Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:15:46 +0000
If you care about having clean water and air, then pay close attention to the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on West Virginia v. EPA later this month. What is at stake is nothing less than the nitty gritty work of turning sweeping laws passed by Congress into enforceable policies and regulations. Federal agencies like the Environmental Protection […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 12:10:06 +0000
Climate change is a public health crisis, and we need every doctor, nurse, and other health professional to help fight it
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:58:07 +0000
One-third of all Americans live in areas that suffered through at least 100 days of poor air quality due to air pollution in 2018, according to a new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center, Frontier Group and U.S. PIRG Education Fund
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:49:52 +0000
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a change to a long-standing policy interpreting “ambient air”—a foundational concept under the Clean Air Act that applies to all types of air pollution, from ground-level ozone, particulate matter, and greenhouse gases. While the agency framed the change as part of a suite of actions to reform New Source […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:49:39 +0000
Last week, the EPA said California was doing too much to cut auto emissions. This week, it says California is not doing enough to cut air pollution, putting California in a no win situation.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:00:04 +0000
The US government has put car companies on notice that if they dare oppose the president’s plan to roll back fuel economy standards, they will be accused of antitrust violations.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:27:45 +0000
New guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug. 20 to help states prepare for the second implementation period of the federal regional haze program puts emphasis on “discretion and flexibilities” they can use to comply with long-standing mandates to protect visibility in federal areas. While it is not binding, the EPA’s […]
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Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:32:30 +0000
Charlemagne’s iconic silver currency increased industrial lead pollution, while the Black Death caused it to plummet.
Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:12:41 +0000
Nineteen years ago, the then fledgling traffic aide Dennis Marcos directed far fewer vehicles through the Ortigas intersection.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:48:02 +0000
While the Republican-led U.S. House and Senate in the 115th Congress was mainly focused on reviewing, for modification or repeal, several environmental rules issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the new Democrat majority in the House could focus on a slew of different measures, a new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) suggests. […]
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