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President Obama Nominates Former Clean Air Director to Lead EPA

by Katie Greenhaw

Mar 5, 2013

Citizen Health & Safety, Public Health, Environment, Health, Safety, and Environment

Yesterday, President Obama nominated Gina McCarthy to head the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). McCarthy served as an assistant administrator leading EPA's air and radiation programs during Obama's first term. Environmental groups applauded the choice, though McCarthy's historically strong stance on clean air standards could make her a target during confirmation proceedings.

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Mar 4, 2013

State Department Ignores the Environmental Impacts of Keystone XL

by Sofia Plagakis

On Friday, the U.S. Department of State published a revised draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Keystone XL pipeline, ...

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Feb 28, 2013

Kudos to the Office of Advocacy!

by Randy Rabinowitz

The Center for Effective Government recently published a report criticizing the Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration for catering to the anti-regulatory agenda of Big Business rather ...

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Feb 21, 2013

New Bowles-Simpson Deficit Plan Emphasizes Spending Cuts

by Patrick Lester

Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs of a presidentially appointed bipartisan commission that failed to reach agreement on a deficit reduction ...

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Feb 21, 2013

Stronger Standards for Hazardous Chemicals Benefit the Public and Spur Innovation

by Katie Greenhaw

Stronger standards for hazardous chemicals not only protect human health and the environment, but can ...

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Leaked BLM Draft May Hinder Public Access to Chemical Information

On Feb. 8, EnergyWire released a leaked draft proposal from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management on natural gas drilling ...

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Anti-Regulatory Forces Target Agency Science to Undermine Health and Safety Standards

As committees of the 113th Congress begin to implement their agendas, it is increasingly apparent that ...

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Sequestration Standoff

As March 1 approaches, across-the-board federal spending cuts, called sequestration, appear almost certain to occur. Republicans and Democrats are not negotiating to resolve the looming crisis. Neither seems sufficiently ...

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Climate Change Policies Face Challenges in Congress

During his second inaugural address on Jan. 21, President Obama announced that the United States will respond to the growing threat of climate change.

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