EPA Seeks Public Comment on Drinking Water Contaminants

Excerpt:
"The EPA has developed a list of 104 possible drinking water contaminants that may need to be regulated to protect our drinking water, which is currently available for public comment."
http://earth911.org/blog/2008/02/20/epa-seeks-public-comment-on-drinking-water-contaminants/

EPA Provides Millions in Beach Grants

EPA Provides Millions in Beach Grants
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"EPA announced it is providing $9.75 million in 2008 beach grants, designed to monitor beach water quality and notify the public of beach warnings and closings when bacteria levels rise too high.

The funds are available to 35 eligible states, territories and tribes for the eighth consecutive year. Since 2000, over $71 million has been awarded."
http://earth911.org/blog/2008/01/14/epa-provides-millions-in-beach-grants/

Calif. Sues EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Rules

Calif. Sues EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Rules

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"California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for denying its first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, challenging the Bush administration's conclusion that states have no business setting emission standards."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080102/california-greenhouse-gases/

EPA Says 17 States Can’t Set Emission Rules for Cars - New York Times

EPA Says 17 States Can’t Set Emission Rules for Cars - New York Times

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"The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday denied California and 16 other states the right to set their own standards for carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles.

The E.P.A. administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, said the proposed California rules were pre-empted by federal authority and made moot by the energy bill signed into law by President Bush on Wednesday. Mr. Johnson said California had failed to make a compelling case that it needed authority to write its own standards for greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks to help curb global warming."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/washington/20epa.html?em&ex=1198299600&en=3374f6deadedfb89&ei=5087%0A

'Marketplace' Report: Regulating Ship Pollution

'Marketplace' Report: Regulating Ship Pollution

Excerpt:
"A coalition of environmental groups is asking the Bush administration to use the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from all large ocean-going ships.

Despite the recent growth of the industry, shipping has gotten a free pass on emission regulation. Yet, ships account for 3 to 5 percent of global CO2 emissions — about the same amount the entire U.S. fleet of cars produce."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14950326&ft=1&f=1025

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Could Violate EPA Ocean-quality Standards Within Decades

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Could Violate EPA Ocean-quality Standards Within Decades

EPA Hauled Into Court Over Ship Smokestack Pollution - Environment News Service

EPA Bans Most Toxic Chemical Ever Released into World's Oceans - Forty Years Later

Renewable Fuels Standard Program is in Effect Sept 1

Excerpt:
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that the nation’s first renewable fuels standard (RFS) program, which was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and will promote the use of American-grown biofuels, will take effect Sept. 1. As in over Labor Day weekend, folks. That means the biofuel industry (refiners, blenders and importers) has to meet certain reporting, registration, and compliance standards by that deadline. As we all know by now, fuel made from plants, waste, food crops and the seemingly endless A to Z of biomass materials is becoming a booming business. According to Clean Edge, the global market for biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) will grow from $20.5 billion in 2006 to $80.9 billion by 2016. The industry is also generating controversy as the prices of certain food items has risen, and critics are questioning the efficiency of first-generation biofuel methods."

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