Environmental Protection Agency

...in Japan, followed closely behind, respectively, for the second straight year, according to preliminary performance data released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Overseas automakers mainly sell compacts and sedans in the...

In this article: Honda, Toyota, Chrysler, GM, United States, Hyundai, EPA, Bankruptcy, and Carbon

...House has little advantage in backing down now on President Obama's campaign pledge to pursue a comprehensive greenhouse-gas limits. The Environmental Protection Agency is proceeding on its own track to regulate emissions from vehicles, power...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, EPA, U.S., White House, Barack Obama, Revenue, Tax, and American Council on Renewable Energy

...and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday. New vehicle fuel efficiency improved 2 percent in 2008...

In this article: EPA, General Motors Co., Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor Co., BMW AG, and Center for Auto Safety

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says she's troubled by what she heard in a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. The West Virginia Republican met with Jackson Thursday to discuss delays in the...

In this article: Shelley Moore Capito, EPA, Lisa Jackson, West Virginia, Appalachia, and Washington

...industries tossed tons of hazardous material into New Bedford Harbor, creating one of the most polluted coves in the country. The Environmental Protection Agency, which has been dredging the river since 2000, will remain there for at...

In this article: Boston, Charles River, Acushnet, and Department of Health

Ordinarily, that would mean the area could be designated "non-attainment," which could mean many new air quality controls. But the Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering the ozone standard, and it could be three years before a...

In this article: EPA

...VX, but environmental groups said it was much more dangerous than the Army let on. The Environmental Protection Agency indicated in 2008 that it would approve Veolia's Mexican waste permit, but a congressional committee warned the agency...

In this article: Waste, Port Arthur, Nerve agent, Dan Duncan, EPA, Texas, and U.S.

The United States and China have agreed to cooperate on developing an inventory of China's greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, an initiative that appears be a response to criticism of Beijing's...

In this article: China, United States, Angela Merkel, Climate change, Heritage Foundation, Center for American Progress, and EPA

...doing research on how to make cellulosic ethanol from other raw materials such as wood chips and switch grass. Broin also pressed the Environmental Protection Agency to relax rules limiting the amount of ethanol that can go into regular...

In this article: EPA, Scotland, South Dakota, and United States

Among those groups is the Sierra Club, which has pushed the Obama administration to ban the practice. That hasn't happened, although the Environmental Protection Agency is holding up 79 surface and underground mining permits for greater...

In this article: Coal, Sierra Club, International Coal Group, Appalachian, and West Virginia