February 24, 2010

EPA Chief Lisa Jackson Spars With Senate GOP Over Climate Science

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson held firm against lead climate pseudo-skeptic James Inhofe and his colleagues on Tuesday at an EPA budget hearing with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, climate scientists, Environmental Protection Agency, intergovernmental panel on climate change, james inhofe, lisa jackson, public works committee, senate environment

February 19, 2009

EPA To Begin Regulating New Coal-Fired Plant Carbon Emissions

By Angelique van Engelen

The Environmental Protection Agency has made a start with the active regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from newly built coal-fired power plants. The decision marks a U-turn from the Bush era, when the EPA had been shirking its responsibilities, saying the Clean Air Act did not apply to carbon dioxide.