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The article reports on the United States' climate-change policies. According to the article, about 13 bills have been introduced in the U.S. Congress that take varied approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as tax on fossil fuels and a mandatory system in which carbon dioxide emissions are capped. A group of senators has introduced the America's Climate Security Act that combines elements of 12 previous climate-change proposals.

The article discusses the climate change bill and a proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It states that Senators Barbara Boxer and John F. Kerry introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, the Senate's version of the climate change bill that passed in the House of Representatives. It adds that EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced a proposal that will require carbon dioxide emitting companies to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.

Focuses on United States Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to test the impact of industrial chemicals on children. Concerns raised by public health experts; Inadequacy of regulations designed to shield adults from environmental assaults; Formation of the Children's Health Chemical Testing Program.

The article offers information on the decrease in the shale gas output target by China due to lack of environmental regulation and impact studies as of January 2015. It mentions the views of Xiaoliang Yang, research analyst at the World Resources Institute (WRI), on the lack of regulations for fracking products and safe disposal of wastewater from fracking. Topics discussed include shale gas resources in China, fracking equipments and development service, and natural gas imports in China.

The article focuses on the plan of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review and assess controversial chemicals or classes of substances, according to Wendy Cleland-Hamnett of the Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics. A two-step process is being planned by the EPA for selecting priority chemicals. Proposals were given by representatives of the chemical industry and health advocacy groups on how the EPA should proceed with the selection process.

The article highlights the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Performance Track program. The program rewards chemical facilities that exceed regulatory requirements, work closely with their communities and excel in protecting the environment and public health. However, environmental activists criticize the program. They fault EPA for painting entire companies with a green Performance Track brush when only one of their plants is actually a member of the program.

Focuses on the indirect control of the U.S. Congress on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through the EPA funding law for 2006. Areas where the Congress is influencing the agency, such as experiments involving the intentional dosing of humans with pesticides; Refusal of the Congress to the plan of the administration of President George W. Bush to give a slice of the budget of the EPA to the agency's regulatory programs; Desire of Congressional appropriators for the National Academy of Sciences to again study polychlorinated biphenyls dredging, while refusing to delay cleanup of the Hudson River downstream of a General Electric plant in New York.

Focuses on the attempt of United States President Bill Clinton's administration to propose and finalize major health and environmental rules. Reaction of Republican members of the U.S. Congress; Approval of the abortion pill RU-486 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Organic food production standards; Proposed rule on diesel exhaust.

Reports on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal that would require states to better assess the health of their waterways and develop more detailed plans and timetables for cleanup. Sharing of reduction responsibilities; Plans of EPA to revise the total maximum daily load program.

Reports on the announcement made by President Bill Clinton on environmental and pharmaceutical regulation reforms in the United States (US). Reduction and elimination of some provisions in the Code of Federal Regulations as part of the reform; Effects of the regulatory reforms on the US chemical industry; Components of the regulatory reforms.

The article reports that oral arguments on Monsanto et al. v. Geertson Seed Farms et al. case were delivered in the Supreme Court on April 27, 2010. The case raises the issue on whether the injunctions for genetically modified alfalfa implemented by lower court can hinder the completion of the environmental impact statement under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The case is the first action to involve biotech crop and will determine whether bans will be allowed when NEPA is violated.

The article reports that LyondellBasell will pay about 162 million dollars for the cleanup of 15 hazardous waste site in various U.S. states as part of its settlement with the environmental claims of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Interior.

The article discusses the two final rules issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will limit the availability and use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2010. One of these rules distributes allowances for the manufacture and import of the ozone-depleting substances which are used in refrigeration. Meanwhile, the other rule prohibits the marketing and distribution of precharged refrigeration and air-conditioning products that utilize HCFC-22 or HCFC-142b.

The article reports on the rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will set limits on emissions of hazardous air pollutants from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production facilities. EPA states that the equipment that controls vinyl chloride will also get rid of hazardous air pollutants. Moreover, it notes that environmental groups filed a legal action against EPA for not specifying the limits to other toxic air pollutants from the PVC plants.

