Tag Archives: EPA

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Posted on March 29, 2013 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the Obama administration announced new regulations today that will limit the amount of sulfur allowed in gasoline to 10 parts per million down from the current 30 parts per million. Continue reading →
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Victory for the EPA

Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:40 pm by JM Ashby

Good news — the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an industry challenge of the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This morning, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., … Continue reading →

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Seeking Suckers for Photo-Op

Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:15 pm by JM Ashby

If you can’t find anyone to support your cause, no problem! Just open the pocket books of your billionaire progenitors and hire someone to support your cause. Apparently unable to find real activists, the coal industry paid astroturfers $50 to … Continue reading →

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Obama Admin. Issues Carbon Limits for Power Plants

Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new regulations today limiting the amount of carbon emissions that newly-created power plants must adhere to. (Reuters) – The Obama administration proposed on Tuesday the first rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new U.S. … Continue reading →

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A Major Environmental Victory Just Got Better

Posted on December 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

Remember the victory scored this week by the Obama Administration on mercury emissions? This “very big deal” just got bigger. The EPA’s official analysis of the impact of mercury on kids’ brains is limited to the impact on wages of … Continue reading →

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A Major Environmental Victory for the Obama Admin.

Posted on December 22, 2011 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

File this on top of the increasingly-large stack of policies on the back-burner for decades that the Obama Administration is finally implementing. Wednesday, at long last, the EPA unveiled its new rule covering mercury and other toxic emissions from coal- … Continue reading →

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The Worst Record of Any Congress…

Posted on December 16, 2011 at 5:25 pm by JM Ashby

..on the environment. Among other things. According to ThinkProgress, our Tea Party congress has voted no less than 191 times to undermine environmental protection, garnering the distinction of having the worst record of any congress in history. – 27 votes … Continue reading →

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Shitkicker Quote of the Day

Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:50 pm by JM Ashby

Rick W. Perry has a message for the EPA – appoint people who are decidedly pro-business and thus pro-poison and pro-cancer or else we will rough you up, just like Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke! “I’ll tell you one thing: … Continue reading →

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A Little Teapot

Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Monte Wolverton In other news, the EPA has proposed new regulations on the “smog-forming pollutants” released by the gas-drilling procedure known as Fracking. Also — this happened.

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Worse Than We Thought

Posted on July 22, 2011 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

According to a new report from the Economics for Equity and the Environment Network, the estimated cost to society per ton of CO2 released into the atmosphere may be 45 times higher than previously estimated by the federal government. The … Continue reading →

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