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EPA announces cleanup plan for troubled landfill
Some of the illegally dumped nuclear waste buried near a long-smoldering underground fire at a Missouri landfill will be dug up and the rest will be capped under a federal plan announced Thursday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s remedy comes a decade after its initial cap-and-monitor proposal at suburban St. Louis’ West Lake Landfill was […]
EPA announces cleanup plan for troubled landfill
Some of the illegally dumped nuclear waste buried near a long-smoldering underground fire at a Missouri landfill will be dug up and the rest will be capped under a federal plan announced Thursday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s remedy comes a decade after its initial cap-and-monitor proposal at suburban St. Louis’ West Lake Landfill was […]
EPA coal plant emissions limits challenged by 12 states
A dozen states led by West Virginia sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block a proposed rule that would limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Supreme Court leaves most greenhouse gas regulations in place
States and business groups challenging controversial Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions won a battle, but largely lost the war, after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling left the agency’s regulatory scheme largely intact.
High court partially upholds President’s climate-change rule
The U.S. Supreme Court partially upheld one of President Barack Obama’s early efforts against climate change, saying the Environmental Protection Agency had authority to impose new permitting requirements on large power plants and factories. The permitting rules apply when facilities are built or expanded, and the court Monday said the EPA can’t apply that requirement […]
EPA prevails in Supreme Court regulation fight
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday strengthened the Environmental Protection Agency in its drive to cut air pollution, a result critics warned would lead to costly regulations as the agency moves to curb global warming.
EPA failed to disclose cancer risk to people in research studies
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to disclose cancer risks to people it exposed to harmful pollutants in research studies, a government watchdog says.
Greenhouse gas regulations could go up in smoke
The Obama administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the Environmental Protection Agency’s mandate to regulate vehicles’ greenhouse-gas emissions trigger the agency to regulate buildings’ emissions as well.
Justices question Obama’s policy on climate change
The industries primarily affected by the requirements are power plants, chemical facilities, oil and gas projects and cement plants.
Justices weigh EPA pollution rule
U.S. Supreme Court justices hinted they might revive one of President Barack Obama’s biggest air- quality efforts, a rule that would curb emissions from coal- fired power plants in 28 states.
Obama’s pollution controls face court challenges
Two of President Barack Obama’s top pollution-control measures face courtroom tests today.
Next U.S. Supreme Court term could bring focus on Clean Air Act
On Dec. 10, the court will hear oral arguments appealing a ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that struck down a federal rule requiring upwind states to reduce power plant air emissions that affect downwind states’ air quality.
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