Environmental Protection Agency

EPA taking hard look at Gulf of Mexico

Just days after gasoline company BP pleaded guilty to illegal conduct surrounding the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill - and agreed to pay a $4 billion fine - officials at the Environmental Protection Agency have indicated they intend to take a close look at some environmental problems in the Gulf of Mexico.

The agency's Office of Inspector General announced it would start researching the Gulf of Mexico "hypoxic zone," an area that has little oxygen in the water and as a result, little marine life.

Investigators said they are hoping to find a way to stop the oxygen depletion.

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UPDATED 6:04 AM EDT, October 19, 2012

EPA adds $84,500 fine for well fire

Atlas Resources LLC has been fined $84,500 by the EPA for a 2010 Pennsylvania well fire after being fined $80,000 by the state last year, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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UPDATED 4:19 AM EDT, October 15, 2012

EPA investigates lead poisoning risks from old factory sites

The Environmental Protection Agency is probing more than 460 former lead factory sites across the United States for lead poisoning hazards in nearby neighborhoods, USA Today reports.

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UPDATED 3:55 AM EDT, October 15, 2012

Election season sets coal pollution issue on hold

The issue of coal pollution is expected to remain on the back burner until the election is over, The Washington Post reports.

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UPDATED 6:44 AM EDT, October 12, 2012

Baucus, Tester urge EPA to finish Libby risk study

Montana lawmakers urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to push forward with a proposed asbestos safety standard that will guide the cleanup of a mountain town where hundreds have died from exposure to the dangerous material, The Associated Press reports.

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UPDATED 6:42 AM EDT, October 12, 2012

EPA struggles to save corrupted biodiesel credit program

The Environmental Protection Agency is struggling to reform a biodiesel program used to promote cleaner diesel fuel in engines after three companies sold bogus renewable energy credits, The New York Times reports.

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UPDATED 6:40 AM EDT, October 12, 2012

EPA set to decide on ethanol mandate by November

The Environmental Protection Agency will decide by early November whether to restrict the renewable fuel standard due to this summer's drought, The Detroit News reports.

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UPDATED 2:06 AM EDT, October 9, 2012

EPA says Raese filled in streams for golf course

Republican Senate candidate John Raese filled in wetlands and damaged more than 2 miles of streams when he rerouted them to create waterfalls on a private, 18-hole West Virginia golf course that federal regulators say he built without the required permits, The Associated Press reports.

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UPDATED 4:14 AM EDT, October 8, 2012

EPA to Jackson: stop dumping sewage in Pearl River

The Environmental Protection Agency says the city of Jackson released more than 2.8 billion gallons of minimally treated sewage into the Pearl River system over the last four years, The Associated Press reports.

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UPDATED 4:13 AM EDT, October 8, 2012

EPA gives grants to Indian tribes for water monitoring

The EPA is awarding a $120,000 grant to the Ottawa Tribe and a $118,000 grant to the Peoria tribe to fund the monitoring of water quality on Oklahoma tribal lands, The Joplin Globe reports.

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