EPA

How To Protect Yourself From America’s ‘New’ Drinking Water Toxins

Jeff McMahon Forbes 8/09/2011 Millions of Americans have been ingesting them for years—perchlorate, hexavalent chromium, volatile organic compounds—not because they’re safe, but because they are among 6,000 toxins the EPA has not gotten around to regulating in municipal drinking water systems. But after a change in administrations and a scathing review by the General Accounting […]

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EPA gas mileage ratings don’t add up in real world

The EPA’s tests that measure a vehicle’s fuel economy are outdated. They’re conducted with professional drivers inside of laboratories using better-performing fuel and with air conditioning turned off for most of the ride. By Jerry Hirsch Los Angeles Times August 2, 2011 The government will require new cars and trucks to meet a fleetwide average

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Economic Study Shows EPA Regulations Increase Prices, Kill Jobs

                      By Matt Cover CNSNews.com June 10, 2011 (CNSNews.com) – A study of two proposed EPA regulations seeking to curb power plant emissions shows that the regulations will raise electricity prices and cause a four-to-one job loss ration. The study, conducted by economic research firm

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U.S. environment agency raises concern over safety of TransCanada’s pipeline

Xinhua By Staff June 08, 2011 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a letter Tuesday raising concerns over the environmental effects of TransCanada Corp.’s plan to extend its Keystone pipeline system and asked the State Department to do more analysis of the emissions and safety impacts of the pipeline. In the letter to the

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