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The article focuses on the development of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President George W. Bush administration. It notes that EPA softened regulations that were deemed industry-friendly. The administration shuttered its technical and scientific libraries and lessened the information companies submit on their toxic substance release. EPA became less independent than its predecessors and closely tied to White House ideology.

The article focuses on the science program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is said that the program gives data that help shape the pollution control regulations. It is also said that science program at EPA encounters tight budgets which will leave the agency ill-equipped to address future environmental problems. It is suggested that president Barack Obama administration can do to better EPA science by increasing its transparency.

Focuses on the plan of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce chemical and engineering companies' load for reporting Toxics Release Inventory data. Changes to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; Drivers of the changes; Difficulties associated with filing the report.

Discusses the challenges encountered by scientists in the effort to test high-production-volume chemicals. Progress made by chemical manufacturers, environmental protection groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the generation of basic data on substances; Release of information on many chemical compounds on-line; Quality of information released to the public.

Discusses the efforts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reach out to universities and colleges across the country to help them comply with hazardous waste regulations. Institutional problems that lead to violations; Academic institutions' claim that they have problems with handling their hazardous waste appropriately because federal hazardous waste laws were largely written for industrial situations; Agency's call on institutions to do a self-check, called compliance audit, to seek out any hazardous waste violations and correct them; Institutions' chance to reduce or eliminate any fines for violations.

Focuses on the work of the United States Justice Department's Environment & Natural Resources Division in defending environmental policies. Lawyers' defense of the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations and policies; Agency's background history; Financial resources of the division. INSETS: A seamless journey from organic chemist to trial attorney.;A man of many skills..

Reports on mixed reviews generated by Project XL, a pilot program by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, that tests innovative ways for companies to achieve better and more cost-effective environmental protection under conventional command-and-control regulation. Origins of program; 50 projects XL projects; Firms' citing of financial and environmental benefits; Other firms' skepticism about the project.

Focuses on government moves to increase the role of states and localities in the setting of environmental policies, thus reducing the workload of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Efforts in Congress to reduce the EPA's enforcement powers; Trend in legislative circles to push toward greater state control and responsibility; Relationship between the EPA and states and localities.

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.

The article reports that the U.S. Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are exploring options for the permanent storage of mercury. The U.S. is facing international pressure to ban exports of mercury. Thousands of tons of mercury are being used by eight U.S. chemical plants that will eventually shut down, and the mercury at these sites will be recovered. EPA is also exploring possible storage options for private-sector mercury.

The article reports that the U.S. National Research Council's Committee of Models in the Regulatory Decision-Making Process is studying how the Environmental Protection Agency should select and use models for regulatory decisions. These models can help legislators determine the cleanup level for a particular chemical. It can also predict how pollutants move through the environment. Others are used to estimate the costs and benefits of proposed new regulations. Other parties interested in the models include the public and lobbying groups.

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 discusses opposition from U.S. chemical industry groups against a pending Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal. Executives at the 2012 GlobalChem annual conference expressed opposition to the EPA proposal that would restrict confidentiality claims for the identity of a chemical and health safety studies, saying it would violate trade secret chemical identities and threaten innovation and profitability in the chemical industry. Further details on the EPA proposal are cited.

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 examines prospects for the future of coal-fired electrical power plants in the U.S. According to a report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), coal-fired power plants are among the most important and oldest units in the country. It notes the importance of coal units to U.S. industrial growth. It points out the potential impact of new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on electricity generation and these plants.

The article reports on the promise of U.S. House leaders who oversee energy and environmental issues to investigate and eliminate regulations which they claim have resulted to job cuts. A letter was written by Representative Fred Upton (R-Michigan) for Energy Secretary Steven Chu which criticized the stimulus spending of the administration of President Barack Obama. Upton emphasized that their top environmental priority is to challenge the plan of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control industrial emissions of greenhouse gases.

The article reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a request from environmental and other activist groups seeking toxicity tests on the long-term effects of nonyphenol ethoxylates on aquatic life. However, EPA rejected requests for product-labeling requirements and other regulatory actions. According to EPA, the surfactants and their breakdown products can harm aquatic animals and plants.

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.

The article reports on the indecision by the Environmental Protection Agency whether to require a new international environmental toxicity pictogram on labels of commercial chemicals that can cause aquatic toxicity in the U.S. Some activists consider the issue as a way of attesting the limited control of the agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

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.

Reports on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plan to determine the characteristics of scientific data that can be useful to environmental regulations. Division of EPA that will handle the project; Issuance and implementation of environmental rules; Types of scientific information that will be evaluated; Views from EPA Science Advisory Board members.

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 proposal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency on emission standards and sulfur-control requirements. Inclusion of automobiles and light-duty trucks in the same tailpipe emission standards; Requirement for oil refiners to reduce sulfur level in gasoline; Extension of time for industries to upgrade their facilities.

Reports that according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), industrial chemical releases into the environment has declined, highlighting the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). Statistical information on the decline between 1995 to 1996; In-depth look at information from the TRI; How the chemical industry has been affected by TRI; Comments from EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner.

Reports that the National Academy of Public Administration's report on the inability of the US Congress and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reform the environmental regulatory system. Need for the EPA's encouragement of multimedia, performance-based regulatory experiments; Improvement of the use of Government Performance & Results Act by the EPA.

Discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to weave environmental justice into all its policies and regulations. Greater priority to environmental equity issues; Development of data systems to assess risk by race and income; Creation of an environmental justice steering committee; Establishment of better public communication lines. INSET: Louisiana receives first EPA state environmental justice grant..

