Environmental Protection Agency News

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 ...

Feb. 3, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 ...

Feb. 4, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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, ...

Jun. 27, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 ...

Aug. 5, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

There must be days when US  Environmental Protection Agency head, Stephen L. Johnson wished he could just stay home. New York and 11 other states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for violating the federal Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards for controlling global warming pollution emissions from oil refineries, according to a Reuter’s news report. The other states and cities ...

Sep. 2, 2008

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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 ...

Apr. 27, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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. ...

Jun. 3, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will travel to the World Economic Forum in Davos next week to highlight President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and discuss the business and economic opportunities that come from addressing climate change. While there, McCarthy will discuss the common sense steps the U.S. is taking to reduce carbon pollution, the international ...

Jan. 17, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 ...

Feb. 13, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 ...

May 2, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will hold a press conference call today at 2:00 p.m. EST to discuss the EPA’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget. Members of the press interested in participating should dial in as soon as possible prior to the call. Reporters should dial (888) 539-8821 and give the conference ID number, which is 44682524. The call name is The ...

Feb. 14, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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: ...

Jul. 18, 2013

By Natural Resources Defense Council

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg will hold a press call today at 2:00 PM EST to announce the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2016 EPA budget, laying out a strategy to make the investments needed to meet the Agency’s mission to protect public health and the environment. WHEN: Monday, February 2, at 2:00 p.m. EST ...

Feb. 2, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe will hold a press conference call on Wednesday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m. EST to discuss the President’s proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget for EPA. Members of the media interested in participating should dial in ten minutes prior to the beginning of the call at (877) 317-0679 and give the conference ID number ...

Apr. 9, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Green for All and Amplify Public Affairs are holding a summit to kick off BeGreen2013, a movement encouraging individuals to protect the environment and public health. The free, public summit will feature panel dialogues with EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, actor and environmentalist Lamman Rucker and GreenHouse Foundation co-founder Shedonna ...

Jan. 17, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

As a result of negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, several companies announced today they will undertake a three year phaseout of decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE), a persistent and toxic chemical that has been used as a flame retardant in consumer and other products. Steve Owens, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, ...

Dec. 18, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 ...

Jan. 15, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 ...

Dec. 13, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 ...

Jun. 15, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

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 ...

Sep. 18, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency