It could just mean that you're using some of the sites below that quicken some of the most paperwork-heavy tasks that small businesses...
The market and the state have always been allies and enemies. The industrial revolution made that paradox greater. At the turn of the 20th century, government trustbusters were becoming heroes. But...
You get some idea of how life has changed--really changed--in the new, conservative Congress when the chemical industry has to come to the rescue of the Environmental Protection Agency. But action ...
Here's a prediction that doesn't exactly sound like big news: In 1994, with the possible exception of a much needed reform of the Superfund law governing toxic waste dumps, no major environmental l...
Ethanol made from corn is a cozy little boondoggle that costs taxpayers almost $750 million a year. It will get much worse if the ethanol lobby, spurred by Dwayne Andreas, CEO of Archer Daniels Mid...
TWENTY YEARS ago, the Potomac River was full of slime and muck, so polluted that not even kids dared swim in it -- and so embarrassing to Washington politicos that they agreed to spend $5 billion c...
When you pay your dry-cleaning bill, do you sometimes feel you're being taken to the cleaners? Just wait. A proposed new Environmental Protection Agency regulation could add another 10% to your bil...
In the mid-1980s, homeowners trembled over the health risks posed by radon, the odorless cancer-causing gas that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates is found in unhealthful concentrations...
LET'S START with a short quiz. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that radon, an odorless gas that seeps up naturally from the ground and gets trapped in homes, may be causing as many as...
Don't buy a Japanese car just to save on gas. As Detroit is boasting in its ads, some 1991 American autos get better mileage than competitors made by Japan. The table below shows comparisons of car...
THE SUMMER OF 1988 will be remembered as the time ''the earth spoke back,'' in the words of one of George Bush's speech writers. The heat and drought, the fouled beaches and burning forests, all se...
When Advanced Genetic Sciences, a tiny biotechnology company, got the first Environmental Protection Agency permit to test genetically engineered bacteria outdoors, environmentalists protested that...
METHYLENE CHLORIDE IS used in a slew of industrial processes, from making handlebar grips and hair spray to coating pills and taking the caffeine out of coffee beans. It strips paint without damagi...
SMOKESTACKS thrusting to 1,200 feet--about as high as the Empire State Building--have become a familiar sight at U.S. power plants and factories. Mostly built since the early Seventies, these brick...
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