The article reports that a lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pressure it to ban two pesticides used in pet flea collars.

The article reports on the safe exposure level established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the most toxic form of dioxin. It notes that this new safe level has implications for the degree and cost of cleanups of soil, water and industrial air polluted with dioxins. The composition of this category of chemical include chlorinated dioxins, furans, and certain polychlorinated biphenyls. EPA's dioxin assessment was described by the American Chemistry Council as flawed.

The article reports that bisphenol A (BPA) was added to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s list of chemicals targeted for possible regulation. It mentions EPA's plan to study the concentrations of BPA on surface, ground, and drinking water. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced in January 2010 its concerns on the potential health effects of BPA on infants and children. Furthermore, EPA has came up with the decision due to the pressure to expedite regulatory action on BPA.

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 that U.S. Congress has approved a legislation which gives authority to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess the impact of black carbon in the environment. The black carbon amendment directs EPA to determine the most cost-effective ways to reduce emissions and to improve public health and reduce the effect of global warming. Moreover, Senator Thomas R. Carper states that the study will help in finding the most cost-effective way to reduce the harmful air pollution.

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 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will review the national air quality standard for ground-level-ozone. It mentions that EPA will reconsider the 0.075 parts per million (ppm) ozone standard set by the Bush Administration in 2008. It also mentions that the said level was higher than the standard set by the agency's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. Moreover, EPA will also review the standard set by the American Chemistry Council.

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 focuses on the report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) which states that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must have the legal power to require chemical manufacturers to do biomonitoring studies. It notes that GAO recommends that EPA ensure that it already has the authority to obtain biomonitoring data from companies. An overview of the bill that Senator Frank R. Lautenberg plans to introduce in 2009 is also presented.

The article discusses the changes made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning chemical risks and air-quality standards policies created under former U.S. President George W. Bush. EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson carried out a new policy in May 2009 to increase the scientific integrity of an EPA database called Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Jackson has also changed the policy for reviewing and setting health-based air-quality standards under the Clean Air Act.

The article reports on the move of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess two rules implemented by the administration of former president George W. Bush on hazardous waste in the U.S. Specifically, EPA plans to revoke one rule that covers materials that companies can burn in industrial boilers.

The article reports on the passage of the Electronic Device Recycling Research & Development Act which aims to lessen the impact of improper disposal of electronic wastes in the U.S. The bill will receive $60 million grants from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promote recycling and reuse of electronic waste. It would also receive grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a university curricula on green engineering.

The article discusses the move of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Lisa Jackson to halt a program that recognizes facilities for environmental activities in the U.S. It states that the National Environmental Performance Track program drew controversy when some of its members increased their emissions of toxic chemicals. Meanwhile, it notes that the Performance Track Participants Association was disappointed by the suspension and that it had no opportunity to meet with the EPA.

The article reports on the $410 billion spending law for 2009 approved by U.S. President Barack Obama. The new provision might lead to significant complications for chemical makers which will require many industrial facilities to report more information to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding their toxic chemical releases every year. It notes that the law is contradicting to the 2006 law on Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).

The article reports on a federal court's rejection of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that allowed refiners, chemical plants, and other industrial facilities to release large amounts of hazardous air pollution during start-ups, shutdowns, and malfunctions. In 2002 and 2003, the EPA made changes to the regulations that alarmed a coalition of national and local environmental groups.

The article focuses on the safety risk evaluation of phthalates in the U.S. chemical industry. It notes that phthalates are significant since they are found in many consumer products such as cosmetics, children's toys, pharmaceuticals and food packaging. Studies found that reproductive effects of phthalates occur in laboratory animals at lower concentrations. It recommends the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) include other chemicals in its phthalates assessment.

The article reports on clarifications made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the properties and environmental impacts associated with the manufacture of carbon nanotubes. The EPA noted that carbon nanotubes are considered new substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). TSCA requires manufacturers and importers of carbon nanotubes to notify EPA at least 90 days before importing or commercially using carbon nanotubes.

The article reports that chemical manufacturers and other businesses are allowed to sell or recycle some manufacturing leftovers classified as hazardous, under a regulatory change made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It tells that the regulation, which is part of the Bush Administration initiative to reform regulation of the U.S. manufacturing sector, will encourage recycling while protecting the environment. The program will let companies save $95 million per year.

The article reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reiterated the federal standard which mandates the amount of ethanol or other renewable fuels in gasoline and diesel sold in the country. EPA has rejected a request from Texas to waive the mandate for renewable fuel standards in 2008 due to economic reasons. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson says he rejected the request because the standard is not causing severe economic harm.

The article reports that the credibility of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) assessments of health risks from pollutants is being limited by a new government policy, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The policy affects entries into the EPA Integrated Risk Information System, a database containing the agency's scientific judgment on the safe daily exposure of about 540 chemicals. GAO recommends that the Congress force EPA to suspend the policy.

The article reports that a federal court overturned a controversial Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation requiring coal-fired power plants to reduce mercury emissions. It mentions that in a case brought by 17 states and backed by environmental groups, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit determined that EPA's 2005 "Clean Air Mercury Rule" was unlawful. According to EPA spokesman Timothy Lyons, they are still evaluating the impact of the court's decision.

The article reports that the administration of U.S. President George Bush appealed in March 2008 a federal court's decision declaring unlawful an Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulation to control mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. The EPA regulation limited the amount of neurotoxic metal that utilities could emit and allowed them to trade their mercury emissions permits.