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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• Are the Copenhagen climate talks failing?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  In the last few days it has seemed like the only thing everyone can agree on in Copenhagen is that time is running out. The heads of state start arriving today and descend in full force on Thursday. Negotiators say they don’t want their leaders arguing over the placement of a comma or a set of brackets, and so ...
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• Dow-funded U-M researcher at odds with DEQ

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 602
  State officials say that a Dow Chemical -funded University of Michigan study on dioxin exposure in the Saginaw River watershed has spurred misperceptions about the contamination threat caused by Dow — and they say U-M’s lead researcher has not fully cooperated in efforts to address the problem. Dr. David ...
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• Center for Biological Diversity: Murkowski Seeks to Thwart Efforts to Curb Carbon Pollution

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 632
  The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following statement today from Executive Director Kierán Suckling in response to Senator Lisa Murkowki’s attempt to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. “It is a sad day when a United States ...
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• National Briefing | Midwest: Michigan: Money to Fight Invasive Carp

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 903
  Federal officials said they would use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration money to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp.
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• A LOOK ON WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 112
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• Coke says green strategy will win business

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
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• December 14, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings

  
  Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog — Authority: 116
  December 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. For the next two weeks, I have added a special section on the Copenhagen Climate Talks.  If ...
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• Is That Yet Another Threat?

  
  David Westerfield > Weblog — Authority: 129
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• NYT > World: Senate Poses Obstacles to Obama Pledge on Climate

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 173
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . It will be hard for President Obama to unite the world in Copenhagen this week when he can’t unite the Senate.
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• Senate Poses Obstacles to Obama Pledge on Climate

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 164
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• What’s Rotten for Obama in Denmark

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 903
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• >>American Thinker: The shocking lesson from the climate scandal

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 139
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• Climategate: Disdain for the Scientific Method

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 816
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• Climategate – The Climate Totalitarians: Switching From Red To Green

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 558
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• What Does EPA’s Finding that Greenhouse Gas Emissions Endanger Public Health and the Environment Mean to Business?

  
  Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog — Authority: 116
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• Fiji Signs Trade And Development Agreement with the European Union

  
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• Solar power mounts in Canada

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
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• Todays Dispatch From Planet Krauthammer

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 138
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• Open letter to OMB Reg Czar Cass Sunstein

  
  The Pump Handle — Authority: 539
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• EPA Greenhouse Gas Ruling Could Lead To Stricter Emissions Standards

  
  Circle of Blue | WaterNews — Authority: 531
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