Read more EPA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31901/epa.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:46:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70689/epa-gets-nod-to-crack-down-on-industrial-greenhouse-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration has given the EPA the green light to start moving for the first time toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from major industrial sources. The proposed new rules would affect only large facilities that emit 25,000 tons or more of carbon dioxide annually, instead of applying to "every...http://www.newser.com/story/70689/epa-gets-nod-to-crack-down-on-industrial-greenhouse-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 5:51:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70163/epa-sues-north-face-over-anti-bacteria-boots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Face may be kicked with a fine of up to $1 million for claiming its shoes have the power to kill fungus and bacteria. The EPA filed a lawsuit against the outdoor clothing company's parent firm yesterday, alleging that the operation violated federal law by advertising that its specially...http://www.newser.com/story/70163/epa-sues-north-face-over-anti-bacteria-boots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 6:40:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63806/obamas-environmental-pick-is-tight-with-the-enemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's pick to run the Justice Department's environmental unit has an impressive resume when it comes to lawsuits against giant polluters. Trouble is, say her critics, all that experience has come from working with the bad guys. Ignacia Moreno, currently an attorney for GE, has spent years defending the...http://www.newser.com/story/63806/obamas-environmental-pick-is-tight-with-the-enemy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 20:26:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63219/epa-bucks-bush-policy-lets-calif-set-own-co2-standard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Environmental Protection Agency today granted California the right to set its own strict emissions standards, an about-face from Bush-era policies, Reuters reports. In a sly rebuke to the previous administration, the EPA said the move rested on a “traditional legal interpretation of the Clean Air Act.” California first requested...http://www.newser.com/story/63219/epa-bucks-bush-policy-lets-calif-set-own-co2-standard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59377/obama-will-streamline-emissions-fuel-rules-for-autos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will announce plans for new national automobile fuel-economy and emissions standards tomorrow, overhauling and streamlining the current patchwork, sources tell Politico. The move will harmonize the CAFE standard and the EPA’s greenhouse-gas standard, so that struggling automakers needn’t fear the regulations moving independently. The announcement will also likely...http://www.newser.com/story/59377/obama-will-streamline-emissions-fuel-rules-for-autos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 13:38:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58559/epa-eyes-crackdown-on-not-so-green-biofuels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlants consume carbon dioxide, so growing corn to produce ethanol should be at worst a zero-sum game, emissions-wise, right? Wrong, says the EPA. There's another factor involved: Turning food crops into fuel drives up their prices, which raises demand for farmland worldwide. In places like Brazil, that means chopping down...http://www.newser.com/story/58559/epa-eyes-crackdown-on-not-so-green-biofuels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 16:24:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57869/utilities-poison-water-to-meet-epa-air-regs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal law that keeps utilities from poisoning the air is causing toxic metals to infiltrate US waterways, the Washington Post reports. As the Environmental Protection Agency debates possible solutions with lawmakers, utility companies are storing pollutants like mercury and selenium in sludge ponds that eventually leak into lakes and...http://www.newser.com/story/57869/utilities-poison-water-to-meet-epa-air-regs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 16:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56668/congress-will-likely-pass-up-climate-change-for-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongress returns from recess today with both health care and climate change on its plate, and it’s looking increasingly likely that it will favor the former, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Health-care reform should be first among equals,” says one rep. Though he also expects to “make substantial progress” on...http://www.newser.com/story/56668/congress-will-likely-pass-up-climate-change-for-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 11:13:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56557/epas-carbon-ruling-puts-heat-on-congress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy issuing its long-awaited “endangerment finding” on carbon yesterday, the EPA is essentially putting a gun to Congress’ head, writes Bryan Walsh in Time . Capitol Hill is loathe to regulate carbon emissions, with Republicans and coal-state Democrats worried about the economic fallout. But by ruling that carbon is dangerous, the...http://www.newser.com/story/56557/epas-carbon-ruling-puts-heat-on-congress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Apr 2009 16:59:28 CDT