A spokesman for the EPA said there’s no truth to claims that the EPA wants to regulate methane from cattle or dust from farms.
Community activists have urged more protections as oil drilling nears more dense population areas in western states, states like North Dakota have threatened to sue about some new rules.
Environmental groups are going after Minnesota members of Congress who have voted to block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas pollution. A recent poll shows that votes by Republican Reps. Michele Bachmann and Chip Cravaack aren’t popular in their districts, and Rep. Collin Peterson, a Democrat, is getting attacked from both sides — the GOP says his stance against EPA regulation is “wishy washy,” while interest groups say he’s siding with foreign oil producers.
Rep. Collin Peterson has introduced a “disapproval resolution” in an attempt to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating climate change emissions. Peterson said that “EPA bureaucrats” should not be put in charge of regulating greenhouse gases because it…
A week after the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved transmission lines needed to build the 500 megawatt coal-fired Big Stone II power plant near the South Dakota border, the Environmental Protection Agency has opposed issuing…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Authority (MPCA) citizen board voted 6-0 to move ahead with regulations on discharge of untreated ballast in state waters on Tuesday. The
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for answers regarding the ouster of the agency’s regional administrator for the Midwest, Mary Gade.
An investigation into the suppression of a Center for Disease Control (CDC) report on the health implications of pollution in the Great Lakes region may intensify after the recent dismissal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
A mobile air-quality lab used at the Hurricane Katrina and World Trade Center cleanups arrived in St. Louis Park this week.
TAGA, short for Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer, will be used to help federal…
Minnesota is not yet among a group of states suing the Bush administration for the right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. But the state could soon become entangled in the conflict, as lobbyists and lawmakers…
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