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Abandoned Uranium Mines On The Navajo Nation

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:01:14 -0000

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Government Accountability Project: EPA Quietly Releases Climate Change Health Effects Report

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:57:15 -0000

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a major study by the US Climate Change Science Program synthesizing current scientific knowledge of climate change-induced threats to human health. This information should be critical to the EPA’s previous “endangerment finding” for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. However, the EPA Office of Air and Radiation, the branch assigned rulemaking responsibility, evidently did not rely on and did not cite the CCSP report.

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The Raw Story | Climate change puts US way of life at risk: EPA

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:20:26 -0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under fire for apparently discounting the impact of climate change, on Thursday said global warming poses real risk to human health and the American way of life.

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EPA permit hearing for Brush Wellman | portclintonnewsherald.com | Port Clinton News Herald

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:01:24 -0000

Ohio EPA will hold a public information session and hearing at 6:30 p.m., July 24, at Woodmore High School, 633 Fremont St., Elmore, to accept comments on a draft air pollution control permit for a primary beryllium production facility at the Brush Wellman plant in Elmore.

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EPA Seeks Comment on Emissions Rules, Then Discredits Effort - washingtonpost.com

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:19:18 -0000

The Bush administration yesterday unveiled but immediately disparaged a proposal to seek public comment on whether the government should regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, declaring at the outset that the proposed approach would be unworkable.

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Bush sidesteps court ruling on warming - Climate Change- msnbc.com

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:14:36 -0000

The Bush administration on Friday rejected regulating greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, saying it would cause too many job losses.

In a 588-page federal notice, the Environmental Protection Agency made no finding on whether global warming poses a threat to people's health, reversing an earlier conclusion at the insistence of the White House and officially kicking any decision on a solution to the next president and Congress.

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EPA threatens to pull out of Field Lab study - LA Daily News

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:41:32 -0000

Frustrated with a lack of transparency in the cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Lab, the U.S. EPA has fired off a harsh letter to the Energy Department threatening to pull out of a long-awaited radiation study at the former nuclear research site.

In a July 2 letter, EPA Site Cleanup Branch Chief Michael Montgomery warned that "recent events demonstrate a significant lack of transparency in DOE's interactions with EPA and the public."

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North County Journal | BRIDGETON: EPA decides to cap radioactive waste at landfill

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:55:04 -0000

A multi-layered cap of soil and concrete will be used to cover radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it decided a cap was the best method to prevent exposure of the waste. The agency first presented the idea at a public hearing on March 27.

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EPA's 2008 Report on the Environment | US EPA

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:38:32 -0000

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Hundreds of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:14:15 -0000

WASHINGTON (April 23, 2008) — An investigation of the Environmental Protection Agency released today found that 889 of nearly 1,600 staff scientists reported that they experienced political interference in their work over the last five years. The study, by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), follows previous UCS investigations of the Food and Drug Administration, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and climate scientists at seven federal agencies, which also found significant administration manipulation of federal science.

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