Word: epa
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...House adopted a broad dilution of the Clean Water Act, the legislation widely credited with cleaning up the nation's waterways. Proponents said the changes -- handing over more controls to states, reducing wetlands protection and requiring that greater weight be given to costs -- were needed to counter an overzealous EPA and other "environmental extremists." The Senate is expected to be less receptive to the bill, and Clinton has promised a veto...
Michael McCloskey, chair of international affairs for the Sierra Club, and Lynn Goldman, a spokesperson for the EPA, criticized the current proposals, saying that cost benefit analysis should not be the sole determinant of environmental policy...
...cleaner-burning gas be made up with ethanol, a corn-based oxygen additive that allows fuel to burn with less pollution. Ethanol is considered a more environmentally friendly product than alternative oxygenates butTIME science writer Eugene Lindensays, "This is not an anti-environmental ruling. It only challenges the EPA's right to dictate how those goals are achieved." Farmers had estimated that the required level of ethanol use would bring them up to $1.5 billion, but Linden suggests that there are other ways the government can encourage its use, including taxation...
...Greater Boston area fails EPA standards for air quality. The shuttle buses, running on conventional gasoline, contribute to the air pollution problem. The vehicles run for short distances and are refueled at a central location; therefore, the buses could, and should, be run on natural gas. Natural gas engines, much cleaner environmentally than gasoline engines, provide low emissions, reliability, high fuel efficiency and excellent performance. The engines are currently being used by UPS as well as many school districts...
...increasingly shrill battle overGOP efforts to roll back environmental regulations, EPA head Carol Browner warned local officials late Wednesday that one in 10 Americans drinks from a water system that violates public health standards. "We cannot take the safety of our drinking water for granted," Browner told a group of local officials. "More remains to be done." GOP House members want to do less. Hours earlier, a subcommittee voted to gut the long-sacred Clean Water Act, which protects lakes, rivers and streams from pollution.TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompsonnotes that Browner, whom Republicans are now attacking for running a "partisan...