GOP petty in blocking EPA chief nominee
President Barack Obama recently nominated Gina McCarthy to be the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A mission on climate change
President Obama should spend his remaining years in office making the United States part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem.
Bipartisan Senate bill would give EPA power to ban dangerous chemicals
In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to ...
Chamber of Commerce Attacks Health Safeguards, Law Enforcement
John Walke, Clean Air Director/ Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C. The Chamber of Commerce has joined leagues with Congressional extremists to urge ...
EPA agrees to settle violations at water treatment plants in Venango, Indiana counties
The EPA settlements with Fluid Recovery Services LLC include $83,000 in fines and $30 million in plant improvements at three ...
Robert Redford's plea: Save Bristol Bay
A proposed open-pit mine would endanger a pristine Alaskan fishery and destroy jobs. The EPA must prevent it. Coursing through vast reaches of ...
Americans Sour on IRS, Rate CDC and FBI Most Positively
Americans' views of the IRS have grown more negative since 2009 -- when Gallup last asked Americans to rate government agencies.
Industry accuses EPA of skirting rules for public review of draft fuel regs
The oil and gas industry’s leading trade association accused the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday of skirting federal law by cutting short ...
Cantor: Obama will have to answer if 'pattern of abuse' emerges
"If there is a pattern of abuse that begins to develop, I think the president will have to come forward," Cantor said. Read ...
In GOP-run House, has science left the building?
I was optimistic when I began reading the Washington Post op-ed on climate change by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), current chairman of the House ...