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By LeeAnn Brown, EWG Press Associate Perchlorate, a common ingredient in rocket fuel and a potent thyroid toxin, will be regulated in drinking water, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced yesterday (Feb. 2). The agency… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Shortsighted members of Congress dropped legislation this week to block the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The EPA’s enforcement of clean air laws—which is already underway—will reduce pollution, stabilize our climate, and protect the health and welfare of the American people. Preventing EPA from doing this work is flat-out dangerous and goes against the letter of the law. CAP’s Jake Caldwell has the story in this repost . Let’s examine why enforcement of clean air laws is necessary to protect us from the impacts of climate change, what the law permits EPA to do, and what actions the EPA has already taken to mitigate carbon pollution
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EPA and greenhouse gases 101 – Why the agency needs to be allowed to reduce carbon pollution
By Nils Bruzelius, EWG Executive Editor WASHINGTON, DC – Environmental Working Group’s recent national study that detected widespread drinking water contamination by carcinogenic chromium-6 was the subject of intense discussion this morning at a… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Senate Hearing Focuses on EWG’s Chromium-6 Study
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was created by Abraham Lincoln and chartered by Congress in 1863 for the express purpose of obtaining objective expert advice on a range of complex scientific and technological issues. Its international reputation for integrity is unparalleled. This spring, at the request of Congress, the NAS issued a series of comprehensive reports on climate change that were unambiguous. The NAS stated, “Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities . . .
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A letter from scientists to the new Congress on “The importance of science in addressing climate change”
Today, we publish our fourth State of Green Business report , GreenBiz.com ‘s annual effort to take the pulse of what and how the world of sustainable business is doing. It’s an interesting time to take this accounting, to say the least. In society, environmental issues seem to have faded from view, at least in the U.S., thanks in large part to the recession. “Saving the earth” has taken a back seat to simply saving the day
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The State of Green Business 2011