Environmental Protection Agency News
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MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA Administrator to Recognize Winners of National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will recognize the winners of the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement in a ceremony on Wednesday, February 5. The award recognizes and supports communities that use innovative policies and strategies to develop in ways that protect the environment, provide housing and transportation choices, and strengthen their ...
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TOMORROW: EPA Administrator to Recognize Winners of National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will recognize the winners of the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement in a ceremony on Wednesday, February 5. The award recognizes and supports communities that use innovative policies and strategies to develop in ways that protect the environment, provide housing and transportation choices, and strengthen their ...
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TOMORROW: EPA administrator to testify before house science, space and technology committee
Tomorrow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will testify before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee to discuss EPA’s continued work to use the best possible science to protect people’s health and the environment. WHO: Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency WHAT: Testimony before the House Science, ...
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Senior Obama administration officials to host press conference calls, events today to discuss clean water
White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy will host events and conference calls with reporters today, April 27, 2011, to discuss the Obama administration’s ...
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TODAY: Press conference call with administrator Jackson to discuss the president’s FY 2013 budget for EPA
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will hold a press conference call Monday, February 13 at 2:00 p.m. EST to discuss the EPA’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Members of the press interested in participating should dial in ten minutes prior to the call. Reporters should dial (888) 539-8821 and give the conference ID number, which is 52234318. The call ...
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A settlement with the U.S. environmental protection agency - Press Release
In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the John R. Young & Company has agreed to pay a $40,000 penalty for allegedly failing to conduct drills or exercises to help prepare for a potential spill from its oil storage facility at 2459 Perkiomenville Road in Woxall, Montgomery County, Pa. The company was also cited for not maintaining a copy of its spill prevention plan at ...
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EPA/Ohio EPA cancel event today at Ottawa River Yacht Club
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled the 11:30 a.m. Eastern press event today at the Ottawa River Yacht Club in Toledo, Ohio, because of bad weather and travel ...
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Gina McCarthy Confirmed as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
The long-delayed confirmation of Gina McCarthy as administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency clears the way for the agency to move forward in its mission to protect Americans’ health and the nation’s environment. Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke made these comments on the U.S. Senate’s confirmation vote today: “The Senate has, ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to Recognize Milestone Activities at Tar Creek
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a news conference and recognition event on Monday, Sept. 22, in Ottawa County, Okla. Officials will recognize parties associated with the cleanup of contaminated residential driveways, yards, public alleyways and parks in properties in the area. WHO: U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Press conference call with EPA Region 10 Administrator on release of final Bristol Bay Assessment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 Administrator Dennis McLerran will hold a press conference call on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. (PDT) to discuss the release of the final Bristol Bay Assessment. WHO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Administrator, Dennis McLerran WHAT: Press conference call to discuss final Bristol Bay Assessment WHEN: ...
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EPA Announces Meeting Of The BOSC Chemical Safety For Sustainability Subcommittee
On November 1, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) announced a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors’ (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee meeting via notice in the Federal Register. This meeting will be held at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Main Campus Facility in North Carolina, ...
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EPA To Hold Second Budget Call Due to Earlier Technical Difficulties
Due to technical difficulties on the 2 p.m. call, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduling another call for credentialed reporters to ask questions about President’s proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget for EPA, at 3:15 p.m. EST today, Wednesday. Members of the media interested in participating should dial in ten minutes prior to the beginning of the call at (877) 317-0679 ...
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Americans would be better off under the Kerry-Lieberman act
The Environmental Protection Agency"s highly anticipated, comprehensive economic analysis of the American Power Act shows the bill will decrease Americans’ energy bills and protect those most affected by energy ...
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Letter from secretary Napolitano and EPA administrator Jackson to BP CEO Tony Hayward (HQ)
Below is a link to a letter from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to BP CEO Tony Hayward. Link to the letter: ...
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Monday: EPA chief in lansing to announce national investments to revitalize communities
On Monday, June 6, Obama Cabinet member U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit Lansing to announce national EPA grants that will help redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies, help create jobs and improve public health in Michigan and across the nation. Mayor Virg Bernero of Lansing and state and local officials will join the Administrator. ...
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EPA to Announce More Than a Half Billion in Post-Sandy Funding for New Jersey and New York to Help Alleviate Impacts of Storms
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe and Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2, Judith A. Enck, will announce grants to New Jersey and New York to help storm-damaged communities in both states as they continue to recover from the damage caused by the October 29, 2012 storm. WHO: Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Media Advisory: Obama Administration to announce first U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, and Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley will announce the first U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools at 10:30 a.m. ET on Monday, April 23, at Stoddert Elementary School in Washington, D.C. The Green Ribbon Schools program was announced in ...
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MONDAY: EPA to Hold U.S.-Mexico Border 2020 Conference
The U.S-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Mexican Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (SEMARNAT) are holding their first biennial national coordinators meeting. The meeting is part of the Border 2020 U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program. The meeting will take place in El Paso, Texas, on Sept. 21 – 23, 2015. During the meeting citizens will have the opportunity to provide ...
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TOMORROW: EPA Administrator McCarthy Holding Facebook QandA on the Economic Need for Climate Action
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will host a Facebook Q&A tomorrow on the economic need for acting on climate change. The Q&A will be run on the Facebook page for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator McCarthy will be posting live updates from her page and answering questions from Facebook users. The Facebook Q&A will be focused on the cost of inaction and how to ...
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TOMORROW: EPA administrator to speak at women’s history month event hosted by Congressman John Lewis
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and Obama cabinet member Lisa P. Jackson will travel to Atlanta on Saturday to join Congressman John Lewis and a panel of prominent women leaders for a conversation on leadership and public service. Administrator Jackson will discuss the history of women's leadership in the environmental movement and why a clean and healthy environment is vital ...
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