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WQAD.com
March 14, 2018
BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating possible hazardous chemical contamination in Bettendorf. ... during the week of March 19-23 in an 18-acre (7-hectare) area that was used for waste disposal before disposal was subject to government regulation.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 14, 2018
An EPA spokeswoman said the agency is evaluating Wisconsin's proposal. Higher levels of ground-level ozone can lead to reduced lung function for people working and exercising outdoors or those with respiratory problems like asthma. The stricter regulations would help to lower ozone levels in theÃâà...
Michigan Radio
March 14, 2018
I mean, there's clearly not going to be any new regulations. They're trying to do their best to put existing regulations on hold. I think the area we've actually seen the most real change is actually not at EPA, but at the Interior Department under Ryan Zinke.” He notes the administration shrank the size of someÃâà...
CNBC
March 14, 2018
A federal court on Monday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to implement protections against smog set in 2015, the agency's latest defeat in court as it rolls back environmental regulations. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the agency led by AdministratorÃâà...
WOSU Public Media
March 8, 2018
In a release from environmental groups including the National Wildlife Federation, the Alliance for the Great Lakes, and the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, advocates say they are disappointed with the plan's reliance on voluntary efforts to reduce nutrient runoff. The EPA will reassess the planÃâà...
Law.com
March 8, 2018
President Donald J. Trump and his administration have focused on the EPA during his time in office, particularly in regards to its funding, and its regulations. The president has taken several high-profile steps in addressing climate change, including pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accordÃâà...
Newsweek
March 8, 2018
... of compliance obligations outlined in Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency regulations. There are 18 coal refuse plants in the U.S., which create energy by burning a waste product from coal mining. They say that their particular process makes it more difficult to comply with EPA emission levels.
InsideSources
March 8, 2018
When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt took over as head of America's top environmental regulation body a year ago, he pledged to reform the institution. According to Pruitt, the EPA needed to go “back to the basics,” shifting from a regulate-and-fine model to one that worked towards cooperation with stateÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 7, 2018
In this Sept. 20, 2017 photo, a catfish appears on the shoreline in the algae-filled waters of North Toledo, Ohio. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called for stepped-up efforts to reduce nutrient pollution that contributes to algae blooms in Lake Erie but recommended no new federal regulations toÃâà...
The New Food Economy
March 6, 2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lessened protections for crops and wildlife habitats after Monsanto supplied research that presented lower ... An agency spokesperson said it was “standard practice” to provide a proposed regulation to the public for comment and then follow it with a finalÃâà...
Vox
March 6, 2018
Republicans have been complaining about “burdensome” and “job-killing” regulations for so long that their opposition to any particular health, safety, or environmental regulation is now just taken for granted. For instance, why would the Environmental Protection Agency close a program investigating theÃâà...
The Hill
March 5, 2018
The House will move in the coming week on a trio of regulatory and energy bills. The Rules Committee has scheduled a meeting Monday to begin looking at the three proposals: the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act andÃâà...
The Hill
February 26, 2018
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case challenging an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that allows governments to transfer water between water bodies with few restrictions. The decision leaves in place a ruling from the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, which last year upheldÃâà...
POWER magazine
February 22, 2018
The D.C. Circuit last week struck down parts of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule concerning implementation of its 2008 ozone standards, ... The law also requires the EPA to establish air quality control regions and designate them as “attainment” for areas that comply with the NAAQS, andÃâà...
