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wired.com - 21 days ago
EPA Tests Porous Pavement, Greener Gardens
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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 being done in the name of science, with a ...
reuters.com - 14 days ago
EPA C02 endangerment finding to White House
— reuters.com — Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sent its final proposal on whether carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to human health and welfare to the White House for review, EPA ... (more) EPA C02 endangerment finding to White House

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EPA to regulate CO2 with or without congressional authorization
examiner.com - 14 days ago
EPA to regulate CO2 with or without congressional authorization
— examiner.com —                    (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to implement strenuous new regulations regarding carbon d... (more) EPA to regulate CO2 with or without congressional ...

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industry.bnet.com - 26 days ago
Cow Burps OK: House, Senate Block EPA From Regulating Livestock Emissions
— industry.bnet.com — 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 ... (more) Cow Burps OK: House, Senate Block EPA From Regulating ...

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EPA Tests Porous Pavement, Greener Gardens
Ramsay Home — ... Protection Agency is using the trials to see how pavement and plant choices can help filter pollutants out of rain water before it ... EPA responds to county letter on lead levelsGoDanRiver.comGroup Sues EPA for Background on Disputed Radiological Cleanup GuideGlobal Security NewswireEnvironmental racism pits rich against poor black communitiesTainted GreenSan Antonio Business Journal -ForConstructionPros.com -SmartPlanet.comall 9 news articles Read the original article at, http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/11/epa-porous-pavement/ Follow more real-time stories about ...

EPA testing green pavement to clean rainwater runoff
Autoblog Green — Filed under: Etc. Green pavement? What's so exciting about that? If I wanted to test out some green pavement, all I'd need to do is make a run to the local Home Depot, pick up a can of green paint and dump it outside my driveway, right? Well, that's not exactly what we're talking about here, of course. But just what is "green pavement" anyway? In this case, the pavement in question has been designed to suck up the nasty pollutants from vehicles and fertilizers from rainwater runoff. Here's what EPA Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou ...

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