Obituaries for Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 (30) Nov 22, 2009
Betty was also a member of the American Business Womens Association and the Travelers Protection Agency. She was a devoted mother and wife and loved gardening and any type of flower. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
Discarded electronics given new life through recycling Nov 21, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency estimated in 2007 that 2. 25 million tons of electronics waste entered the waste disposal system, with just 414,000 tons recycled. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Chemicals in schools: Is safety part of the equation? Nov 21, 2009
In 2003, the District of Columbia and the Environmental Protection Agency spent more than 1. 5 million to clean 250 milliliters of spilled liquid mercury discovered in a chemistry closet by a student. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Airport test to stop arrival of Sars and flu 'pointless' Nov 21, 2009
The Health Protection Agency found that 0-3% of passengers from Europe would be picked up by tests if they were incubating Sars, and at most 21% from east Asia. Among those incubating flu, only about 10% would be detected at the airport gate. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Sars patients can provide therapy Nov 21, 2009
" Dr Lanzavecchia said he was particularly hopeful it could be applied to HIV, whose ability to generate many different variants poses a major problem for doctors. A spokeswoman for the Health Protection Agency said: "We welcome this research, which is important in the incremental process of understanding how we can use an immune response to protect others from viral infections such as Sars. "Further work is still needed and we will watch this area with interest.". (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Honda tops in efficiency on roads Nov 21, 2009
South Korea's Hyundai-Kia and Toyota Motor Corp, also based in Japan, followed closely behind, respectively, for the second straight year, according to preliminary performance data released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Overseas automakers mainly sell compacts and sedans in the United States, while their US rivals produce more pickups, SUVs and vans, which generally get poorer gas mileage and emit more tailpipe emissions. (India Times)
Honda tops in fuel economy in '08 as overall fuel efficiency up Nov 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday. New vehicle fuel efficiency improved 2% in 2008 from 20. (USA Today -- Money)
Market Forecaster Nov 21, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a waiver that would allow the percentage of ethanol that could be blended into gasoline for conventional vehicles and power equipment to rise to 15 percent from 10 percent. The EPA has a Dec. 1 deadline on whether to grant this request, which was submitted in March by Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol industry group representing 54 producers that is headed by retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Flood-hit areas braced for rain Nov 21, 2009
BBC News - Cumbria flood areas braced for more rain. Page last updated at 08:44 GMT, Saturday, 21 November 2009. (BBC News -- UK)
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier Nov 21, 2009
"We're going to keep throwing everything we possibly can at them to keep them out," said Cameron Davis, senior Great Lakes adviser to Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Asian carp escaped from Southern fish farms into the Mississippi River during 1990s flooding and have been migrating northward since. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
Advice: What you should do Nov 21, 2009
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency flood line is also 0845 988 1188. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO AFTER A FLOOD. (BBC News -- UK)
Stop risking others' health Nov 21, 2009
In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classified secondhand smoke as a known human carcinogen. It was classified as such, not because it contains one or two chemicals that may cause cancer, but because it contains at least 50 cancer-causing chemicals. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Monsanto Aims to Stop Leaks at Idaho Mine Dump Nov 21, 2009
The company hopes capturing runoff and underground water will remedy problems at the waste rock dump below its South Rasmussen Ridge Mine that have resulted in Clean Water Act violation notices from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Monsanto is seeking federal approval for a new mine nearby, called Blackfoot Bridge, to supply the phosphate for Roundup; activist groups have demanded it first remedy old problems like South Rasmussen's dump. (ABC News -- Wire)
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu found in N.C. hospital Nov 21, 2009
"At present we believe the risk to the general healthy population is low," Britian's Health Protection Agency said in a statement, noting that there is no evidence that the resistant virus is any more virulent than any other form of flu. A community-wide investigation is ongoing, the agency said. (USA Today)
Utilities sued for Katrina damage Nov 21, 2009
Despite the 5th Circuit ruling, William Walsh, a former Environmental Protection Agency attorney who now is in private practice, said the odds still are long against the homeowners. "Let's just assume for a moment that the court accepts global warming as being caused by various emissions. You then have to say that that emission caused, in a legal sense, Hurricane Katrina and was the primary cause of the actual injury," he said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
California Energy Commission Rule to Impact HDTV Industry Nov 20, 2009
Many in the industry--including the Consumer Electronics Association, the electronics company Panasonic, and the retail chain Best Buy--felt that the measures taken independently by the TV manufacturers, and by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy's , were sufficient to guide manufacturers on the path towards environmental awareness and compliance. But the Energy Star guidelines alone weren't enough for California, notes Gottlieb. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
In tough economy, students consider government jobs Nov 20, 2009
A number of other government employees attended the event, including representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Employees from the FDIC and the Department of Commerce held programs at the Olin Business School. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Dams removal called unlikely Nov 20, 2009
