Word: epa
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...report, the EPA alleges that Brown improperly handled and stored hazardous waste coming from university laboratories and waste storage facilities...
Brown University may be fined $500,000 for violations of federal environmental statutes, according to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report released last week...
Contenders for other posts are: Montana governor Marc Racicot or Virginia governor Jim Gilmore for Justice; Indianapolis mayor Steven Goldsmith for Housing and Urban Development; former Bush Office of Management and Budget official Robert Grady for the EPA. Bush's choice for Treasury and Commerce will be closely watched by Wall Street, but no front-runner has yet emerged for either post...
...IMPACT: EPA's power wanes as bulk of environmental decision-making shifts to state legislators. U.S. unlikely to enter into environmental pacts with international community or recognize universal calls for reduction of greenhouse gases...
...PLAN: Cautious conservation. Require federal facilities to comply with all EPA regulations, continue research into causes and effects of global warming, clean up and redevelop "brownfields" abandoned by old industry. Provide market incentives for clean-living corporations. Restructure the EPA. Reject Kyoto protocol...