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ewg.org - 5/18/2009
Factual Analysis Debunks Corn Ethanol Industry’s Call to Waive Clean Air Act Fuel Standards
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May 15th, 2009 LINK: Science Analysis - Ethanol Health Risks and Engine Damage The Honorable Lisa Jackson Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Subject: Clean Air Act Waiver Application to Increase the ...
Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the Environment & Energy
aaenvironment.blogspot.com - 5/26/2009
Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the Environment & Energy
— aaenvironment.blogspot.com — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, left, wrote an opinion in Riverkeeper v. EPA , 475 F.3d 83 (2d Cir. 2007), that the EPA was not permitted to engage in a cost-benefit analysis to determine “best technology available”; instead, it could consider cost only to determine “what technology can be ‘reasonably ... (more) Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the Environment & Energy

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huffingtonpost.com - 5/15/2009
Jeff Biggers: BREAKING: EPA Clears Waterboarding Permits for Appalachia
— huffingtonpost.com — As American citizens in Mingo County and other areas of the flood-stricken Kentucky and West Virginia coalfields continue to dig themselves out of the muck, indefatigable Charleston Gazette reporter Ken Ward is reporting on his Coal Tattoo blog that ... (more) Jeff Biggers: BREAKING: EPA Clears Waterboarding Permits ...

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reuters.com - 5/19/2009
Obama Drafts California to Raise Fuel Efficiency | Green Business
— reuters.com — By Environment News Service - Environment News Service President Barack Obama is proposing on Tuesday the highest auto fuel efficiency standards ever attempted in the United States. Burning less fuel also will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ... (more) Obama Drafts California to Raise Fuel Efficiency | Green ...

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