Latest United States Environmental Protection Agency Stories
VIENNA, Va., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LaserShip is proud to join the SmartWay® Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between the USEPA and the freight transportation industry that helps freight shippers, carriers, and logistics companies improve fuel-efficiency and reduce emissions. SmartWay provides the tools and framework with which LaserShip and other member carriers can benchmark operations, track fuel consumption and improve performance. (Logo:...
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association's "State of the Air 2013" report released today finds significant progress in the reduction of year-round particle pollution (soot) across the nation, but many cities that ranked among the most polluted had more unhealthy days of high ozone (smog) and short-term particle pollution than in the 2012 report. Despite that uptick, "State of the Air 2013" shows that the air quality nationwide continues the...
ARLINGTON, Va., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today on Earth Day, American Trucking Associations was honored by the Environmental Protection Agency as one of seven winners of the 2013 SmartWay Affiliate Challenge Awards. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "Increasingly, companies are becoming cognizant of their carbon footprint and reducing greenhouse gases," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves, "however, fuel efficiency has always been of...
HOUSTON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M., and Johnson Space Center in Houston as Federal Green Challenge National Award winners. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) White Sands received the National Award for Overall Achievement for outstanding efforts in 2012 to advance sustainability efforts and its leadership in reducing the...
READING, Pa., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Truck Leasing has been named a 2013 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Affiliate Challenge Award winner. As one of seven organizations nationwide to win this award, Penske is the only transportation company to receive this honor. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130422/PH98315) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130201/MM53144LOGO) "We are proud of our partnership with SmartWay and we're very...
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and American Petroleum Institute (API) filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed biofuel Quality Assurance Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120125/MM41823LOGO) "EPA's proposal is a welcome attempt to address the significant fraud in the biofuel markets, but will not solve the systemic problems caused by the RFS...
Key enabling automotive technologies and projected innovation will support auto industry toward meeting 54.5 mpg standards DETROIT, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricardo Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Ricardo plc, a multi-industry consultancy for engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy, has presented a comprehensive road map with a range of technologies that will be required to attain the United States Environmental Protection Agency's 2025 Corporate Average Fuel...
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in August 2012 that dismissed challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) partial approval of E15. The EPA decision at issue authorized a 50 percent increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline for newer-model year motor vehicles, while maintaining a prohibition on the...
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Vice President of Advocacy Brendan Williams testified today before the Energy & Commerce Committee on the Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013. This legislation serves to protect consumers by creating more transparency and accountability in relation to energy-related rules emanating from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that are estimated to cost $1 billion or...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following a confirmation hearing today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, statewide groups supporting federal clean air and climate safeguards announced their strong support for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee Gina McCarthy. President Obama nominated McCarthy March 4. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130211/DC57616LOGO) "Gina McCarthy began her career at the state level,...
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The sea levels all around the world are rising. Current sea-level rise has the potential to affect human populations and the natural environment. Two key factors have contributed to the observed sea level rise. The first is thermal expansion: as the ocean water warms, it expands. The second is from the influence of land-based ice because of increased melting. The major store of water on land is found in the glaciers and the ice sheets. The rising of sea levels is one of several lines of...