The article reports on the new reporting system set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for industrial plants regarding their greenhouse gas emissions. It states that facilities with 25,000 metric tons release of carbon dioxide should file reports of their 2010 gas emissions in 2011. The new rule covers industrial plants, motor vehicles manufacturer and companies that supply chemicals. It also cites the support of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) on the new reporting system.

The article reports on the call of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Accordingly, EPA asked manufacturers of three ganophosphate pesticides which includes chlorpyrifos, dianzinon and malathion to voluntarily take new limitations to protect threatened species of salmon and steelhead in California, Oregon and Washington. The new limitation includes the addition of buffer zones, limiting the application during certain wind and soil moisture, and informing fish mortality.

The article focuses on the proposal of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen the national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Relative to the proposal, EPA considers to set a limit of between 80 to 100 ppb for a one-hour period in NO2 concentrations in outdoor air. EPA also notes the need for the one-hour standard for NO2 due to its adverse physiological effects such as lung irritation and other respiratory infections.

The article reports on the European Commission's approval of a voluntary agreement from the European chlor-alkali industry to ensure the safe storage of surplus mercury once a ban on mercury exports from the European Union takes effect in 2011. Under the legislation mercury from decommissioned chlorine plants should be stored in a way to prevent its release.

The article reports that 12 states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) December 2006 rule which allows companies to provide less right-to-know information about toxic releases. The EPA rule allows about a third of the 24,000 facilities that file Toxics Release Inventory reports to submit less information about their releases on one or more chemicals.

The article reports that staff members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have released a document which suggests that the EPA should tighten the national standard for lead in the air to protect children better. According to the article, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson will review the recommendations when he proposes an air quality level for the neurotoxic metal in 2008. Staff members recommend that EPA lower the lead standard.

The article reports on director of natural resources and the environment at Government Accountability Office (GAO), John B. Stephenson's claim that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rule on chemical releases causes environmental justice concerns. He points out that facilities that can provide less information about their chemical releases are located in minority and low-income communities.

The article reports on developments related to government regulations on chemicals in the U.S. An Institute of Medicine suggests how the federal government can improve cost-effectiveness analyses.

Reports on developments related to government policy on chemicals in the U.S. Implementation of the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency that require production of lower volatility summer gasoline.

Reports on U.S. government policies concerning the environment and the chemical industry as of November 22, 2004. Grants awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to universities to study the environmental risk posed by nanotechnologies; Effort by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study how specific genes contribute to diseases related to chemical exposure; Environmental groups' attack against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's emission standard for air pollution from industrial boilers and process heaters.

Reports on a federal court ruling which held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to properly regulate hazardous air pollutants in factories that produce polyvinyl chloride. Claims of environmental groups against the agency's 2002 regulations setting emission limits for the air pollutant.

Highlights developments concerning government policies affecting the chemical industry. United States Senate's clearing of a bill to amend the law on disposal of high-level nuclear waste; Agreement of the Environmental Protection Agency to tighten regulations on corrective action management units; European Commission's proposal of an environmental liability policy based on the polluter-pays principle.

Reports on developments related to government policy on chemical industry in the United States for the week ending August 29, 1994. House Ways and Means Committee's approval of the insurance tax provisions of the Superfund renewal bill; Environmental Protection Agency's redevelopment projects for abandoned industrial sites; Grants awarded by the Department of Energy to various states and Puerto Rico.

Reports on government events relating to the chemical industry. Report on taxpayers' liability for past environmental contamination of public lands; Racial discrimination at the National Institutes of Health (NIH); Department of Defense's (DOD) plans to award grants to selected professors at 40 academic institutions; Moratorium on bovine growth hormone (BGH); More.

Presents news about federal activities in the chemical industry. Partnership between World Resources Institute (WRI) and Global Industrial & Social Progress Research Institute; Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulations on landfills; Whirlpool Corp.'s design for ozone-safe, energy-efficient refrigerators; More.