nytimes.com - 3/11/2009
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The Obama administration is fast-tracking its response to the Supreme Court's 2007 climate decision with plans to issue a mid-April finding that global warming threatens both public health and welfare, according to an internal U.S. EPA document (pdf) obtained by Greenwire . EPA has been working ...
epa.gov - 3/10/2009
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epa.gov —
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov Fax: (202)566-1741. Mail:
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mail Code 6102T, ...
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Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule | Climate Change - ...
epa.gov - 3/9/2009
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On March 9, 2009, EPA issued Information Request
Letters to electric utilities that have surface impoundments or
similar units that contain coal combustion residuals. The letters request information to assist EPA in evaluating the structural integrity ...
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March 9, 2009 Coal Ash Information Request Letter | ...
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Dude, where's my carbon?
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... Also on Tuesday, an EPA document leaked to the press indicated that the agency plans by mid-April to issue a finding on whether global warming poses a danger to humankind, which would likely trigger regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. ...
EPA Chief Expected To Declare That Greenhouse Gases Pose Health Threat
Yale Environment 360 —
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is expected to issue a finding next month that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare, setting the stage to begin regulating the gases now warming the earth’s atmosphere, according to a report. Greenwire reported that scientists at the EPA are working intensively to prepare documents demonstrating that carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases are a danger to the American public. Jackson is expected to use that report to ...
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