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FILTER RESULTS ►Gina McCarthy On Path To EPA Confirmation: Can Senate GOP Get On Board?
As one of the most highly-qualified nominees to lead the Environmental Protection Agency in its history, McCarthy has won plaudits from Republicans like Senator James Inhofe and energy titans like American Electric Power.
Why the GOP dropped its boycott of Obama's Labor and EPA picks
Senate Republicans last week blocked committee votes on President Obama's picks to lead the Department of Labor and the Environmental Protection Agency, infuriating Democrats who have long complained about the GOP's obstructionism. Yet...Show More Summary
Watch: Pedestrians in Shanghai Paint Beautiful Trees By Crossing the Street
In 2010, the China Environmental Protection Foundation and Jody Xiong of DDB China created a visual campaign to encourage commuters to walk instead of drive. They achieved this by placing a giant bare tree on white canvas in an intersection and green washable paint on both sides of the crosswalk. Show More Summary
Industry Groups Urge Supreme Court To Ban EPA From Regulating CO2
Conservative states, business groups, fossil fuel companies, and politicians who deny the science of climate change are petitioning the Supreme Court to reverse Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on greenhouse gases and to weaken the Clean Air Act. This would involve the Court either limiting or reversing its own 2007 decision, Massachusetts v. EPA, which [...]
Mitch McConnell Risks Lautenberg's Health For Partisan Gridlock
promoted by Rosi Late last week there was a US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee committee meeting scheduled to vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. But Republicans decided they wanted to throw a wrench in the works, and refused to show up. Show More Summary
Senate Republicans show up to oppose EPA nominee
Last week, Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee thought of a way to derail, at least temporarily, Gina McCarthy's nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency: they wouldn't show up for her confirmation vote. Today, that changed. The origina …
Should This Surprise Us?: EPA Giving Preferential Treatment
So, in light of the Benghazi cover-up, IRS targeting conservative groups, and the DOJ covertly probing the Associated Press, we have the Environmental Protection Agency showing favoritism to liberal and green groups. From Leslie Shedd,...Show More Summary
Video: Zoe Saldana Gets Naked For Allure and Talks Bradley Cooper, Plus More Headlines!
Zoe Saldana strips down for her latest photo shoot with Allure magazine, Leonardo DiCaprio raises over $35 million dollars for environmental protection, a major SNL cast member is leaving, and more!
EPA Gave Partisan Treatment to FOIA Requiests
The partisan pattern established by the IRS scandal--conservative groups being singled out for mistreatment--seems to have a corollary at the Environmental Protection Agency. Green groups had FOIA fees routinely waived by the agency while those from conservative groups did not. Show More Summary
Not Just the IRS: Federal Agencies Are Politicizing the FOIA Process, Too
The Environmental Protection
Agency has been "routinely" waiving freedom of information fees for
environmentalist groups while routinely denying fee waiver requests
filed by think tanks that frequently criticizes the EPA.
The Washington...Show More Summary
Josephine d'Allant: Climate Change: Cities in the Global South Can Have an Impact
To limit environmental vulnerabilities and protect the urban poor, it is crucial that municipal governments partner with local communities.
Report: EPA Waivers for 'Green' Groups, Denies Conservative, Watchdog Groups
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has routinely charged conservative and watchdog groups fees that the agency has waived for the mainstream media and "green" groups, according to a new report. According to the Washington Examiner,...Show More Summary
Ogeechee River pollution controversy and the widening chasm between bureaucracy and citizenry
At a recent event in Savannah, Governor Deal fielded a question about the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s handling of the ongoing controversy regarding fish kills in the Ogeechee River and polluted discharges by King America Finishing. From the Statesboro Herald: A reporter asked Deal if he had an opinion on whether King America Finishing should [...]
Kyocera imitative helps making Green Curtains flourish at the workplace or at home
As part of its traditional environmental protection and sustainability activities, Kyocera plants Green Curtains every spring at its sites in Japan and select Kyocera Group companies in other parts of the world. Through the hot summer, curtains of foliage are …. Kyocera imitative helps making Green Curtains flourish at the workplace or at home is from.
Obstructionist tactics lead to procedural games
The Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee was going to hold a confirmation hearing last week for Gina McCarthy, President Obama's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. That didn't happen when Senate Republicans boycotted the hearing, insisting McCarthy ha …
Senators in standoff over EPA nominee
Washington (CNN) - The top Democrat on the committee considering President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency indicated late Friday she may attempt to break an impasse over the nomination this week. Republicans prevented a Thursday vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy, the assistant administrator of the agency, by boycotting a […]
California: Palomar Mountain Squirrel Tests Positive for Plague
County environmental health officials urged campers and hikers to take simple steps to protect themselves Friday after routine monitoring and testing showed that a ground squirrel on Palomar Mountain had plague.The squirrel, which was...Show More Summary
Senate panel to vote on stalled EPA nomination Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Senate Environment Committee on Friday rescheduled a vote on President Barack's Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, and urged Republicans to stop stalling the nomination.
A bogus boycott
At Gina McCarthy's congressional confirmation hearing in early April, questions about transparency at the Environmental Protection Agency, which she'd been tapped to run, weighed heavy. Both the Society of Environmental Journalists and...Show More Summary
GOP Senators Boycott Vote on 'Radical' EPA Nominee
On Thursday, all eight Republican Senators on the Environmental and Public Works Committee did not show up for a committee vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Show More Summary
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