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11/20/2009New Trends Report: Fuel Economy Increases as CO2 Decreases
11/20/2009New Interactive Tools Show Continuing SO2 Reductions at Coal-Fired Power Plants
11/19/2009EPA’s Trailblazer Award Honors Delaware’s Christiana Care Health System
11/19/2009EPA Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with China to Build Capacity to Address Climate Change
11/18/2009EPA to hold public hearing on proposed greenhouse gas tailoring rule for large facilities
11/17/2009EPA announces major investment in healthy homes for Pueblo County
11/17/2009EPA Announces New Energy Star Requirements for Audio/Video Equipment
11/17/2009EPA Proposes Stronger Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Dioxide /New standard to protect millions of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens
11/17/2009U.S. EPA announces Imperial County meets ozone health standard
11/16/2009EPA to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed
Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule for Large Facilities
11/16/2009New EPA Web Site Provides Tools to Cut Energy Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Homes
11/13/2009Scarlet Goes Green: Rutgers and EPA Partner to Reduce University's Environmental Impacts
11/12/2009Environmental Justice Grants Now Available
11/12/2009More Than $3 Million in EPA Funding Stimulates Clean Energy Production and Greenhouse Gas Reductions

EPA international clean energy partnership program grants funding to 11 countries
11/10/2009EPA’s Energy Star Program Hits Major Milestone: 1 Million Energy Star Homes Built in the United States / Houston, Dallas and Las Vegas top the list for most Energy Star homes
11/10/2009Colorado helps EPA reach milestone of one million Energy Star homes
11/10/2009Utah helps EPA reach milestone of one million Energy Star homes
11/07/2009City’s Sustainable Skylines initiative gets underway
11/06/2009EPA Region 7 to Participate at National Association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk Event
11/06/2009EPA Teams Up with NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon in the Race to Clean Air
11/05/2009Hawaii Department of Health to use U.S. EPA $1.73 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for cleaner diesel vehicles
11/04/2009A and B Metal Recycling agrees to EPA order; will comply with federal rules to protect stratospheric ozone
11/02/2009University of Cincinnati agrees to EPA order to comply with Clean Air Act
11/02/2009Three Minnesota companies agree to EPA orders to comply with federal rules to protect stratospheric ozone
10/30/2009EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Hopewell Precision Site
10/30/2009TMDL ‘Pollution Diet’ Meetings Set for W. Va.
10/29/2009Early Results from Air Toxics Monitoring at Washington and Oregon Schools Released Today
10/29/2009EPA Region 7 Releases First Air Monitoring Data from Colvin Elementary School in Wichita, Kan.
10/29/2009EPA Region 5 releases first air monitoring data from four schools in Ohio
10/29/2009EPA region 5 releases first air monitoring data from four schools in Indiana
10/29/2009EPA region 5 releases first air monitoring data from St. Josaphat school in Chicago
10/29/2009Massachusetts Grocery Store Sets New National Environmental Benchmark
10/29/2009Tempe developer Lennar pays $182,519 to settle Clean Air Act violations
10/29/2009EPA Posts New Schools Air Toxics Monitoring Initiative Data
10/29/2009EPA Region 6 Releases First Air Monitoring Data from Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School in Shreveport, Louisiana
10/29/2009EPA releases data for air toxics monitoring
at three West Virginia schools
10/29/2009EPA releases data for air toxics monitoring at Amherst County school
10/28/2009Administrator Jackson Visits Raleigh, Announces $200 Million Investment to Develop Smart Electric Grid in Carolinas, Florida / Part of $3.4 billion in smart grid recovery act funding announced by President Obama yesterday
10/28/2009EPA's New Green Parking Lot Allows Scientists to Study Permeable Surfaces That May Help the Environment
10/28/2009EPA reaches agreement with JandJ cores on clean-air violations
10/28/2009EPA reaches agreement with Sunoco on clean-air violations
10/27/2009TODAY: Administrator Jackson, Secretaries Chu, Salazar and LaHood, FERC Chairman Wellinghoff to Testify Before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
10/27/2009Statement of Lisa P. Jackson
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Legislative Hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act / Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works / October 27, 2009
10/27/2009EPA Visits STRIVE/East Harlem’s Green Job Training Program; Training Made Possible By Brownfields Grants
10/27/2009DC school tops list using the greenest power
10/27/2009Four Maryland schools using the greenest power
10/26/2009Wallingford Chemical Company Fined for Clean Air Violations
10/26/2009Tests Show Recontamination of Soils in Herculaneum, Mo., from Doe Run Resources Corporation Lead Smelting Operation
10/26/2009Spirit Lake, Iowa, Community School District on National List of Top 20 K-12 Schools Purchasing the Most Green Power
10/26/2009New Hampshire and EPA Launch Campaigns to Replace Old Non-EPA Certified Wood Stoves and to “Burn Wise”
10/26/2009TOMORROW: Administrator Jackson, Secretaries Chu, Salazar and LaHood, FERC Chairman Wellinghoff to Testify Before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
10/26/2009U.S. – Mexico celebrate joint Baja California air quality studies
10/26/2009EPA Names Top 20 Green Powered Schools.
10/23/2009EPA’s Trailblazer Awards
Honor Two Philadelphia-area Hospitals
10/22/2009New Hampshire and EPA Launch Campaigns to Replace Old Non-EPA Certified Wood Stoves and to “Burn Wise”
10/22/2009Burn Wise for Safer, Healthier Winter. EPA’s Burn Wise campaign seeks to reduce wood smoke pollution
10/22/2009Illinois company agrees to EPA order: will comply with federal rules to protect stratospheric ozone
10/22/2009Toy's Scrap and Salvage agrees to EPA order; will comply with federal rules to protect stratospheric ozone
10/21/2009Milwaukee company agrees to EPA order; will comply with federal rules to protect stratospheric ozone
10/21/2009Five Cleveland companies agree to EPA orders to comply with federal rules to protect stratospheric ozone
10/21/2009Methane to Markets Partnership Spurs Global GHG Reductions
10/21/2009Claims About Keyboards Result in $205,000 Penalty for Samsung; Company Agrees to Stop Making Claims
10/19/2009EPA grants part of a citizen petition on BP's air permit
10/19/2009BASF Corporation Agrees to Clean Air Act Upgrades to Protect Stratospheric Ozone
10/19/2009EPA Joins Vice President Biden and Other Federal Partners to Unveil Recovery Through Retrofit Report: The report puts EPA’s Energy Star program in a central role to boost energy savings for middle class Americans
10/19/2009City of Allentown, EPA Enter Sustainability Pact
10/15/20092010 Annual Fuel Economy Guide Now Available/
Guide helps drivers save money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions
10/14/2009Soil Removal and Phase 2 Lead Sampling to Begin in Pittsburg, Kan.
10/14/2009EPA Report: Clean Diesel Program Protects Health and the Environment, Saves Communities up to $1.4 Billion

