Search
Search
Daylife

Environmental Protection Agency | ORGANIZATION

 

Latest News 

Connections

Vice-Chairman, Climate Change Capital, UK, James Cameron speaks during a session on financing low-carbon growth at the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. Financial reforms, climate talks and Haiti's reconstruction are set to dominate the agenda of the world's elites heading up to the Swiss mountain resort of Davos this week for their annual meeting. Global Warming
WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson walks into a news conference to speak about greenhouse gases at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on December 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Administrator Jackson announced that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare. In 2007 a Supreme Court decision the high court ordered the EPA to determine whether greenhouse gases qualify as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Clean Air Act
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to both houses of Congress during his first State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. Since taking office a little over a year ago, Obama's approval ratings have dropped significantly according to recent polls. U.S. Congress
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walk past the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, following their meeting with President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. U.S. Senate
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president. Barack Obama
With the Chesapeake Bay in the background, Chesapeake Beach, Md., workers try to stay ahead of the snow early Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. Chesapeake Bay
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016. Lisa P Jackson
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, tis interviewed in her Capitol Hill office, Thursday, March 5, 2009, in Washington. Only in her first full term, Murkowski is Alaska's senior senator, serves on two key committees and is a member of the GOP's leadership team _ the only woman among six men. Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Alaska
From left, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chairman Rajendra Pachauri, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Chief Executive Director Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber and Japan's House of Councillors member Wakako Hironaka listen to a speaker at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defended a beleaguered U.N.-affiliated climate change body Friday, saying India has full confidence in the panel despite numerous errors in its report on global warming. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 30: Former President George H.W. Bush (L) and his son former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (C) depart the West Wing of the White House after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on January 30, 2010 in Washington, DC. Obama yesterday delivered remarks at the GOP House Issues Conference. George W. Bush
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) (L) speaks as Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (R) looks on during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for FY2011. Blanche Lincoln
Republican members of the Legislature stand up and clap after listening to Gov. Ed Rendell criticize the length of time it took to pass last year's 101-day-late state budget as Rendell delivers his executive budget address for the fiscal year 2010-2011 to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. U.S. Republican Party
Louisiana State's Daron Populist, right, passes the ball around Mississippi State's Phil Turner (25) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Louisiana
In this photo taken Dec. 7, 2009, state police keep the peace between coal supporters and anti-coal activists at a rally outside the headquarters of the state Department of Environmental Protection in Charleston, W.Va. A decade of tension between Appalachian coal miners and people who oppose mountaintop removal mining has reached the point where many fear violence. Department of Environmental Protection
Alexi Giannoulias speaks with reporters while campaigning for the Democrat party U.S. Senate seat prior to the primary election in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. U.S. Democratic Party
Middlesex County Volunteers from Massachusetts perform at a dress rehearsal for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, a military music festival, in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. More than 1500 performers from Australia, The United Kingdom, Russia, China, The United States, Norway, Switzerland and more marched onto the Sydney Football Stadium for the final dress rehearsal ahead of opening night, Thursday Feb. 4, 2010. Massachusetts
West Virginia's head coach Bob Huggins talks to his team in a huddle during a time out in the second half of an NCAA basketball game against St. John's on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in New York. West Virginia won 79-60. West Virginia

Related Topics 

Photos 

A draft report on the Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework is carried by Cameron Davis, senior Advisor to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as they speak to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.

CloseCaption
A draft report on the Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework is carried by Cameron Davis, senior Advisor to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as they speak to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.

AP 

Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

CloseCaption
Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

Business Wire 

Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

CloseCaption
Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

Business Wire 

Smog and haze hovering over Salt Lake City, is lit by the rising sun as it appears over the mountains on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Weather reports indicate that the inversion will give way to an approaching storm. Schools in parts of Utah kept students inside for sports and recess Tuesday after soaring pollution levels prompted state health warnings on driving and outdoor activity. Tuesday's pollution levels in Salt Lake and Davis counties far exceeded health standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

CloseCaption
Smog and haze hovering over Salt Lake City, is lit by the rising sun as it appears over the mountains on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Weather reports indicate that the inversion will give way to an approaching storm. Schools in parts of Utah kept students inside for sports and recess Tuesday after soaring pollution levels prompted state health warnings on driving and outdoor activity. Tuesday's pollution levels in Salt Lake and Davis counties far exceeded health standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

AP 

Environmental Protection Agency investigators continue to take samples from the United Campus Ministry center building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 7,2010. Officials say a woman likely contracted anthrax during a drum circle at the ministry last month after swallowing airborn anthrax spores. The woman became critically ill, but she is said to be improving.

CloseCaption
Environmental Protection Agency investigators continue to take samples from the United Campus Ministry center building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 7,2010. Officials say a woman likely contracted anthrax during a drum circle at the ministry last month after swallowing airborn anthrax spores. The woman became critically ill, but she is said to be improving.

AP 

Environmental Protection Agency investigators continue to take samples from the United Campus Ministry center building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 7,2010. Officials say a woman likely contracted anthrax during a drum circle at the ministry last month after swallowing airborn anthrax spores. The woman became critically ill, but she is said to be improving.

CloseCaption
Environmental Protection Agency investigators continue to take samples from the United Campus Ministry center building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 7,2010. Officials say a woman likely contracted anthrax during a drum circle at the ministry last month after swallowing airborn anthrax spores. The woman became critically ill, but she is said to be improving.

AP 

Launch Gallery0 of 0

"By working with Clean Air Power we will be developing a dual fuel engine that will provide customers with a true big bore natural gas powered engine ... The MaxxForce 13 natural gas engine will meet Class 8 customer weight and..."


