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  • EPA releases details on bay cleanup

    Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 11/04/2009 07:24 pm

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released details today about how it expects states to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Among other things, the federal agency wants the states to have new ...

  • EPA estimates Senate climate bill costs modest

    WRIC 8 News | 10/24/2009 04:07 am

    An analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency says a proposed Senate bill to combat global warming would add a little over $100 a year to household energy costs.

  • Activists ask EPA for tougher pesticide rules

    WRIC 8 News | 10/14/2009 09:04 pm

    A coalition of nonprofit groups is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to write stronger regulations to protect children from exposure to farm chemicals sprayed near thousands of schools.

  • EPA to review health risk from popular weed killer

    WRIC 8 News | 10/07/2009 07:07 pm

    The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it will re-evaluate the health effects of a popular weed killer that has been found in drinking water supplies.

  • U.S. warns of sanctions if states don't act on bay

    Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/03/2009 12:42 am

    Federal officials said today that they could impose severe punishments if Virginia and other states don’t do enough to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Those punishments could include withholding federal grants ...

  • EPA moves to regulate smokestack greenhouse gases

    WRIC 8 News | 09/30/2009 08:27 pm

    The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first steps to control climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, factories and refineries.

  • Conservationists sue EPA over prairie dog poison

    WRIC 8 News | 09/30/2009 05:46 pm

    Two conservation groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for its decision to register pesticides that curtail prairie dogs.

  • EPA tells schools to test aging caulk for PCBs

    WRIC 8 News | 09/28/2009 06:51 pm

    Hundreds of school buildings across the United States have caulk around windows and doors containing potentially cancer-causing PCBs, the Environmental Protection Agency says.

  • EPA's Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy due Wed.

    WWBT 12 News | 09/09/2009 09:05 am

    Associated Press - September 9, 2009 4:05 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal strategy for restoring the Chesapeake Bay is expected to be released by the Environmental Protection Agency.

  • EPA given 19,000 signatures from bay advocates

    WWBT 12 News | 09/01/2009 07:15 pm

    Associated Press - September 1, 2009 2:15 PM ET ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Chesapeake Bay advocacy groups presented federal Environmental Protection Agency officials with the signatures of 19,000...

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