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industry.bnet.com - 10/29/2009
Cow Burps OK: House, Senate Block EPA From Regulating Livestock Emissions
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Farmers can breath a little easier now — cows can burp and fart without fear of the Environmental Protection Agency regulating their methane emissions. You may remember the “cow tax” rumors that floated around late last year and caused an uproar among farmers and ranchers worried the EPA planned ...
epw.senate.gov - 10/24/2009
.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Majority Page :.
— epw.senate.gov — Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public... Works, today released the text of the Chairman's Mark of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733). Senator Boxer said, "We've ... (more) .: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ...

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epa.gov - 10/27/2009
Economic Analyses | Climate Change - Climate Economics | U.S. EPA
— epa.gov — Download the cover letter to Senator Lieberman from EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Robert J. Meyers: Cover... Letter (PDF) (4 pp, 224 KB, About PDF ) Download the cover letter to Senator Warner from EPA Principal Deputy Assistant ... (more) Economic Analyses | Climate Change - Climate Economics | ...

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wired.com - 30 days ago
EPA Tests Porous Pavement, Greener Gardens
— wired.com — rainylot As stormwater runoff endangers the world’s water supply, the EPA is busy planting gardens and repaving... its parking lots. Don’t worry — it’s not just an attempt to beautify the agency’s field offices in Edison, New Jersey. The renovations are ... (more) EPA Tests Porous Pavement, Greener Gardens

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Cow Burps OK: House, Senate Block EPA From Regulating Livestock Emissions
Ramsay Home — ... Senate Block EPA From Regulating Livestock EmissionsBNETFarmers can breath a little easier now — cows can burp and fart without fear of the Environmental Protection Agency ...Suit to Air Internal EPA Protests on Radiation Exposure PlanCommon Dreams (press release) EPA Moves to Regulate Greenhouse Gas EmissionsState JournalActivists meet with feds over environmental racismMiamiHerald.comNewsBlaze -Wall Street Journal -Politicoall 110 news articles Read the original article at, ...

Senate Democrats Pushing For Climate Bill Markup Next Week
Environmental Leader — ... . In other climate bill news, both the House and Senate have confirmed that they do not intend for the climate bill to regulate emissions from livestock herds, as some ag groups had feared, reports bnet .

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