Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
Court orders EPA to redo air-pollution limits in 13 states
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to relax some limits it set on smokestack emissions that cross state lines...
Walker says EPA should be limited “umbrella organization”
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker said Monday he would shift most of the responsibilities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to state-based regulators, leaving...
Email Insights: Gary Palmer challenges EPA Administrator McCarthy on overreach
Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, questioned EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at a hearing today on the Environmental...
Bradley Byrne: Cutting regulations, lowering power bills
The summer months in southwest Alabama can be especially grueling with temperatures resting in the 90s. If your family is like mine, summer also...
Alabama reacts to Supreme Court rejecting EPA regulatory initiative
Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked one of the Obama administration’s most aggressive environmental initiatives — an Environmental Protection Agency effort to limit certain power plant emissions —...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects president’s attempt to limit power plants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants, but...
Gary Palmer backs EPA ‘overreach’ bill delaying new emissions rules
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer took part in a dual effort in Congress to stop what he called "overregulation" aimed at delaying the implementation...
White House: Action needed now to slow climate change
Failure to act on climate change could cause an estimated 57,000 deaths a year in the United States from poor air quality by 2100,...
EPA proposes tougher mileage standards for trucks
The Obama administration on Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack Obama in his second-term...
AL congressional delegation disagrees with new EPA Clean Water Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rolled out a new plan Wednesday to expand the Clean Water Act to include more bodies of water.
According to...
