Environmental Law News

By Juliet Eilperin The Environmental Protection Agency has sent its final scientific finding on greenhouse gases to the White House, agency officials said Monday, a step that could trigger regulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action against the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency following federal violations of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

While many see restaurant leftovers as trash, a San Francisco-area utility sees them as a source of energy.

The Coast Guard's captain of the port in Mobile announced this afternoon that the Coast Guard has established "Port Condition Zulu," essentially closing the ports of Gulfport, Miss.; Pascagoula, Miss.; Mobile; Pensacola, Fla.; and Panama City, Fla.; to all vessel traffic except for vessel movements and activities specifically authorized by the ...

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Bob Whitmore, a former federal OSHA official who contends the government has allowed companies to underreport workplace injuries, has filed a complaint alleging he was fired from his job in retaliation for speaking out about his agency's failings.

A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.

America's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, remains polluted and sick despite decades of clean-up efforts that cost billions of dollars.

What: To recognize Gallo Family Vineyards and it's Farm Labor Contractors as the first in the agricultural industry to receive the Cal/OSHA Golden Gate Partnership Award Who: When: November 5, 2009 11:00 a.m. Where: Gallo Family Vineyards 3387 Dry Creek Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 Why: To acknowledge Gallo Family Vineyards and its Farm Labor ...

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is criticizing flawed and inconclusive science in an Environmental Protection Agency review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter .

The Environmental Protection Agency has rolled out proposed guidance for new pesticide labeling to reduce off-target spray and dust drift.

A new sewage plant in Arkansas that violates the Clean Water Act will further pollute Oklahoma's scenic Illinois River, and sewage from the plant should not be discharged until a scientific study of the watershed is completed, a Tahlequah based conservation organization said in an appeal filed this week.

When it comes to combating global warming, Sen. Lindsey Graham is right where he loves to be - ahead of the curve, in the mix on a major issue, at the table for high-level, bipartisan talks behind closed doors.

Honda has already given us some wheel time with the Crosstour, so keep your eyes peeled for our review at noon Eastern today.

In the 1970s, Russell Bliss used his own land in west St. Louis County as a dumping ground for dioxin and other pollutants.

A researcher with the Environmental Protection Agency will talk about education during a lecture at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall II -- the loyal Democrat and friend of labor -- is squarely between those who want to restructure the American economy and those who see coal and affordable energy as critical to the nation's strength.

Last week, blasting began on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia. This is a part of the country where dynamite routinely goes offa 'turning the regiona TMs historic mountain ranges into dust for the tiny coal seams that lie beneath their surface.

The latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency meeting and their efforts to marginalize the University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study has to leave one wondering what's next in this endless parade of bureaucratic roadblocks.

The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack.