United States Environmental Protection Agency

...07:26:12 PM PST President Obama on Thursday selected a prominent San Francisco environmental leader to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency region that oversees California and large sections of the West. Jared Blumenfeld, 40,...

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...in Fillmore, Calif. Texaco operated the 52-acre site northwest of Los Angeles as a refinery from 1920 to 1951, contaminating soil and ground water with heavy metals and volatile organic compounds, EPA said on Nov. 4. It said the company...

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...some neonicotinoids that may be harmful to bees. "What we're asking the EPA is to go with precautions," said Laurel Hopwood, chairwoman of the Sierra Club genetic engineering action team. "Let's go ahead and suspend them until we get all of...

In this article: Neonicotinoids, Sierra Club, Penn State University, Culprit, Pollinator decline, and Environmental Protection Agency

EPA fines California pesticide distributor BOISE, Idaho - The Environmental Protection Agency has fined a California company nearly $100,000 for 21 alleged violations of federal pesticide laws. The agency says Wilber-Ellis Co., a national...

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...any questions by committee members. Boxer also said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, has promised the full EPA analysis sought by Republicans before the bill comes before the entire Senate. When the hearing proceeded, Voinovich...

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"Here in California, we have been fighting air pollution for decades, and diesel remains one of the major problems," said Deborah Jordan, Air Division director for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Pacific Southwest region. "It's...

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...efficient its sets have become. CEC vs. Energy Star According to the CEC, the California regulations echo the EPA's Energy Star 4.0 standards for screen sizes up to 42 inches. Beyond that, "where Energy Star is a staggered step, this...

In this article: California, California Energy Commission, Best Buy, Department of Energy, Consumer Electronics Association, Panasonic, Supply chain, Environmental Protection Agency, and EPA

...them to play down their federal connections further. The officials said they could re-post the video, she said, if they removed a mention of the length of their experience at EPA. Another comment, in which Zabel said he oversees a...

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