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Obama’s Rule Reforms Panned By Business And GOP
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled its first major effort at slashing government red tape, outlining hundreds of changes in the fine print of government regulations that potentially could...
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President Obama's $90 BILLION Clean Air Regulation
In a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner today, President Barack Obama revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency is considering a clean air rule that could cost up to $90 billion to...
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Obama Withdraws $90 Billion Draft Clean Air Regulation Due To Cost
President Barack Obama announced Friday that he was directing the EPA to withdraw a draft regulation that would tighten air quality standards for Ozone due to concerns about costs. In a letter to...
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GOP Lines Up To Oppose Obama's Jobs Plan — Even Before It's Announced
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered the sharpest critique yet of President Barack Obama's jobs plan — two days before it is to be formally announced. Speaking on the Senate floor to open...
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Al Gore Just Took A Big Shot At Obama
Former Vice President Al Gore criticized President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw a $90 billion clean air regulation last week in a post on his blog. Gore said that "instead of relying on...
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The Steep Decline Of The Central Appalachian Coal Industry
The coal industry that sustained Central Appalachia since the 19th-century is declining faster than anyone expected. In a little more than three years, the amount of coal mined there will be less than...
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Obama Campaign Memo: GOP Candidates Out Of Touch With Americans
Ben LaBolt, the press secretary for President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is out with a memo today highlighting polls showing Republicans as out of touch with Americans on issues from...
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Morgan Stanley: US Energy Security Is At Risk If EPA Doesn't Revise Pollution...
The Environmental Protection Agency has to delay or soften new coal regulations or it would jeopardizing U.S. power supply, Morgan Stanley says in a note this morning: These rules were tougher than...
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15 Outrageous Facts About The Bottled Water Industry
Water used to be free. In fact, it still is -- at least in nations blessed with plentiful clean tap water like the U.S. -- but that doesn't stop the world from spending over $100 billion on bottled...
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The Future Of The Fracking Industry Hangs On This Argument
The EPA's bombshell report about groundwater contamination from fracking acknowledges a few reasons why the site at Pavillion, WY is irregular. Expect the natural gas industry to make a big deal of...
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A Pennsylvania Village Is Without Water After Fracking Allegedly Destroyed...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania village where a natural gas driller has been accused of tainting water wells with methane and possibly hazardous chemicals say the U.S....
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Supreme Court Justices Blast EPA For Thwarting Couple From Building On...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several conservative members of the Supreme Court criticized the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday for heavy-handed enforcement of rules affecting homeowners after the...
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Just How Much More Will Your Light Bill Cost In 2015?
There's a heated debate brewing on Capitol Hill over just how costly a new EPA rule to cut dirty toxins like mercury and lead from energy plant emissions would be for consumers at home. Before you...
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Residents Near The Marcellus Shale Gas Field Still Don't Know If Their Water...
DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) — Tugging on rubber gloves, a laboratory worker kneels before a gushing spigot behind Kim Grosso's house and positions an empty bottle under the clear, cold stream. The process is...
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The EPA Says Pennsylvania Is Screwing Up The Fracking Investigating And It's...
DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) — Tugging on rubber gloves, a laboratory worker kneels before a gushing spigot behind Kim Grosso's house and positions an empty bottle under the clear, cold stream. The process is...
View ArticleThe Federal Government Discards 10,000 Computers Every Single Week
The U.S. Government Accountability Office is trying to put an end to one wasteful federal habit: The 10,000 computers the Environmental Protection Agency estimates the government discards each week....
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The EPA Is Clamping Down On Gas Drilling Smog
By Dan Vergano USA TODAY Federal regulators issued first-ever air pollution rules for "fracking" wells on Wednesday, requiring that drillers burn or capture the gas and its smog-producing compounds...
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Within 100 Years, Our Underground Drinking Water Could Be Filled With Toxic...
Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation's geology as an invisible dumping...
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Pictures Of New York Harbor From The 1970s When It Was A Dump
Arthur Tress is one of the hundreds of freelance photographers hired by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s to document mounting environmental problems in America. The following set of...
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This Chart Shows How Nasty Beach Water Is
The Natural Resources Defense Council released its annual report on water quality at U.S. beaches. In addition to urging the Environmental Protection Agency to raise its water-quality standards, the...
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