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Rodgers, Comer Press TikTok on Data Sharing Practices with Communist China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) are raising concerns TikTok provided misleading or false information to the committees about its data sharing and privacy practices...

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding for Nationwide Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research Grants and Technical Assistance to Brownfields Providers

News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Requests for Applications for $57 million in funding that is available for two new Brownfields technical assistance opportunities: one for new Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research cooperative agreements, and another ...

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Request for Nominations for the Science Advisory Board Inorganic Arsenic Review Panel discussed on Nov. 22 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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EPA Calls for Applications for the 2023 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced that EPA’s Office of Environmental Education is now accepting applications for the 2023 President’s Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators (PIAEE).

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Air Plan Approval; Colorado; Reg 3 NSR and APEN Updates discussed on Nov. 22 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Environmental Protection Agency discusses Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses on Nov. 22

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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E&C Republicans Probe NIH Over Misallocated Funds and Grant Oversight

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today sent a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Senior Official Lawrence Tabak requesting information related to NIH’s handling of grant audits related to misallocated funds.

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Uyeda on ESG: 'One aspect seems certain – there will be increased costs'

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Mark Uyeda spoke at the recent 2022 Cato Summit on Financial Regulation, where he addressed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing.

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Notice published by Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 21

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal Program Honors 12 Partners for Accomplishments in Appliance Recycling

News Release: WASHINGTON — This month, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has awarded 12 partners under the Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program for outstanding achievements in appliance recycling. The honors were announced as EPA marks the 16th year of program implementation ...

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California Trucking Company to Pay $71K Penalty for Three Spills into Lake County Waterways

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the owner and operator of Steve Wills Trucking and Logging LLC to resolve claims of violations of the Clean Water Act. Tanker trucks transporting milk from the Steve Wills facility near Fortuna, California, were involved in three separate driving incidents, all of which resulted in discharges of raw milk into waterways. One of the three incidents resulted in the death of a driver.

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Environmental Protection Agency discusses Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill Area Limited Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS on Nov. 21

The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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EPA Releases Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Restoration Plan

News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 21, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today after concluding its final evaluation of Pennsylvania’s final Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) that the state has not fully demonstrated how it will meet the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Partnership’s ...

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Starfield: Solar farm facilities ‘must be planned and built-in compliance with all environmental laws’

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice revealed settlements have been made to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at solar farm construction sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois.