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Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job'
npr.org - 10/22/2009
Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job'
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National Public Radio: The Environmental Protection Agency released a long-secret document last week that reveals the agency's conclusions on global warming while President Bush was in office. The December 2007 document says greenhouse gases are dangerous and need to be regulated under the Clean ...
epw.senate.gov - 10/24/2009
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— 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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industry.bnet.com - 10/29/2009
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.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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BP Slapdown: EPA really is back on the job!
Switchboard, from NRDC — This week EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told NPR that the "EPA is back on the job.” And here in the greater Chicago region, EPA is back on the job in a big way! In a long-awaited move, the United States Environmental Protection Agency weighed in on the controversial BP Whiting Refinery expansion plan by acting on our 2008 Petition for review of a deeply flawed permit issued to the BP refinery, and issued a formal objection to the lax pollution permit that the State of Indiana had lavished on ...

Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job' : NPR
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