http://www.yourstreet.com/news/environmental-protection-agency YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Photo AP/M. Spencer Green Is it any surprise that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers couldn't properly maintain a levee to hold up against a hurricane when they can't even seem to keep a fish out of Lake Michigan? New word from the Corps in the fight against the Asian... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756152/asian-carp-nice-try,-suckers- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:08 -0800 Time for a Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Roundup. Human tragedies are mounting in the Barnett Shale as study after study shows high levels of toxins in the air. The only ones who can't seem to find anything wrong are the regulators. TXsharon asks, "Will the EPA... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751699/m-e-a-n-r-a-c-h-e-l-tpa-weekly-roundup Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:53:08 -0700 The Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in the central-Kansas town of Hesston has received nearly $20,000 to preserve native prairies. The grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will expand an effort to preserve prairie remnants within 60 miles of the arboretum.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749515/hesston-arboretum-receives-grant-to-preserve-prairies Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:22:08 -0700 The public meeting is in progress here in DISH, TX. WFAA TV is filming the meeting. It's a packed house. TCEQ and EPA are here along with Denton Record Chronicle and Star-Telegram.Wilma Subra compiles the results of the health surveys. [...] http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742047/bluedaze-barnett-shale-dirty-air-live-from-dish,-tx-public-meeting- Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:12:08 -0700 For more information, check out these past stories and informational Web sites: • Article: Mixed reviews offered on lawn-care pamphlet • Article: Pesticides ban off the table in Canandaigua • Letter to the Editor: "This year, just say no to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747225/city-set-to-make-decision-on-use-of-lawn-chemicals Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:15:08 -0700 The Defense Department is the biggest owner of EPA Superfund sites. Over 130 military bases are on the National Priority List. In his opening statement today, Senator Daniel Akaka, Chairman, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, noted the requirement for the VA to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743317/senate-hears-testimony-on-dod-toxic-soup Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:57:08 -0700     Some samples taken from local water supplies need to be collected and tested again after the results were found to be faulty because of laboratory contamination. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748572/epa-planning-retest-of-water Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:56:08 -0700 Getting new dirt may not, on the surface, sound like that big of a deal. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748418/epa-expands-lead-removal-program-in-de-soto Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:56:08 -0700 In this video, Chris Christie promises to fight the Obama Administration on the environment : "I've got a feeling that you will see, come January 2010, a lot of battles between the Christie administration DEP and the Obama administration EPA." What does he mean? Does... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739708/chris-christie-promises-to-fight-obama-administration-on-environment Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:56:08 -0700 EPA Region 7 has awarded a contract to an Ohio environmental firm to clean up lead-contaminated soils at approximately 800 residential properties within the Madison County Mines Superfund Site. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748086/ohio-firm-gets-contract-for-madison-county-cleanup Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:31:08 -0700 Fredericktown City Council discussed a possible $75,000 fine by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the swamp area along Lincoln Drive. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748092/city-may-face-75,000-fine Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:06:08 -0700 Limits on carbon emissions are coming either through legislation or EPA regulation no matter your beliefs on whether global warming is a serious threat, the executive overseeing Duke Energy Corp.'s programs dealing with climate change, renewable energy and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6738187/co2-limits-coming,-duke-exec-warns Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:44:08 -0700 A national coalition led by the U.S Humane Society asked the Environmental Protection Agency to begin regulating emissions from confined animal feeding operations under the Clean Air Act. Twin Falls Times-News View Comments | http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734372/coalition-presses-epa-to-regulate-cafo-s-under-clean-air-act Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:56:08 -0700 New greenhouse gas regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency threaten to halt refinery upgrades and expansions, which could boost gasoline imports, an oil industry representative said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737512/change-by-environmental-protection-agency-may-raise-oil-dependency Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:00:08 -0700 New greenhouse gas regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency threaten to halt refinery upgrades and expansions, which could boost gasoline imports, an oil industry representative said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737559/change-by-environmental-protection-agency-may-raise-oil-dependency Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:00:08 -0700 (EPA’s Ann Carroll, red coat, and Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett, crouching, check out the garden) The U.S. Conference of Mayors‘ Leadership Committee is in town - and more than 20 of them came to High Point for a visit this afternoon (before it started... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6733794/high-point-market-garden-gets-high-level-visitors Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:28:08 -0700 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- President Barack Obama's administration yesterday put the brakes on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits in four states -- West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, saying they would violate the Clean Water Act. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737345/epa-delays-mining-permits Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 WASHINGTON -- A Kansas conservation group has sued the Environmental Protection Agency over a plan to kill prairie dogs by using pesticides that are also dangerous to other wildlife. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734779/groups-sue-over-epa-methods-to-kill-prairie-dogs Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:08 -0700 From the Wise County Messenger: Water not all wellWhat's in the water?Total dissolved solids: 1,220 mg/L (EPA limit: 500 mg/L)Chloride: 577 mg/L (EPA limit: 250 mg/L)Sodium: 381 mg/L (EPA: 20 mg/L) That sounds a lot like contamination from drilling waste. I'm... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6725997/bluedaze-wise-county,-tx-water-not-well Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:30:08 -0700 A Trader work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. EPA World stock markets were modestly lower today as investors look to this week's Federal Reserve meeting for more clues about the strength of the U.S. recovery. A... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6731259/global-markets-trade-lower-in-advance-of-u-s-fed-meeting Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:47:08 -0700