In 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency set a requirement that charged the state with decreasing the phosphorus load in the river by 90 percent. Plans to clean up the waste water treatment facilities along the river are estimated to move the river closer to that goal, but not all the way. (Beacon Villager, MA)
COMMENT: Clear The Air Nov 20, 2009
In the US, which has a federal set-up like us, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) works with federal, state and tribal governments to ensure compliance and enforcement. In the UK, the environment agency and department of environment, food and rural affairs issue guidelines and give muscle to local bodies. (India Times, India)
COLUMN: U of I research grant sounds like good news for FutureGen project Nov 20, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week awarded almost 900,000 to the U of I to study the effects of injecting carbon dioxide underground. Why is that good news. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Cut through credit card 'gobbledygook' Nov 20, 2009
Democrats on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and the House Financial Services Committee are pushing legislation that would create a new consumer protection agency. One of its missions would be to make credit card agreements easy to understand. (CNN)
Beyond Genomics, Biologists and Engineers Decode the Next Frontier Nov 20, 2009
The work was supported by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency. The National Science Foundation recently awarded a grant of 1. (Science Daily)
EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing Nov 20, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to regulate a large class of consumer items made with microscopic "nanoparticles" of silver, part of a new but increasingly widespread technology that may pose unanticipated environmental risks, a government official said yesterday. The decision -- which will affect the marketing of high-tech odor-destroying shoe liners, food-storage containers, air fresheners, washing machines and a wide range of other products that contain tiny bacteria-killing... (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
New Bedford, Boston rowing group partner in new venture Nov 20, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency, which has been dredging the river since 2000, will remain there for at least another decade. EPA officials and representatives from the state s Department of Health said at yesterday s press conference that although sediment remains a concern, rowers participating in the sport under normal guidelines would not face undue health risks. (Boston Globe)
Flooding concern after heavy rain Nov 20, 2009
Richard Brown, head of hydrology at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa), said: "The situation at present is generally an improving picture. "We've had an extremely busy night, recording some extreme peaks in many of the rivers across the south and south west of Scotland. "A lot of the headwaters have now fallen back but the flood peaks are migrating down the main rivers into the lower reaches of rivers such as the Tweed and the Clyde and indeed we still have a total of nine severe... (BBC News -- UK)
California sets limits on energy-gulping TVs Nov 20, 2009
The regulations were opposed by some in the consumer electronics industry as unnecessary, costly for TV makers and consumers and at odds with a voluntary nationwide labeling program, Energy Star, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Virginia-based Consumer Electronics Association has said a fourth of all TV sets for sale today would fall short of the standards and would have to be pulled from the market. (Scientific American)
Power Plant Officials Discuss Landfill Proposal Nov 19, 2009
Roughly 56 percent of the fly ash generated in the United States was put into facilities in 2007 along with 60 percent of bottom ash and 20 percent of boiler slag, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Fly ash also contains trace metals including vanadium, zinc, copper, chromium, nickel, lead, arsenic and mercury. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
City Council, parks and rec group discuss commission's role Nov 19, 2009
- Approved paying a fine of 13,250 to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency for overflows at the wastewater treatment facility. The original EPA fine was 53,000, but city officials were successful in getting it lowered. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Get your auto maintenance in gear Nov 19, 2009
Fixing a serious maintenance problem, such as a faulty oxygen sensor, can improve mileage by as much as 40 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environment Protection Agency. Score some discounts on your. (Fairfax Chronicle, VA)
The scary waste of 'vampire power' Nov 19, 2009
This "vampire power" drain adds up, costing consumers about 10 billion a year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. in your home is an easy way to do your part, both helping the environment and reducing your family's carbon footprint - plus it could save you 10 percent of your family's electric bill, according to the Intrusive Residential Standby Report. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Airport test to stop arrival of Sars and flu 'pointless' Nov 19, 2009
The Health Protection Agency found that 0-3% of passengers from Europe would be picked up by tests if they were incubating Sars, and at most 21% from east Asia. Among those incubating flu, only about 10% would be detected at the airport gate. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Analysts divided over possible PNC purchase of Capmark Nov 19, 2009
The possibility of a new consumer protection agency that gives states more power with national banks might impact what kinds of businesses they want to go into, Weiss said. He said this could prove very helpful to PNC. More regulations mean higher costs for smaller players and the survivors will get even more powerful. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Govt notifies stricter air quality norms Nov 19, 2009
Ramesh said the proposed environment protection agency, discussions for which are underway, along with passage of the Green Tribunal Bill and stricter penalties on `polluters pay' principle would make the norms enforceable. While these are norms for ambient air, the government also notified norms for pollution from specific industries. (India Times, India)
U. reduces carbon footprint with environmental agreement Nov 19, 2009
The agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency outlines steps to reduce air pollution from vehicles, increase recycling and improve water and energy use across the school s three campuses, according to the EPA Web site. The memorandum of understanding between the University and the EPA, which began last February, was established Friday and is a five-year agreement, said Andrew Bellina, senior policy adviser for EPA Region 2. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Local gathering: Participants dismayed by state of the country. (Thelma Grimes/photo.) Nov 19, 2009
Goss also expressed traditional themes from the Republican Party, including a dislike for the Environmental Protection Agency and opposition to gun control laws. The conservative said he'd also like to see more oil drilling done here in the United States, instead of relying so much on foreign oil. (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
Senate girds for historic debate on health bill Nov 19, 2009
" It's just another scare word used by the righties. Of couse as I listen to the president for whom nearly 70% of us voted in Butte/Silver Bow, state he want's a public option, where there IS personal choice. But again it's clever to substitute "government controlled" as the term instead of universal or national. Scare tactics used to work for red-baiters & fake patriots.After all, social security, the post office, the VA, the armed services are ALL social systems. If you can afford to wage... (Montana Standard, MT)
The Media See Moral Grays Even In 9/11 Nov 19, 2009
The only things being protected these days by the Environmental Protection Agency are the insupportable, unscientific views of radical activists. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and her minions have gotten a 37% budget bump in their already-bloated funding now over $10 billion a year. (Investors Business Daily)
New twist on government control of data: use of subpoenas Nov 19, 2009
In March 2003, it issued a broad executive order that extended the authority to classify information from agencies like the Department of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency. It's also extended the time information could be kept secret, from 10 years to 25 years. (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
Water rate hike of 43 percent headed to PSC Nov 19, 2009
Expenses stem from high chemical costs (ferric acid for sewers and caustic soda for water has already eaten up $60,000 this year) and the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Natural Resources mandates that regulate the use of chemicals. Employees also have to be trained and certified and regular testing must be conducted. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Elizabeth Warren Winning Means Banks Won't Sell When They Can't Explain It Nov 19, 2009
President proposed it to Congress in June as the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Warren wont discuss whether she may be a candidate to lead the authority, which would have the power to regulate $13. (Bloomberg)
Dredging stops for now Nov 19, 2009
GE has been conducting the cleanup under the direction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But between then and now, both EPA and GE will do their own studies on how the five months of dredging fared. (Albany Times Union)
EPA program includes Jacksonville Nov 18, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency will focus a national initiative to address environmental justice on 10 cities, including Jacksonville. The EPA is calling the 10 cities Environmental Justice Showcase Communities, and is aiming to improve public health and the environment in each of them. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
REDFIELD RESIDENTS VOICE WHITE BLUFF OPINIONS Nov 18, 2009
Two years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Clean Air Visibility Rule requiring coal plants built between 1962 and 1977 to be equipped with flue gas desulfurization equipment (scrubbers) by Oct. 15, 2013. The plant must have a permit from ADEQ and the approval of Arkansas Public Service Commission before beginning a roughly 780 million scrubber construction project. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Mack, Volvo engines certified by EPA Nov 18, 2009
New engines designed by sister companies and Mack Trucks, both based in Greensboro, have been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency as meeting new, strict emissions guidelines which take effect on Jan. 1. The engines are the first to receive the certification for reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides and other particulates to almost zero, the government standard for all heavy-duty engines sold after the first of the year. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
Post-partisan or Most-partisan? Nov 18, 2009
Henry Waxman rammed the Waxman-Markey climate bill through the House Energy and Commerce on a partisan 33-25 vote without providing committee members with a thorough analysis of the bill by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Then at 3:00 am on the day of the final House vote on Waxman-Markey, Rep. (Human Events Online)
EPA takes comment on new feedlot discharge permits Nov 18, 2009
BOISE (AP) Idaho dairies and cattle feedlots that discharge manure and other waste to streams, lakes or other surface waters will likely have to apply for a new Environmental Protection Agency permit as early as next summer. The EPA is taking public comment on the proposed permits for the next 60 days, including at meetings in Pocatello on Dec. 8, Jerome on Dec. 9 and Nampa on Dec. 10. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Public hearing on jubilee oil fields held at Sekondi Nov 18, 2009
Dr Omane-Boamah was speaking at a public hearing on phase one development of the jubilee oil fields organised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He said adequate environmental safeguards should be designed to protect the country's environment and natural resources when drilling for oil begins. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
