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- Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health | EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-critical-rule-clean-pfas-contamination-protect 7 comments politics
- Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Strongest Ever Greenhouse Gas Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles to Protect Public Health and Address the Climate Crisis While Keeping the American Economy Moving | US EPA https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-strongest-ever-greenhouse-gas-standards-heavy 2 comments politics
- $3.6 Million EPA Grant to Ontario, Calif., to Spur Recycling, Reduce Food Waste https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/36-million-epa-grant-ontario-calif-spur-recycling-reduce-food-waste 2 comments politics
- Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Standards to Slash Methane Pollution, Combat Climate Change, Protect Health, and Bolster American Innovation https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-standards-slash-methane-pollution-combat-climate 37 comments politics
- And now…efficient distilleries!!! https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-first-ever-energy-star-certified-distilleries 5 comments energy
- EPA Guidance on Mold in Buildings https://www.epa.gov/mold/mold-remediation-schools-and-commercial-buildings-guide-chapter-1 5 comments army
- EPA Determines that Lead Emissions from Aircraft Engines Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-determines-lead-emissions-aircraft-engines-cause-or-contribute-air-pollution#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20Today%2C%20the%20U.S.%20Environmental,under%20the%20Clean%20Air%20Act. 37 comments environment
- EPA Restores California’s Authority to Enforce Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Cars and Light Trucks https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-restores-californias-authority-enforce-greenhouse-gas-emission-standards-cars-and 6 comments politics
- Despite complaints by trade groups, the EPA extended the deadlines for oil refiners to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2020, 2021 and 2022, and said beginning in 2023 the deadline for compliance with each year’s RFS will come after it has finalized the standard for the subsequent year. https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/extension-renewable-fuel-standard-compliance-deadlines-final 3 comments environment
- Stop methane leaks world! Bitcoin miners convert methane gas from oilfields into less harmful things. Methane is the 2nd most abundant anthropogenic GHG after carbon dioxide (CO2), accounting for ~20% of global emissions. Methane > 25 X as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases#methane 4 comments bitcoin
- ...Bitcoin doesn't waste energy better consumed by other activities...Bitcoin consumes wasted energy better than other activities(because there aren't any) https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-methane 4 comments bitcoin
- EPA to Evaluate Whether Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft Endanger Human Health and Welfare https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-evaluate-whether-lead-emissions-piston-engine-aircraft-endanger-human-health-and 10 comments politics
- Revising the Definition of "Waters of the United States" | US EPA https://www.epa.gov/wotus/revising-definition-waters-united-states 3 comments environment
- EPA Releases Bold National Strategy to Transform Recycling in America https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-bold-national-strategy-transform-recycling-america 26 comments politics
- The Biden Administration has allowed the EPA to reinstate its Climate Change website https://www.epa.gov/climate-change 28 comments politics
- Coronavirus and Drinking Water and Wastewater | US EPA https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-drinking-water-and-wastewater 11 comments politics
- Report: EPA Failed to Develop Required Cost and Benefit Analyses and to Assess Air Quality Impacts on Children's Health for Proposed Glider Repeal Rule Allowing Used Engines in Heavy-Duty Trucks https://www.epa.gov/office-inspector-general/report-epa-failed-develop-required-cost-and-benefit-analyses-and-assess-air 7 comments politics
- The only mentions of "climate" in Pruitt's entire EPA budget proposal are to name programs it's eliminating. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-02/documents/fy-2019-epa-bib.pdf 7 comments politics
- Reducing Regulatory Burdens: EPA withdraws “once in always in” policy for major sources under Clean Air Act https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/reducing-regulatory-burdens-epa-withdraws-once-always-policy-major-sources-under-clean 4 comments politics
- There Are Reports of Desperate Residents Obtaining, or Trying to Obtain, Drinking Water From Wells at Hazardous Waste “Superfund” Sites in Puerto Rico https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-hurricane-maria-update-wednesday-october-11th 22 comments politics
- EPA proposes to withdraw Clean Water Act restrictions for Pebble Mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed-90-day public comment period https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-proposes-withdraw-clean-water-act-restrictions-pebble-mine-alaskas-bristol-bay 3 comments politics
- The EPA Currently has a link to breitbart news on their page. https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-response-aps-misleading-story 30 comments politics
- EPA Plans to Withdraw their Clean Water Act in Bristol Bay https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay/2017-settlement-agreement-between-epa-and-pebble-limited-partnership 7 comments politics
- EPA Awards $100 Million to Michigan for Flint Water Infrastructure Upgrades | U.S. EPA News Releases https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-100-million-michigan-flint-water-infrastructure-upgrades 11 comments politics
- Pruitt signs order to withdraw the 2016 ICR for Oil and Gas Industry https://www.epa.gov/controlling-air-pollution-oil-and-natural-gas-industry/background-information-request-oil-and 4 comments politics
- The EPA website has a page on Climate Change https://www.epa.gov/climatechange 6 comments worldnews
- Why is it illegal to release HFC-134a refrigerant into the atmosphere from an A/C system, while the (same stuff?) is used widely as dusting gas for PCs and electronics? http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/subsumm.html 4 comments askscience
- Google is 3rd on the EPA green energy list, beating Apple http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top30tech.htm 133 comments technology
- Apple is 4th on the EPA green energy list, with 85% of it's energy coming from renewable sources. http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top30tech.htm 45 comments apple
- How does a food processor keep bacteria out of packaged goods? http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/food_irrad.html 3 comments askscience
- EPA: Climate Change Indicators in the United States. Tracking 26 key indicators that climate change is here, now. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/indicators/ 9 comments science
- The EPA recently did air quality testing in my hometown due to suspected pollution from a local business. Can anybody help me interpret the results? http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/removal/hillcrest/pdf/hillcrest_site_data.pdf 6 comments askscience
- Entire EPA Radiation Monitoring Network Is DOWN. [Why?] http://www.epa.gov/radiation/rert/radnet-data-map.html 8 comments politics
- Massive amount of radioactive isotopes being found in US precipitation. Ceasium, Iodine in quantities 100 - 1000x normal. http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sampling-data.html#milk 13 comments reddit.com
- My back of the envelope analysis of TSA's X-ray dosage. http://www.epa.gov/radtown/cosmic.html 6 comments reddit.com
- The Tragic almost unbelievable story of Love Canal http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/lovecanal/01.htm 5 comments science
- US Navy in Sept 2007: Hi we want to build a Undersea Warfare Training Range. It will be take up a 500-square-nautical-mile area of the ocean and have some undersea cables http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/epa-impact/2007/september/day-21/i18701.htm 24 comments reddit.com
- Vegetable oil is illegal as vehicle fuel. EPA's gestapo type rules, Goodbye inventors. http://www.epa.gov/smartway/growandgo/documents/factsheet-biodiesel.htm 80 comments reddit.com
- U.S. Air Quality is the best on record http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/econ-emissions.html 5 comments reddit.com