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Environment News tagged with EPA

Tell the EPA You Support Strong Fuel Efficiency Standards ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, EPA, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 7 days ago - change.org
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new standards that will improve the gas mileage of new cars and light trucks. The deadline to submit comments is Wednesday, November 25th.
9 comments
Good for the EPA's New Plans to Curb Emissions ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, EPA, habitat, nature, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 16 days ago - change.org
As I hope you are, I'm very pleased the Environmental Protection Agency has announced bold new steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of power plants and large industrial facilities. I support these regulations and hope that the EPA
9 comments
Send a Thank You Message to the EPA for Safeguarding Communities From Mercury Pollution Today!
Environment  (tags: greenhousegases, CO2emissions, mercury pollution, EPA, goodnews )

Tierney
- 31 days ago - secure2.convio.net
For years the Bush Administration attempted to shield power plants from clean up requirements, but now the EPA has agreed put new rules in place by 2011 that will protect Americans from the mercury, lead, soot and other harmful toxins emitted by coal and
8 comments
Tell EPA to Act Now on Climate Change ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, EPA, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife, pollution )

Cher
- 163 days ago - change.org
After years of delay and denial from past administrations, the Environmental Protection Agency is finally taking steps to declare that greenhouse gas emissions threaten the public's health and welfare.
7 comments
Sign Petition: Protect Your Drinking Water From Toxic Chemicals
Environment  (tags: environment, halliburton, cheney, corruption, lies, cover-up, crime, politics, government, bush, americans, health, risk, disease, epa, exxon, oil, gas, toxic, drinking, water, pollution, ecosystems, destruction, humans, protection, conservation )

Tom
- 166 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
Thanks to a provision slipped into the Energy Policy Act of 2005 at the request of Halliburton, Exxon and other corporations, the oil and gas industry was exempted from the Safe Drinking Water Act that protects drinking water for millions of Americans.
28 comments
Tell EPA: Deploy The Clean Air Act NOW To Fight Climate Change
Environment  (tags: epa, climate, climate-change, CO2emissions, destruction, energy, environment, globalwarming, greenhousegases, government, humans, politics, pollution, protection, research, science, water, weather, wildlife, world, nature, oceans )

PinkMindy
- 182 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The Clean Air Act's very effectiveness makes it the primary target of industries and politicians that continue to oppose solutions to the climate crisis. The EPA needs to hear from millions of Americans. June 23 deadline.
21 comments
Let The EPA Know How You Feel About Global Warming ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, EPA, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 185 days ago - change.org
After years of ignoring the science, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally declared that global warming is a threat to public health and wellbeing.
46 comments
Sign Petition: Tell The EPA That Animal Agriculture Produces More Greenouse Gases Than Automobiles
Environment  (tags: climate, change, global, warming, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, habitat, protection, pollution, humans, wildlife, nature, livestock, factory, farming, food, methane, cattle, pigs, sheep, EPA, agriculture, health )

Tom
- 195 days ago - secure2.convio.net
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to issue its findings on climate change. Focusing on the role automobiles play in producing greenhouse gases, the agency, however, ignores the fact that animal agriculture is one of the biggest culprits!
23 comments
Coal-Fired Power Plants Face Dim Future
Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, EPA, CO2emissions, research, government, green )

Dee
- 220 days ago - motherearthnews.com
A coal-fired power plant near Lake Powell in Arizona. Only five new coal-fired power plants opened in the United States in 2008, while 24 proposed coal-fired power plants were scrapped.
8 comments
Ask the EPA to Ban Mountaintop Removal Mining ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: mountain top mining, EPA, destruction, environment, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 244 days ago - environmental-action.org
Currently the EPA is reviewing hundreds of mountaintop removal mining permits, which is a good start. But they need to hear from us that this practice needs to be banned altogether.
8 comments
EPA EnviroFlash: Ozone Depletion UVA/UVB Warning Alerts
Environment  (tags: ultraviolet radiation, uv, uva, uvb, sun, solar, ozone depletion, atmosphere, science, tech, research, humans, climate-change, global-warming, skin cancer, cataracts, premature aging, death, safety, health, environment, society, cancer, world, epa )

SirRobert
- 260 days ago - volconvo.com
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsors EnviroFlash ultraviolet radiation - daily e-mail alerts. Sign-up free and learn how to protect yourself and family from deadly UV exposure now! Skin cancer, cataracts, premature aging . . .
2 comments
EPA Allowing US Tech Trash to Pollute the Globe
Environment  (tags: EPA, toxic electronics, Government Accountability Office, House Foreign Affairs Committee, global pollution, envrionmental destruction, trash-dumping )

RC
- 433 days ago - washingtonpost.com
In a report commissioned by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Government Accountability Office accused the Environmental Protection Agency of of failing to stop the world-wide dumping of hazardous electronic & tech waste.
21 comments
U.S. Says States Can Lift Emission Monitoring Bar
Environment  (tags: environment, EPA )

Michael
- 460 days ago - enn.com
A U.S. federal court on Tuesday overturned a rule that prevented state and local authorities from raising emissions monitoring requirements for polluting units such as chemical plants and oil refineries.
8 comments
Good News: The EPA Bans Carbofuran Residue on Food
Environment  (tags: carbofuran, insecticides, wildlife, toxins, EPA, children's health, bird kills )

RC
- 489 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Will wonders never cease? The Environmental Protection Agency has surprised both the insecticide's manufacturer, FMC, and conservationists by disallowing any carbofuran residue on food for human consumption. This is a major benefit for wildlife as well.
28 comments
When Ignorance Is Bliss
Environment  (tags: greenhouses gases, polltuion, CO2 emissions, White House, EPA, US government, manipulating science )

RC
- 495 days ago - nytimes.com
In December 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded that greenhouse gases must be controlled and emailed a report to the White House. The White House refused to open the email from the EPA. More details about this debacle are being revealed.
46 comments
 
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