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The EPA’s new Tier 3 standards will significantly reduce gasoline sulfur content and associated vehicle tailpipe emissions. But has the EPA developed their Tier 3 standards in the most efficient and cost-effective manner?[read more]

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EPA approved E15 for the marketplace knowing that automotive and fuels experts were still studying its impacts. Rather than acknowledge approval was premature, EPA and DOE instead attack the research and the researchers.[read more]

EPA nominee Gina McCarthy

As one of the most highly-qualified nominees to lead the Environmental Protection Agency in its history, McCarthy has won plaudits from Republicans like Senator James Inhofe and energy titans like American Electric Power.[read more]

Gas vs. Ethanol

While it’s true that on a gallon-to-gallon basis ethanol historically has been cheaper than gasoline, ethanol contains far less energy than gasoline and therefore has cost consumers more to travel the same distance.[read more]

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OMB’s annual report to Congress on the benefits and costs of all major rules adopted by most federal agencies over the past 10 years shows the Environmental Protection Agency comes out on top.[read more]

Is the EPA listening?

It’s one thing to have genuine differences over energy regulatory policy – as the oil and natural gas industry has with EPA’s proposed Tier 3 rule. It’s quite another to see that the rule-making process is being gamed.[read more]

auto pollution standards

A broad group of citizens and other stakeholders are calling on the U.S. EPA to act now to reduce smog pollution caused by cars and light trucks. The strong support for the so-called “Tier 3” standards is nearly unanimous.[read more]

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just released a draft Protective Action Guideline that sets standards and makes recommendations for the response to a large release of radioactive material into the environment.[read more]

tar sands

On the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, EPA rated the adequacy of the State Department’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) as having “Insufficient Information.”[read more]

Gina McCarthy

McCarthy has been tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, and given her track record of protecting America’s families from toxic pollution, her confirmation will help us all breathe easier.[read more]

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Part of an all-of-the-above approach to energy is a regulatory posture that’s transparent, based on sound analysis. But here is why the oil and natural gas industry talks about a regulatory “tsunami” coming down from the EPA.[read more]

fuel efficiency trends

New cars and trucks are poised to set new records in fuel efficiency according to the latest Fuel Economy Trends report from the EPA. carbon pollution has also been reduced from new autos, dropping 13 percent.[read more]

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President Obama has announced he is nominating Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy’s track record of standing up for clean air, climate action, and public health shows that we can count on her to protect our environment and communities.[read more]

carbon emissions

Electric power plants spew about 40 percent of the carbon dioxide pollution in the United States, but, amazingly, there are no federal limits on utility emissions of this potent greenhouse gas.[read more]

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Last week, the EPA created a new standard that will limit the amount of soot produced from manufacturers, power plants, diesel engines, and other polluters. he cost to implement this would range from $53 million to $350 million, but estimates have also shown that it will save up to 40,000 lives, while cutting annual health care bills by up to $9 billion.[read more]