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Under Water: The EPA’s Struggle to Combat Pollution
The Clean Water Act of 1972 authorized the EPA to protect the waters of the United States from dangerous and or illegal pollution. But that term has been the …
Federal Appeals Court Upholds EPA Efforts on Mountaintop Removal
Court rejects coal industry's challenge to Obama Administration's effort to rein in mountaintop removal mining.
The Cost of Texas’ “Miracle” Economy, Gag Orders and EPA Interference
Some of the best “Muck Reads” we read this week.
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Will San Francisco Achieve Its Goal of Zero Waste by 2020?
In 2002, San Francisco made a promise that it intends to keep: by 2020 the city will eliminate all waste that is neither recycled nor composted.
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The Next Steps for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
The new carbon-cutting standard gives every state the opportunity to chart its own energy future.
SCOTUS Ruling Limits EPA Regulatory Power
A Supreme Court ruling affecting the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory power came down on Monday. It will limit their right to require permits from stationary polluters like power plants …
The Carnage of Pollution
US land grant universities - funded by petrochemical companies to maintain the fiction of the safety and usefulness of pesticides - earn small amounts of money at the cost …
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The US Chemical Safety Board’s Turmoil Is Playing With Public Safety
Political infighting at the US Chemical Safety Board, the government agency tasked with investigating chemical accidents to prevent future disasters, has delayed official reports and put public safety at …
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Green Groups Endorse Empty EPA Carbon Emissions Regulation
Why did environmentalists not reject the flaccid EPA carbon emissions regulation proposals as too little, too late?
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How the EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A Whistleblower’s Story
While working at the EPA, Dr. David Lewis published evidence that a New Hampshire teen died and other neighbors were harmed from living near land applied with sewage sludge.