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… be cleaned up before a proposed replacement site in Kansas City is built. Two decades ago, the EPA left the Kansas City site (called the Bannister Plant) off the special Superfund list, but … national priorities list. Ann Suellentrop with Physicians for Social Responsibility said the EPA’s announcement is a “great first step.” But after everything that has gone on, “we don’t have …

… electricity is produced by coal. There are adverse health effects from using coal as energy: EPA claims particulate pollution from coal-fired energy plants cause more than 20,000 premature …

… if they don't already. For examples of safe substitutes for toxic household products, check EPA's EnviroSense website. 3. … soil retain moisture. If you don't know how to compost, visit The Compost Resource Page or the EPA's composting pages. These tips come from the Natural Resources Defense Council …

… announcement by Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that greenhouse gas emission will be subject to federal regulations under the Clean Air … using the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon emissions. In May 2006, in a case Massachusetts v EPA, prominent scientists challenged this interpretation of the Clean Air Act. They pointed out that the Clean Air Act states that the head of the EPA ‘shall’ regulate new vehicles ‘which in his/her judgement cause or contribute to air …

… adaptation in vulnerable countries. Also speaking Wednesday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa Jackson described her agency’s decision that greenhouse gases should be … work of Congress. “This is not an either/or moment. This is a both/and moment,” she said. The EPA on Monday gave the president a new way to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions when the … that scientific evidence clearly shows they are endangering Americans’ health. That means the EPA could regulate those gases without the approval of the U.S. Congress. The EPA decision was …

… 40 percent more energy-efficient than its single-core predecessor. - Many believe that the EPA's Energy Star efficiency criteria only consider the energy a PC uses while it's in standby … This is false. Although this used to be true, Energy Star criteria were updated by the EPA in 2007 to consider power-consumption requirements when a machine is idle and when it is …

… used electronics are great ways to extend their use and keep them out of landfills. The EPA and eBay provide lists of organizations that accept donations of used electronics. Some …

… he went to the FDA, they said, we deal with potatoes but not the GM kind, that's over at the EPA. When he went to the EPA, they said, we don't deal with foodstuff, we deal with chemicals. Between them, they couldn't …