EPA Control of Toxic Chemicals on Lawmakers’ New High Risk List
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2009 (ENS) – The assessment and control of toxic chemicals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was today added to the list of federal government programs, policies, and operations at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement or in need of broad-based transformation. The list is updated every two years [...]
Read More »Bush Administration Covered Up 500+ Blocked Water Pollution Cases
WASHINGTON, DC, December 16, 2008 (ENS) – The results of a Congressional investigation released today detail the collapse of the Clean Water Act enforcement program in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that clouded the question of whether rivers, streams and wetlands remain protected from pollution and development. The report reveals more than 500 [...]
Read More »EPA Faces Wave of Challenges to California Waiver Denial
WASHINGTON, DC, December 21, 2007 (ENS) – A powerful Congressional committee has launched an investigation into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s denial of California’s request to impose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and other tailpipe toxics. It is the first time a waiver request has been denied under the federal Clean Air [...]
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