Health benefits, operating costs make clean diesel a cost-effective program to protect human health and the environment
10/14/2009Cap and Trade Program Lowers Smog Levels in Eastern United States/Market based program allows cost-effective reductions of harmful air pollution
10/13/2009EPA Honors Green Building Challenge Winners
10/09/2009EPA Works with Local Agencies, Residents to Analyze Indoor Air Problems in Basements
10/09/2009Rhode Island Barge Builder Fined for Clean Air Violations
10/09/2009Vermont Flooring Contractor Faces Fine for Clean Air Violations
10/09/2009N.H. Yogurt Company Honored for Reducing CO2 Emissions
10/08/2009EPA designates “nonattainment” areas for fine particle air pollution
10/08/2009EPA designates areas in midwest region not meeting standard for fine particle pollution
10/08/2009EPA finalizes nonattainment designations for Utah counties
10/08/2009Libby, Mont., meets federal air quality standard
10/08/2009EPA Lists Areas Violating Daily Air Pollution Requirements 31 locations not meeting 24-hour fine particle standards
10/08/2009EPA reaches agreement with Wisconsin company on clean-air violations
10/07/2009EPA reaches agreement with Illinois company on clean-air violations
10/07/2009EPA’s Energy Star Label Now Available for Four Types of Glass and Food Processing Plants
10/06/2009U.S. EPA Salutes SmartWay Transport Partners in the Southeast
10/06/2009SMARTWAY HONORS FREIGHT INDUSTRY LEADERS FOR REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS
10/06/2009EPA reaches agreement with Metal Recycling Systems on clean-air violations
10/05/2009U.S. EPA and Central California company agree to settlement of $23,000 for risk management plan violation
10/01/2009E-media Kit: EPA Administrator Announces Millions of “Green” Recovery Act Dollars To Clean Southern California Air
10/01/2009EPA releases data for air toxics monitoring at two Allegheny County schools
10/01/2009EPA releases data for air toxics monitoring at Berks County school
10/01/2009Idaho Asbestos Contractor Agrees to pay $36,000 to resolve Clean Air Act Violations
10/01/2009EPA Region 4 now monitoring for air toxics at 12 schools in the Southeast
10/01/2009U.S. EPA announces first results from air toxics monitoring at Southern California schools
10/01/2009EPA Region 5 releases first air monitoring data from Spain Elementary in Detroit
10/01/2009EPA Region 5 releases first air monitoring data from La Croft Elementary School in East Liverpool
10/01/2009EPA Posts First Data from One of Four Schools in NY and NJ
10/01/2009Four Cogeneration Facilities Earn Energy Star Award for Significant Energy Savings
10/01/2009EPA reaches agreement with Bremner Food Group on clean-air violations
09/30/2009Photos: U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Gives Keynote Address at Governors’ Global Climate Summit 2
09/30/2009New EPA Rule Will Require Use of Best Technologies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Large Facilities/Small businesses and farms exempt

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