google.com - 12/23/2008
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Associated Press: In a ruling hailed by environmentalists, a federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated one of President George W. Bush's clean air regulations while the Environmental Protection Agency makes court-mandated changes. In July, the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia ...
ewg.org - 12/29/2008
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ewg.org —
December 27th, 2008 Resolving to save money? And
the planet? Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs promise a...
win-win: according to the industry and U.S. government's Energy Star program, which promotes CFL bulbs and other ...
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Lighten Up in '09
huffingtonpost.com - 12/17/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Lisa Jackson, who President-elect Barack Obama is expected
to name Monday evening to lead the Environmental Protection...
Agency, is already being hailed as a historic choice. The former head of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and ...
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Lisa Jackson, EPA Chief Pick, Has A Record That Raises ...
epa.gov - 12/23/2008
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epa.gov —
On March 10, 2005, EPA issued the Clean
Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), a rule that will achieve...
the largest reduction in air pollution in more than a decade. CAIR will ensure that Americans continue to breathe cleaner air by dramatically reducing air ...
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Clean Air Interstate Rule
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Federal Court Rules the EPA Can Regulate Sulfur, Nitrogen Emissions
Greentech Media: All Content —
... to create regulate the emissions or create the cap-and-trade program. This week, the court said it changed its mind after hearing more arguments from the EPA, elected officials and environmentalists, and decided that it was better to keep the rule in place until the EPA fixes its problems. The rule that has been reinstated requires 28 eastern states and the District of Columbia to ...
Court reinstates EPA clean-air rule
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... over natural-gas ones. That ruling managed to disappoint environmentalists, the White House, and many power companies that had invested billions in anticipation of a more robust trading market that would have arisen under the rule. But after hearing the case again, the DC court reversed its decision, allowing the rule to stay in place until the next administration fixes it. The court did not issue a timetable, but, as the Associated Press reports, it warned the EPA that its ruling does not constitute an “indefinite stay” of its July decision. The Boston Globe quotes Rep. Ed ...
Christmas Climate Cartoon
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... (6) Humor (137) international (106) media (207) offsets (39) peak oil (8) Politics (655) Science (282) Solutions (464) News from ClimateArk.org Tennessee Valley Coal Ash Spill Buries 400 Acres, Damages Homes Report maps out investment strategy for fighting climate change Japan to bring back solar power subsidy for homes Arctic Peoples Claim Their Right to Cold Temperatures Court reinstates clean air rule during EPA fix Global warming might cook up too many male fish ...
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