Read more Lisa Jackson stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36753/lisa-jackson.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:19:39 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/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/62145/epa-declares-asbestos-emergency-in-mont-town.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Environmental Protection Agency has declared a “public health emergency” in a Montana town where 200 people have died from asbestos poisoning, CNN reports. For 10 years the EPA has been involved in a cleanup of Libby, contaminated by castoff from a nearby vermiculite mine and insulation plant. The mine...http://www.newser.com/story/62145/epa-declares-asbestos-emergency-in-mont-town.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58781/epa-backs-off-promise-to-regulate-co2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Environmental Protection Agency is backing away from emissions regulation after a White House memo warned of its economic consequences. As administrator Lisa Jackson presented today an agency finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, she told Congress this “does not mean regulation.” Previously, Jackson said such a discovery “will...http://www.newser.com/story/58781/epa-backs-off-promise-to-regulate-co2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 13:43:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56494/epas-co2-ruling-may-have-huge-impact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe EPA's decision today to declare carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases dangerous pollutants could have enormous consequences for US businesses, writes Andy Stone in Forbes . The big winner: green technology. The ruling could eventually give the EPA unprecedented regulatory control over everything from power plants to oil refineries...http://www.newser.com/story/56494/epas-co2-ruling-may-have-huge-impact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 13:58:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54723/on-environment-white-house-quick-to-undo-bush-policies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than a dozen environmental initiatives that stagnated under former President Bush are moving forward under Obama, the Washington Post reports. In most of those cases, the decisions were based on reports drafted over several years that, in the face of opposition, were placed on the back burner to await...http://www.newser.com/story/54723/on-environment-white-house-quick-to-undo-bush-policies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 9:35:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53645/obama-white-house-brings-black-women-to-power.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s administration has brought a cohort of black women to power in Washington, in numbers and at levels never seen before, the Washington Post reports. While in the past, the appointment of a black woman to a senior White House position was met with fanfare, the seven on Team...http://www.newser.com/story/53645/obama-white-house-brings-black-women-to-power.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 9:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52060/white-house-opens-up-on-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a break from the tone of the Obama campaign, members of the White House inner-circle are talking candidly about race. Eric Holder's "nation of cowards" remark caught the most attention, but Michelle Obama and EPA chief Lisa Jackson—also the first African-American in her position—have moved the conversation...http://www.newser.com/story/52060/white-house-opens-up-on-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Feb 2009 15:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51208/epa-expected-to-start-limiting-co2-emissions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe EPA is expected to soon start regulating emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases for the first time, reports the New York Times . The agency is under an order—ignored by the Bush administration—to decide whether CO2 is a pollutant that endangers the public. Obama administration officials...http://www.newser.com/story/51208/epa-expected-to-start-limiting-co2-emissions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Feb 2009 6:46:02 CST