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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• Frontier refinery plans to fight $6.8M EPA fine

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  A Wyoming refinery says it plans to fight the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys nearly $7 million fine levied in late September for allegedly dumping hazardous waste into a pond designed to hold storm water.
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• EPA Allegedly Commits Scientific Misconduct to Support Obama Climate Agenda

  
  Israpundit — Authority: 619
  Alleged scientific misconduct and academic dishonesty at Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency by Bill Levinson Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has already put it on record in her letter to the Wall Street Journal that the real purpose of so-called greenhouse gas regulations, such as government-mandated cap ...
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• U2 fined a ‘paltry’ €36,000 for breaking noise rule

  
  U2 Online Blog — Authority: 135
  U2 fined a ‘paltry’ €36,000 for breaking noise rule By Louise Hogan FINES imposed over U2’s breach of noise-level regulations during their Croke Park homecoming concerts have been branded “paltry” in comparison to the estimated €20m the concerts made. Promoters MCD have been hit for €36,000 by ...
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• EPA’s Energy Star Program Hits Major Milestone

  
  ecoficial — Authority: 103
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today reaches a milestone for the Energy Star program by passing the 1 millionth Energy Star qualified home mark. With more than 15,000 partners in sectors all across the economy, Energy Star has been enormously successful at saving consumers money by reducing the energy usage ...
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• November 14, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings

  
  Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog — Authority: 118
  November 14,  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 .  If you would like to receive this update in an e-mail delivered to your inbox every ...
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• $1 Million in EPA Grants Available For Environmental Justice

  
  Green Living Ideas — Authority: 422
  It can be challenging enough for each of us to learn and implement ways to live a greener lives on our own, but an even more challenging task is doing something that affects your whole community. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to help. The organization is currently accepting applications for ...
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• In FutureGen We Trust: While Washington Procrastinates On Global Warming, a Rural Illinois Town Casts its Lot With Clean Coal

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 139
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• Meat Packaging Company Fined For Discharging Excess Waste Water

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  By Madhuri DeyNov. 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to the sources, Cargill Meat Solutions Corporations had to pay a fine of 200,000 dollars for violating the standards for using clean water in their meat processing factory. They also had to reach an administrative agreement with the United Environmental Protection ...
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• Navy’s Vieques Training May Be Tied to Health Risks

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
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• World’s largest public health group calls for global asbestos ban

  
  The Pump Handle — Authority: 428
  by Andrew Schneider, cross-posted from Cold Truth At last, the world’s oldest public health organization has joined the funeral dirge-paced parade to ban asbestos in the U.S.  The 50,000-member American Public Health Association adopted a resolution at its annual meeting this week calling on Congress to ...
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• TVA Gets Permission to Further Pollute Clinch River

  
  unEARTHED: the Earthjustice Blog — Authority: 128
  Its not enough that Tennessees Clinch River was devastated by a toxic spill that dumped 1 billion gallons of coal ash into its waters last December. Now the Tennessee Valley Authority wants to systematically pollute the river (which leads to the mighty Tennessee River) to the tune of one million gallons a day of toxic ...
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• Geothermal Explained for Your Louisville Home

  
  Louisville Homes Blog - Real estate news & advice — Authority: 412
  This article was written expressly for LouisvilleHomesBlog.com by Jay Welker with Allgeier Air so that you can be better informed in all of your housing decisions here in Louisville, Kentucky. The movement of homeowners to “go green” by utilizing geothermal heating and cooling is becoming ever more common. ...
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• California man indicted for issuing fraudulent asbestos certifications

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
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• Sprawl leads to flooding

  
  theCLog — Authority: 490
  Tired of flood warnings every time it rains? Do something about it. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to hear from the public about how stormwater flooding affects you. Click here for more information. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings across the region Wednesday as rain swelled ...
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• Effects of coal ash contamination go beyond health risks

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 664
  When environmental watchdogs in Iowa point out the dangers associated with coal ash disposal , the focus of their fear is usually the health risks associated with contaminated groundwater. The Waterloo South Quarry, used by the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University as a coal ...
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• Ohio Wants to Use Industrial Poison on Bedbugs at Home

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
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• Hypocrisy At The EPA

  
  Black & Right — Authority: 535
  Let me give you a scenario. During the Bush Administration, a couple of government workers create a video challenging one of their policies. Pick any policy. Those workers are told to “remove the clip and edit out some references to their employer” . Imagine the liberal screech that would ensue. Screams of ...
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• Coal Country Dems to White House: Get Your Act Together

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  The collision between environmental protection and coal extraction is nothing new to the Appalachian states, which are home to some of the largest coal deposits in the world. But in the middle of an unemployment crisis — and with a new administration showing signs of cracking down harshly on the destructive ...
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• Congress Tells EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 537
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