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NEWS ABOUT: Lisa Jackson

Lisa Jackson stories: 10 news summaries

EPA Gets Nod to Crack Down on Industrial Greenhouse Gas

Big industrial plants to be targeted, not 'cows and Dunkin' Donuts'

Oct 1, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has given the EPA the green light to start moving for the first time toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from major industrial sources. The proposed new rules would affect only large facilities that emit 25,000 tons or more of carbon dioxide annually, instead of applying to "... More »

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greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • Environmental Protection Agency • EPA • greenhouse-gas emissions • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson

(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency today granted California the right to set its own strict emissions standards, an about-face from Bush-era policies, Reuters reports. In a sly rebuke to the previous administration, the EPA said the move rested on a “traditional legal interpretation of the Clean Air Act.” California... More »

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Bush administration • California • Clean Air Act • vehicle emissions • Environmental Protection Agency • emissions standards • EPA • Obama administration • President Obama • Lisa Jackson

(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency has declared a “public health emergency” in a Montana town where 200 people have died from asbestos poisoning, CNN reports. For 10 years the EPA has been involved in a cleanup of Libby, contaminated by castoff from a nearby vermiculite mine and insulation plant. The... More »

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public health • Environmental Protection Agency • asbestos • state of emergency • Max Baucus • WR Grace • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson • Libby, Montana • vermiculite

EPA Backs
Off Promise to
Regulate CO2

Apparent flip follows White House warning on economic fallout

May 12, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency is backing away from emissions regulation after a White House memo warned of its economic consequences. As administrator Lisa Jackson presented today an agency finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, she told Congress this “does not mean regulation.” Previously, Jackson said such a... More »

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pollution • carbon dioxide • White House • Environmental Protection Agency • Obama administration • President Obama • Lisa Jackson

(Newser) - The EPA's decision today to declare carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases dangerous pollutants could have enormous consequences for US businesses, writes Andy Stone in Forbes. The big winner: green technology. The ruling could eventually give the EPA unprecedented regulatory control over everything from power plants to oil refineries... More »

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climate change • pollution • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • Environmental Protection Agency • pollutants • industry • Obama administration • President Obama • Lisa Jackson

On Environment, White House Quick to Undo Bush Policies

Staff unearths years
of shelved proposals

Mar 30, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than a dozen environmental initiatives that stagnated under former President Bush are moving forward under Obama, the Washington Post reports. In most of those cases, the decisions were based on reports drafted over several years that, in the face of opposition, were placed on the back burner to await... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • environment • Environmental Protection Agency • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson

Obama White House Brings Black Women to Power

White House advisers and staff form strong support network

Mar 18, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s administration has brought a cohort of black women to power in Washington, in numbers and at levels never seen before, the Washington Post reports. While in the past, the appointment of a black woman to a senior White House position was met with fanfare, the seven on... More »

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black women • Valerie Jarrett • Susan Rice • Obama administration • Cassandra Butts • Lisa Jackson

 White House 
 Opens Up 
 on Race 

Obama's inner circle talks candidly about racial issues

Feb 28, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - In a break from the tone of the Obama campaign, members of the White House inner-circle are talking candidly about race. Eric Holder's "nation of cowards" remark caught the most attention, but Michelle Obama and  EPA chief Lisa Jackson—also the first African-American in her position—have moved the... More »

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race • Michelle Obama • race relations • Eric Holder • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet • Lisa Jackson



 EPA Expected to 
 Start Limiting 
 CO2 Emissions 

Agency will act on ignored Supreme Court ruling

Feb 19, 09 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The EPA is expected to soon start regulating emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases for the first time, reports the New York Times. The agency is under an order—ignored by the Bush administration—to decide whether CO2 is a pollutant that endangers the public. Obama administration officials... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • Clean Air Act • Environmental Protection Agency • carbon emissions • EPA • greenhouse-gas emissions • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson

EPA Pick Has Toxic Record, Critics Charge

Jackson promised NJ cleanup effort, then didn't follow through

Dec 15, 08 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Lisa Jackson, Barack Obama’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, will bring some controversy with her, ProPublica reports. Critics say that after promising to speed efforts to clean up toxic waste sites as New Jersey’s top environmental official, Jackson failed to follow through. A defender says Jackson... More »

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pollution • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • Environmental Protection Agency • superfund • Obama administration • Lisa Jackson

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