Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
(Washington, D.C. - July 22, 2008) Given the amount of work that remains to sufficiently answer the Texas request for a waiver from the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), it is now clear that a final decision on the request will not be completed by July 24
Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Tuesday contradicted EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson's congressional testimony on one of the administration's key global warming decisions, saying the White House ordered Johnson to block California's bid to regulate vehicles' tailpipe emissions. On Jan. 24, Johnson told the Senate Environment and Public Works...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Administration ordered California emissions plan quashed, former deputy testifies. A former Environmental Protection Agency official Tuesday contradicted EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson's congressional testimony on one of the administration's key global warming decisions, saying the White House ordered Johnson to block California's bid to regulate vehicles' tailpipe emissions....
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington PostUnder a subpoena threat from Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Environmental Protection Agency late Wednesday sent the panel a copy of its Dec. 5 proposal to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act -- as a brief loan.Three Senate Democrats -- Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin (Md.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) -- huddled together...
Capitol Annex (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it would delay a decision on Texas Governor Rick Perry’s request for a waiver from the Renewable Fuels Standards . The decision was originally set to be announced on July 24. EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson said in a press statement more work needed to be done on Texas’ waiver request thanks in part to over 15,000 public...
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A former Environmental Protection Agency official yesterday contradicted EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson’s congressional testimony on one of the administration’s key global warming decisions, saying the White House ordered Johnson to block California’s bid to regulate vehicles’ tailpipe… Read the full story
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A former Environmental Protection Agency official yesterday contradicted EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson's congressional testimony on one of the administration's key global warming decisions, saying the White House ordered Johnson to block California's bid to regulate vehicles' tailpipe...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | yesterday
... administration has tried to turn aside the committee's efforts to subpoena the EPA administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, and another official as it tries to find out whether the Bush administration's refusal to let California implement a tailpipe emissions law was based on politics rather than on science and law.Today, the Senate Environment Committee sought to subpoena EPA papers that...
Later On (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... administration has tried to turn aside the committee’s efforts to subpoena the EPA administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, and another official as it tries to find out whether the Bush administration’s refusal to let California implement a tailpipe emissions law was based on politics rather than on science and law. Today, the Senate Environment Committee sought to subpoena EPA papers that...
Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... don't need to break the bank to do what's good for the environment," said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "These leading companies are reducing their climate footprints in cost-effective ways."Climate Leaders, launched in 2002, is a voluntary program that works with companies to measure greenhouse gas emissions and to set aggressive long-term emissions reduction goals. The partners...
Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 08-OPA123 (Chicago, Ill. - July 21, 2008) EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today announced the appointment of Lynn Buhl to serve as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
(Washington, D.C. - July 23, 2008) Finland is the latest country to join the Methane to Markets Partnership, sharing their expertise in the fight against climate change. The partnership, now 26 members strong, aims to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and clean energy source. "The challenge of global climate change is exactly that - global," said EPA Administrator Stephen...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Phillippa Cannon of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, +1-312-353-6218 CHICAGO,July 21/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EPA Administrator Stephen L.
Somervell County Salon (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... incinerated at a U.S. facility.In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, leaders of the Committee on Energy and Commerce questioned a proposal that would break a decades-long ban on the importation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by allowing Veolia ES Technical Solutions to bring the chemical into the United States for incineration...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
CHICAGO, July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today announced the appointment of Lynn Buhl to serve as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Bharat Mathur, EPA's Acting Regional Administrator since May of 2008, will resume his position as Deputy Regional Administrator. ...
