Environmental Protection Agency

For many people, the Environmental Protection Agency conjures up images of thugs who come beat you with a bag of doorknobs if you don't recycle your plastic. While the agency does have the power to fine and sanction anyone who is not complying with strict environmental standards, the goal of the agency has always been and always will be to simply make America cleaner and safer.

When President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (with Congress's backing) on December 2, 1970, it is doubtful he had any idea how big and powerful the agency would come in just a few short decades. The agency now has approximately 18,000 full-time employees who conduct environmental assessment, research, and education.

As can be expected, this research has created a lot of "Technological Jiggery Pokery." Everything from wind and wave turbines, solar power, wood pellets, hybrid cars, and recycling centers have all come into being because of the direction and vision of the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency also leverages this research to work with industries and all levels of government in a wide variety of voluntary pollution prevention programs and energy conservation efforts.

Bloggers speaking about the Environmental Protection Agency can be found at such sites as globalwarmingisreal and greenversations.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Environmental Protection Agency”

• State Health Department completes health assessment of Kingston coal ash spill site

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 511
  Public Comments Accepted Through February 9, 2010 NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) Environmental Epidemiology Program, under a cooperative agreement with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), has completed a draft health assessment for Tennessee Valley ...
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• EPA Reins in Air Pollution for Large Ships

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 621
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• Duke Energy to pay big bucks for pollution problem

  
  theCLog — Authority: 146
  Just like momma says: You make the mess, you clean it up. From The Wall Street Journal : Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) will spend $93 million to resolve violations of federal emissions rules at a coal-fired power plant it owns in Indiana, federal officials said Tuesday. … Under the settlement, Duke needs to either ...
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• Email Of The Day

  
  BlogWonks — Authority: 150
  Did you know it was the “right wing” that stole the emails of climate scientists? I didn’t. Special thanks to MoveOn.org for breaking the story! Dear MoveOn member, President Obama recently proposed that for the first time in history the Environmental Protection Agency will enforce global warming ...
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• Email Of The Day

  
  Black & Right — Authority: 144
  Did you know it was the “right wing” that stole the emails of climate scientists? I didn’t. Special thanks to MoveOn.org for breaking the story! Dear MoveOn member, President Obama recently proposed that for the first time in history the Environmental Protection Agency will enforce global warming ...
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• Abolish the EPA

  
  Written on the Wind — Authority: 143
  In so far as the Environmental Protection Agency has threatened the lives and livelihood of the people of the United States and committed various and sundry usurpations to wit: 1)  Asserted the right to impose Draconian restrictions on otherwise legal activities 2) Show itself to be the biggest bunch of dolts on ...
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• Your Government At Work

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 549
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• States Settle With Plant Polluting Region’s Air

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Emissions from Duke Energy’s 560-megawatt Gallagher Station in Indiana blow eastward and bring smog and soot to areas like the Adirondacks.
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• EPA Seeking Comment on Disclosing Pesticide Ingredients

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 135
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• Libby councilman wants $2 million from EPA for demolition

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 134
  DC Orr, a city councilman from Libby, Montana, stated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) owes his community $2 million for the demolition of some asbestos -contaminated buildings. A public health emergency was declared in Libby in June due to the prevalence of asbestos-related diseases like ...
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• Seacoast Science Avoids VCs, Finds Other Money to Develop Tiny Chemical Sensors

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 663
  Chemical Sensors , MEMS , startups Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: I wanted to meet with the founders of Seacoast Science since I learned in late October that the Carlsbad, CA, startup is part of a government-sponsored initiative to embed tiny chemical sensors in cell phones . Seacoast’s technology is ...
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• Ecuador Imports 2

  
  Gary A. Scott — Authority: 129
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• December 21, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings

  
  Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog — Authority: 115
  December 21, 2009 – A summary review of environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. These were all first posted, in abbreviated form, on http://twitter.com/smtaber. For the next two weeks, I have added a special section on the Copenhagen Climate Talks.  If ...
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• Ford Improves Fleet Fuel Efficiency By 20% Over Last Five Years

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 575
  I’ll admit upfront, I’m a Ford fanboy. I bleed Ford blue. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a car fanboy in general, but Ford is numero uno in my book… and now I have another reason to love the Blue Oval. According to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency, Ford has improved its average fleet fuel economy by ...
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• Over 4 million pounds of asbestos debris removed from Oregon sawmill site

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 134
  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) handled the cleanup of the former Willamette Industries sawmill in Sweet Home, Oregon. The cleanup involved the removal of over 4 million pounds of asbestos-containing debris from the 153-acre site. Demolition had begun at the sawmill in 2007, but it remained incomplete due to ...
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• Israel’s President Speaks at Copenhagen

  
  Alternative Health, Natural, Environmental & Organic News Blog — Authority: 122
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• Analysis of US tap water for household consumption discovers 316 contaminants

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 593
  The US Environmental Working Group (EWG) studied US water for household consumption available through water utilities over the last five years . The study used 20 million tap water quality tests. The findings are mind-boggling. According to Jane Houlihan, Senior Vice President for Research at EWG, “The nation’s ...
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• Obama And His Appointees Dismantling US

  
  Does It All Matter ? — Authority: 121
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• SEAL THE DEAL!

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 116
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• Surprise! Copenhagen falls flat and it might be America’s fault

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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