EPA announces cleaner air in Imperial County Nov 18, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that Imperial County met ozone standards set in 1997 ... The Environmental Protection Agency announced that Imperial County met ozone standards set in 1997 ... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday the county has met ozone standards set in 1997, which was a massive undertaking, Air Pollution Control District Officer Brad Poirez said. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Air concerns to be addressed at SoCal waste site Nov 18, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says action will be taken to prevent indoor air contamination of buildings near a chemical waste Superfund site in eastern Los Angeles County. The EPA says in a statement Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with a group of 75 parties that sent hazardous waste to the Omega Chemical Corp. site in Whittier from 1976 to 1991. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Market Forecaster Nov 17, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a waiver that would allow the percentage of ethanol that could be blended into gasoline for conventional vehicles and power equipment to rise to 15 percent from 10 percent. The EPA has a Dec. 1 deadline on whether to grant this request, which was submitted in March by Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol industry group representing 54 producers that is headed by retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
WHITE BLUFF HEARING SCHEDULED TONIGHT AT 6 Nov 17, 2009
Two years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Clean Air Visibility Rule requiring coal plants built between 1962 and 1977 to be equipped with flue gas desulfurization equipment (scrubbers) by Oct. 15, 2013. Last week, White Bluff Plant Manager Rick Perryman said the plant must have a permit from ADEQ and the approval of Arkansas Public Service Commission before beginning construction of a scrubber system. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Changing the climate on Capitol Hill Nov 17, 2009
The very forces who scream that the Environmental Protection Agency should not regulate the activities of big business are the same ones still successfully applying a chokehold on Congress and the ability of Obama to be effective on the global stage. In a twisted version of Think Globally, Act Locally, Big Oil, Big Coal, and the biggest representative of American industries, the US Chamber of Commerce, continue to buy paralysis. (Boston Globe)
Phthalate Exposure Linked to Less-Masculine Play by Boys Nov 17, 2009
23, 2008) The US Environmental Protection Agency should examine whether combined exposures to chemicals known as phthalates could cause adverse health effects in humans, says a new report from the National. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Blankenship: China’s Real Environmental Problems Nov 17, 2009
From 1980-2008, air pollution from ozone dropped 25 percent, particulates by 68 percent, nitrogen dioxide by 46 percent, sulfur dioxide by 71 percent, carbon monoxide by 79 percent and lead by 92 percent, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. industry cleanup efforts have also contributed to declines in toxic air pollutants such as benzene, mercury and other chemicals. (Roll Call)
Sars patients can provide therapy Nov 17, 2009
" Dr Lanzavecchia said he was particularly hopeful it could be applied to HIV, whose ability to generate many different variants poses a major problem for doctors. A spokeswoman for the Health Protection Agency said: "We welcome this research, which is important in the incremental process of understanding how we can use an immune response to protect others from viral infections such as Sars. "Further work is still needed and we will watch this area with interest.". (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Pontiac to repair, upgrade wastewater plant Nov 17, 2009
That money was to come from a loan by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, but the IEPA loan has yet to be allocated to the city, Russell said. Its probably not going to last another eight months, Sullivan said. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Energy independence, cleaner environment Nov 17, 2009
If Congress does not act, unelected bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency will issue regulations controlling carbon emissions. In the U.S. Supreme Court s 2007 decision Massachusetts vs. EPA, the court ruled carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases should be regulated as pollutants under the Clean Air Act. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Amazonians sue Chevron over toxic waste Nov 17, 2009
Texaco treated Ecuador's Amazon like a garbage dump,'' said Douglas Beltman, a former official at the US Environmental Protection Agency who is a scientific consultant to the indigenous groups. Telegraph, London. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Fairbanks air as bad as L.A., feds say Nov 17, 2009
The borough has two years to deliver a cleanup plan to the state, which needs a year to study the plan before submitting it to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approval. Share this page. (Juneau Empire)
EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing Nov 17, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to regulate a large class of consumer items made with microscopic "nanoparticles" of silver, part of a new but increasingly widespread technology that may pose unanticipated environmental risks, a government official said yesterday. The decision -- which will affect the marketing of high-tech odor-destroying shoe liners, food-storage containers, air fresheners, washing machines and a wide range of other products that contain tiny bacteria-killing... (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
Poison to be used in fight against Asian carp Nov 17, 2009
The substance poses no danger to humans, although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said people should not eat the fish it kills. Officials said they would use non-lethal electric shock to catch and move as many sport fish as possible before the rotenone is released. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
A green business blooms in Green Island Nov 16, 2009
Bayer said the company has also attracted financial support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which each supplied $80,000; and the National Science Foundation, which kicked in about $150,000. -- Brian Nearing. (Albany Times Union)
Old sewer pipes creating a tough challenge Nov 16, 2009
Required before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would issue continued water pollution permits for the local sewer districts, the report took four years to complete. Now, another year's worth of study is planned to come up with proposed repairs and an estimated price tag. (Albany Times Union)
Salvador storm toll rises to 192 Nov 16, 2009
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Culture helps combat recession's impact Nov 16, 2009
Cyndy Yu-Robinson, 43, was a public affairs officer for the Environmental Protection Agency in Durham. She wanted to go into the private sector and took a job as manager of corporate responsibility for computer maker in March 2008. (USA Today)
