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The Senate Energy and pick for secretary of the interior, REI president Sally Jewell, in a - vote. An aide said Senate majority leader Harry Reid hoped to bring a vote before the full Senate shortly after spring break, the New York Times reported.
Four professional beekeepers and five non-profits sued the EPA yesterday, claiming the agency should place an immediate ban on clothianidin and thiamethoxam, insecticides they say are linked to honeybee decline. The plaintiffs, which include the Sierra Club and the Center for Environmental Health, say the EPA has failed to protect the bees and their role in pollinating vital food crops, Reuters reports.
European industry commissioner Antonio Tajani insisted the EU would continue to enforce a ban on vehicle air conditioning coolants with global warming CG Leads potentials more than times that of CO, Reuters says. Daimler AG has refused to use the alternative, less polluting coolant, calling it dangerously flammable, and German ministers asked for the law to be suspended.
Today will see a “vote-o-rama” on amendments to the Senate’s budget plans, The Hill reports, with several energy and climate-related items on the agenda. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) proposed a measure to prohibit federal agencies from evaluating emissions produced outside the country by any US export, and Sen. Blunt (R-MO) filed an amendment requiring a -vote threshold for any legislation imposing a federal carbon tax or fee.
The EPA has signed an agreement with Wyeth Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of Pfizer, to perform pre-construction design work, an initial step in the cleanup of the American Cyanamid Superfund site in Bridgewater Township, NJ, the agency reported. Wyeth has also agreed to continue to operate a system for collecting and treating contaminated ground water underneath the site to prevent it from seeping into the nearby Raritan River, Cuckhold’s Brook and Middle Brook.
Portland, Maine has agreed to pay a penalty of $, to settle EPA claims that the city did not adequately prevent raw sewage overflows to surface waters from its sewer system. The city agreed to address erosion along the banks of Dole Brook. EPA previously issued a related order requiring Portland to better manage its sewer system to prevent overflows, the agency says.
Four professional beekeepers and five non-profits sued the EPA yesterday, claiming the agency should place an immediate ban on clothianidin and thiamethoxam, insecticides they say are linked to honeybee decline. The plaintiffs, which include the Sierra Club and the Center for Environmental Health, say the EPA has failed to protect the bees and their role in pollinating vital food crops, Reuters reports.
European industry commissioner Antonio Tajani insisted the EU would continue to enforce a ban on vehicle air conditioning coolants with global warming CG Leads potentials more than times that of CO, Reuters says. Daimler AG has refused to use the alternative, less polluting coolant, calling it dangerously flammable, and German ministers asked for the law to be suspended.
Today will see a “vote-o-rama” on amendments to the Senate’s budget plans, The Hill reports, with several energy and climate-related items on the agenda. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) proposed a measure to prohibit federal agencies from evaluating emissions produced outside the country by any US export, and Sen. Blunt (R-MO) filed an amendment requiring a -vote threshold for any legislation imposing a federal carbon tax or fee.
The EPA has signed an agreement with Wyeth Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of Pfizer, to perform pre-construction design work, an initial step in the cleanup of the American Cyanamid Superfund site in Bridgewater Township, NJ, the agency reported. Wyeth has also agreed to continue to operate a system for collecting and treating contaminated ground water underneath the site to prevent it from seeping into the nearby Raritan River, Cuckhold’s Brook and Middle Brook.
Portland, Maine has agreed to pay a penalty of $, to settle EPA claims that the city did not adequately prevent raw sewage overflows to surface waters from its sewer system. The city agreed to address erosion along the banks of Dole Brook. EPA previously issued a related order requiring Portland to better manage its sewer system to prevent overflows, the agency says.