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Archive from 1/6/10
Another fresh start on cleaning up Chesapeake Bay
Washington Post
The government-led cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay had missed its grandest, most ambitious deadline, but EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has formally become chairman of the high-level council that oversees the Chesapeake cleanup…
EPA review of toxic chemicals: slow, often secret
NPR
Debates rage on the health risks from common chemicals. Unfortunetly the government agencies that are supposed to settle those arguments can be awfully slow in doing so…
EPA, Arch Coal seek to end permit dispute
ABC News
The EPA is negotiating changes that may allow Arch Coal to continue operating a controversial mountaintop removal coal mine in southern West Virginia…
EPA rulings could force pollution cuts in Texas
Dallas News
Two federal notices arriving soon will read like dense legalese. Stripped of jargon, they'll actually deliver powerful environmental messages for Texas…
Sierra Club member pushing to reduce shoppers' use of plastic bags
Palm Beach Post
Drew Martin has put up $300 of his own money in an attempt to get you to stop using plastic bags."People need to understand that they don't need these bags," he said…