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April 2008
- Activists Fight Coal, Plant by Plant
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 14, 08 1:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Environmentalists are taking aim at new, high-pollution coal-fired power plants, the Los Angeles Times reports. Whenever a new plant is proposed, lawyers from a coalition of organizations work on killing it any way that they can. "We hope to clog up the system," one said. "It's putting pressure on Congress to put together a comprehensive plan." More »
  
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  climate change • Environmental Protection Agency • coal power • Sierra Club
- Feds Lift Ban on IBM Contracts
  
  Associated Press | Apr 4, 08 3:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The government Thursday lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from competing for new federal contracts. In exchange, IBM agreed to withdraw its protest of an $84 million contract with the EPA it lost last year, and to refund any attorney fees and costs the Government Accountability Office paid to fight it. IBM has placed five employees on administrative leave in the dust-up. More »
  
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  computer • Environmental Protection Agency • IBM • federal investigation • contracts • government contracts • insider information
- States Sue EPA for 'Foot Dragging' on Warming
  
  New York Times | Apr 3, 08 3:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - States, cities and environmental groups have teamed up to take on the federal government over global warming, the New York Times reports. The 18-state coalition is aiming to force the EPA to take action in the wake of last year's Supreme Court ruling that the agency should limit vehicle emissions if it finds greenhouse gases are endangering public health. More »
  
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  global warming • US Supreme Court • carbon emissions • greenhouse gases • Environmental Protection Agency • Clean Air Act • vehicle emissions • emissions standards
- IBM Banned from Gov't Contracts
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 1, 08 8:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A US Attorney in Virginia has temporarily barred IBM from pursuing new government contracts while it investigates three 2006 IBM contracts with the EPA, MarketWatch reports. "The basic issue is whether certain information concerning a contract should have been provided to IBM employees by an EPA employee," said an IBM spokesman. More »
  
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  Environmental Protection Agency • IBM • federal investigation • government contracts • US Attorney's Office • insider information
March 2008
- EPA's New Rules Allow Wetlands Trade-Offs
  
  Associated Press | Mar 31, 08 3:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Environmental Protection Agency today issued new wetlands-protection rules with a focus on “mitigation banking”— creating marshes elsewhere in compensation for those destroyed by development, the AP reports. The EPA argues that mitigation banking ensures the most overall wetlands protection because wetlands are often irrevocably damaged by construction, rendering on-site measures to offset the loss useless. More »
  
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  Bush administration • environment • environmentalism • Environmental Protection Agency • environmental damage • wetlands
- Bush Stepped In to Weaken Ozone Rules
  
  Washington Post | Mar 14, 08 11:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush personally intervened this week to loosen the EPA's new guidelines on pollution-causing ozone, the Washington Post reports. By law, separate ozone standards are mandated for protecting the "public health" and the "public welfare," which includes wildlife, parks, and farmland. According to EPA documents, Bush overruled the more stringent guidelines recommended by both EPA scientists and administrators for the latter. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Bush administration • environment • Environmental Protection Agency • smog • executive power • ozone
- EPA Ignores Advisers on Pollution Cap
  
  Washington Post | Mar 13, 08 7:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ignoring the recommendations of its own scientists, the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday reset standards for pollution-forming ozone from cars and factories at a level critics say may cost thousands of lives. The new cap is lower than the old level but still far above the limit urged by EPA experts, reports the Washington Post . More »
  
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  pollution • Environmental Protection Agency • Clean Air Act • smog • air quality • ozone • American Lung Association • nitrogen oxides • utilities • National Association of Clean Air Agencies
- Senate to Hold Drug Water Hearings
  
  Associated Press | Mar 11, 08 6:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Alarmed by an AP story, two top senators vowed yesterday to probe drug traces in US drinking water. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Frank Lautenberg plan to lead hearings next month to "protect our residents and clean up our water supply," Lautenberg said. The first of AP's three PharmaWater stories reported that antibiotics, sex hormones, and dozens of other drugs float in water consumed by 41 million Americans. More »
  
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  Environmental Protection Agency • pharmaceutical • drinking water • Congressional investigations • Congressional oversight • Barbara Boxer • water supply
- Drugs Found in US Water Supply
  
  Associated Press | Mar 10, 08 7:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Small amounts of a wide range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been found in drinking water used daily by 41 million Americans in 24 major cities. A major AP investigation found pain killers, anti-seizure drugs, angina and cholesterol medications, mood-altering drugs, and other pharmaceuticals in tap water, the water table and aquifers. More »
  
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  drugs • Detroit • Washington DC • Environmental Protection Agency • Philadelphia • Southern California • pharmaceutical • contamination • drinking water • bottled water • medication • Louisville • US Geological Survey
- Clean Air Rules Squeezing Berry Farmers
  
  Associated Press | Mar 2, 08 7:38 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - California strawberry farmers fear that EPA efforts to curb pesticide pollution could kill most of this year's crops, the AP reports. Ventura County growers, who produce 25% of the nation's berries, say the pesticides are needed to increase crop output. Requirements that fumigants be cut as much as half could reduce production by 7,500 acres, a "death blow" to the area that could cost tens of millions of dollars, one farmer said. More »
  
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  California • Environmental Protection Agency • farmer • air pollution • crops • pesticide • Clean Air Act • cash crops
February 2008

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