Latest United States Environmental Protection Agency Stories

MISSOULA, Mont., Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor of Montana Brian Schweitzer recently announced he is supporting the EPA's proposal to put a former papermill in Frenchtown, Mont. on the National Priority List as a superfund site. Papermill owner M2Green Redevelopment, LLC, an affiliate of Green Investment Group, Inc., responded to the Governor's announcement saying, "We were not surprised that the Governor would take this position and support the EPA in their proposal to...

American Lung Association's "Healthy Air Agenda" Calls on the Obama Administration to Protect the Air We Breathe WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association's new report "Protect the Air We Breathe: The Healthy Air Agenda" identifies the progress made in the United States on improving air quality, despite repeated interference from Big Polluters and members of Congress, and highlights the extensive work still necessary to protect the Clean Air...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and LG Electronics USA (LG) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on a number of environmentally beneficial goals. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121227/CG34588) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120524/MM13718LOGO-b) Under the agreement signed by EPA and LG (a 2012 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year), the company has pledged to participate in a broad array of EPA...

MEADVILLE, Pa., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection today announced that it officially requested this week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency remove Presque Isle Bay from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern. If EPA approves the request, Presque Isle Bay will be the second American Area of Concern (AOC) taken off the list of environmentally impaired sites identified under the Great Lakes Water Quality...

BOSTON, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WegoWise, a leading building performance analytics provider, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Melon Power, an award-winning analytics platform for the commercial building sector. WegoWise will extend its platform with Melon Power's methodology, which leverages Green Button and other utility data to help commercial buildings affordably and easily receive Energy Star benchmarks. The acquisition is expected to close in...

Retention of Title V Requirement Disappointing WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the stay of the Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (CMAS) rule set to expire in one week, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) today welcomed the release of the reconsidered rule by the Environmental Protection Agency. "CMAS has been one of our top environmental priorities for more than five years and we appreciate the agency's willingness to adjust...

Mother Who Lost Daughter from Asthma Attack Joins Lung Association Chief Medical Officer in commending Obama Administration's Stronger Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association applauds the Obama Administration's decision to set a much stronger national air quality standard on particulate matter (soot), one of the nation's most lethal air pollutants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set...

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG)- Menomonee Falls Distribution Center, owned by Burke Properties, Inc., has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR certification, which signifies that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. (Logo:...

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec.11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules on small particulate-matter air pollutants (PM2.5) cost the economy billions of dollars. The justification for these costly, job-destroying rules is challenged in the winter 2012 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. The EPA claims that tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of Americans die each year because of PM2.5. Such particles, which are...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to sharply cut carbon pollution from America's power plants, featuring a unique federal-state partnership and flexibility for plant owners that will hold down costs and improve Americans' health. NRDC's innovative proposal calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to set standards for...