Jack Allen (politician) Feb 09 2010 11:15 PM from TheAutoChannel.com

"This agreement supports Navistar’s strategy of product leadership, offering our customers differentiated products merging the unique skills of Clean Air Power in natural gas combustion and the knowledge Navistar has in diesel..."


Jack Allen (politician) Feb 09 2010 11:15 PM from TheAutoChannel.com

"Addressing climate change is one of our most pressing environmental challenges. Making climate science more easily accessible to all Americans will help us gain the consensus we need to move forward ... The new NOAA Climate..."


Jim Rogers Feb 09 2010 8:06 AM from Legal NewsLine

"More information, faster ... We didn't find out about it until several days afterward and even then, it's a week on, and just tonight, we're finding out what it was, and that's a concern."


Andrew Scott Feb 09 2010 3:53 AM from WLKY.com

"We have active countermeasures in place so that nothing gets off our site. They're going to stay in place until we can assure ourselves that we've properly dealt with the situation and that we won't have this happen again"


Mike Wright Feb 09 2010 3:53 AM from WLKY.com

"In the concentrations we're talking, and the distance we are from the plant, I'm not worried about any damage to us from this spill"


Andrew Scott Feb 09 2010 3:53 AM from WLKY.com

"We had the release. We're taking responsibility for it. We apologize to them. Of course, it's not our intention to adversely affect the community"


Mike Wright Feb 09 2010 3:53 AM from WLKY.com
  of  

A draft report on the Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework is carried by Cameron Davis, senior Advisor to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as they speak to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.

CloseCaption
A draft report on the Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework is carried by Cameron Davis, senior Advisor to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as they speak to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.

AP 

Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

CloseCaption
Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

Business Wire 

Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

CloseCaption
Workers finish stocking shelves of a new Winn-Dixie store in Covington, La. prior to its Feb. 3. It is the first grocery store in Louisiana to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill certification. Currently, only 26 supermarkets in the entire nation have been able to qualify.

Business Wire 

Smog and haze hovering over Salt Lake City, is lit by the rising sun as it appears over the mountains on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Weather reports indicate that the inversion will give way to an approaching storm. Schools in parts of Utah kept students inside for sports and recess Tuesday after soaring pollution levels prompted state health warnings on driving and outdoor activity. Tuesday's pollution levels in Salt Lake and Davis counties far exceeded health standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

CloseCaption
Smog and haze hovering over Salt Lake City, is lit by the rising sun as it appears over the mountains on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Weather reports indicate that the inversion will give way to an approaching storm. Schools in parts of Utah kept students inside for sports and recess Tuesday after soaring pollution levels prompted state health warnings on driving and outdoor activity. Tuesday's pollution levels in Salt Lake and Davis counties far exceeded health standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

AP 

Environmental Protection Agency investigators continue to take samples from the United Campus Ministry center building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 7,2010. Officials say a woman likely contracted anthrax during a drum circle at the ministry last month after swallowing airborn anthrax spores. The woman became critically ill, but she is said to be improving.

CloseCaption
Environmental Protection Agency investigators continue to take samples from the United Campus Ministry center building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 7,2010. Officials say a woman likely contracted anthrax during a drum circle at the ministry last month after swallowing airborn anthrax spores. The woman became critically ill, but she is said to be improving.

AP 

Launch Gallery   of  

Related Blogs 

* Road Runner is not liable for the subject matter of Blogs on the open Web.


On TV Now

View All

As of 10:21PM EST »

News
» More CNBC

Business Model: Inside the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

CNN

Anderson Cooper 360

ABC

the forgotten

NBC

The Jay Leno Show

MSNBC

Countdown With Keith Olbermann

FNC

On the Record With Greta Van Susteren

News 

Featured Videos

Snow Stuck Cabbie Hits Camera
Ringo's Star
Harlem Globetrotters Take to the Ice
Palin Might be Eyeing 2012 Run
Was Quake Survivor Buried 4 Weeks?
Fans Welcome Saints Back to Big Easy
77-Year-Old Rep. John Murtha Dies
Florida Police Cruiser Crashes Into Gate
Washington Struggles With Snow As More Looms
Saints Fans Go Wild on Bourbon Street
Endeavour Lifts Off
L.A. Suburbs Dig Out Following Mudslides
Man Arrested After Stripping at Phoenix Airport
Activists' Vessel, Whaler Collide
Hundreds Gather for Snowball Battle
'It's The End of the World'
The Running of the Brides
New Orleans Backing its Saints
Demolition Starts at Giants Stadium
U.K. Introduces 'Unbreakable' Pint Glasses

Sports 

Take A Break

Play Escape Rosecliff Island! Escape Rosecliff Island
Play Murder, She Wrote! Murder, She Wrote
Play Heroes of Hellas 2 - Olympia! Heroes of Hellas 2 - Olympia
Play 1001 Nights - The Adventures of Sindbad! 1001 Nights - The Adventures of Sindbad
Play Natalie Brooks - Mystery at Hillcrest High! Natalie Brooks - Mystery at Hillcrest High
Play Smash Frenzy 3! Smash Frenzy 3
Play Farm Mania 2! Farm Mania 2
Play Call of Atlantis!re Call of Atlantis
Play Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris! Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris

Technology 

More Headlines 

Search
Search
Copyright © 2010 Road Runner Holding Co. LLC | Advertise with Us | Web Privacy Policy | Your California Privacy Rights | TWC Subscriber Policies | Sign Up for Road Runner