The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding 10 new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites.
As the National Environmental Policy Act turns 40, the Obama administration is considering expanding the scope of the landmark act to include climate change.
What's the first name that comes to mind when you think of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency? Current EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, embattled Bush-era EPA chief Stephen Johnson, or the first EPA administrator, William Ruckelshaus? No? How about NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon?
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From microscopic specks of metal and carbon, to satellites and other large debris, space junk presents a growing hazard to spacecraft, astronauts, and the deployment of satellites in Earth's orbit.
One of the biggest global environmental organizations launched a campaign on Tuesday to push the Nigerian government to effectively ban gas flaring. Friends of the Earth’s month-long campaign against Nigerian gas flaring kicked off on Monday and will see petitions delivered to political leaders, including President Umaru Yar’Adua. Nigeria is a leading oil producer in Africa [...]
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