U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Recent News About U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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On May 11, Brandon Farris, vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) argued that proposed emissions regulation is impractical as it would necessitate rapid deployment of underdeveloped technologies or shutting down more than half of the country's power plants, thus posing a serious risk to the economy and energy security.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has taken its first-ever federal Clean Water Act enforcement action to address PFAS discharges at the Chemours Company's Washington Works facility in West Virginia.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking technical input on the technologies needed for planned programs to invest $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act for port upgrades and zero-emission vehicles to reduce pollution around the nation's ports, schools, and truck routes
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The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comments on a proposal to give the state of Louisiana primary responsibility for regulating carbon dioxide sequestration wells, an EPA press release says.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Massachusetts will be taking part in the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow gasoline blended with 15% ethanol to be sold this summer.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has invested $41 million in new technical assistance to help communities address wastewater challenges.
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The Environmental Protection Agency contends a proposed machine gun range may contaminate the Cape Cod Aquifer.
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A recent announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding its plan to distribute $20 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) has raised ethics concerns.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services Asthma Program has been named the winner of the 2023 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management.
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An AP environmental science teacher at Northside College Preparatory High School in Chicago has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the 2023 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule to withdraw part of the Regional Haze Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) federal implementation plan in Texas.
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The U.s. Environmental Protection Agency has grants available for communities in New England to reduce environmental risks, protect human health and improve quality of life.
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A settlement with the Williams Companies Inc., its subsidiaries and its successor to reduce volatile organic compounds, methane and other pollutants emissions and improve leak detection and repair at 15 natural gas processing plants.
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Chuck Collins, director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, has co-authored a report detailing the effects of private jet travel on the Earth and average citizens.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a draft strategy to eliminate the release of plastic and other waste into the environment from land-based sources by 2040.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced April 28 that it will again allow summertime sales of E15 gasoline nationwide, the second year of such waivers.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), and the academic technology transfer non-profit AUTM will host the Green Energy Innovation Expo May 17.
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The watchdog group Functional Government Initiative (FGI) has filed a transparency lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether President Joe Biden's brother, Frank Biden, has used inappropriate political pressure to advance environmental interests, said FGI spokesman Peter McGinnis.
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The U.S. EPA has recognized the Aquifer Storage and Restoration project in the City of Hastings, Neb., for Excellence in Problem Solving.