Byline: Bruce Geiselman Opinions on who should succeed Christie Whitman as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are varied as the industries the EPA oversees. Many consider Whitman a moderate Republican, and some bel ...
LEGISLATION designed to strengthen the role science plays in decision-making at the Environmental Protection Agency EPA faces an uncertain future in the Senate, despite winning easy passage in the House of Representatives. The bill would cr LEGISLATION designed...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is referring fewer cases for prosecution as investigators are reassigned to homeland security and protecting Administrator Christine Whitman, according to an advocacy group. The EPA denied the allegati The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
LEGISLATION THAT would elevate the Environmental Protection Agency EPA to presidential cabinet status faced an uncertain future last week as the issue became ensnared with a more controversial proposal to create a chief science officer at the age LEGISLATION THAT would elevate the Environmental...
The Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC have agreed to extend until March 19 the deadline for a decision by EPA on whether to withdraw from a proposed settlement in a lawsuit involving a schedule f The Environmental Protection...
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush asked Congress last week to approve a budget of $7.7 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency EPA in fiscal 2003, $200 million less than the $7.9 billion provided for the agency by lawmakers for the current fiscal PRESIDENT GEORGE...
EPA Administrator Christie Whitman recently declared. that EPA and President Bush are committed to protecting Lake Tahoe from pollution. Whitman stated EPA will continue to pursue the goals of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act by providing the technical EPA Administrator Christie Whitman recently declared. that EPA...
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH's $1.96 trillion fiscal 2002 budget proposal, delivered to Capitol Hill last week, would reduce funding for the Environmental Protection Agency EPA by $500 million to $7.3 billion. Despite the proposed 6.4 percent c PRESIDENT...
THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency EPA has no current plans to impose additional security requirements on the chemical industry because manufacturers have been "very proactive" in taking steps to protect their facilities against terror THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency EPA has no current plans to ...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- EPA Administrator Christie Whitman today will be in Nevada to address the sixth National Tribal Conference on Environmental Management. During her address, Whitman will announce the largest EPA competitive researchSAN FRANCISCO, June 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- EPA Administrator Christie Whitman today will be...
Revision incorporates input from pesticide and farming communities. THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency EPA last week submitted an amended consent decree to the US District Court in San Francisco, Calif., which seeks to resolve a 1999 lawsui Revision incorporates input...
In an action backed by agriculture, forestry, some states and the U.S. Congress, EPA Administrator Christine Whitman withdrew a rule that would revise EPA's program for cleaning up impaired waters--the July 2000 final Total Maximum Daily Load TMDL In an action backed by agriculture, forestry,...
On the afternoon of May 20, 2003, Environmental Protection Agency EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman met with President Bush at the White House and tendered her resignation, effective june 27, 2003. A desire to be closer to her family in New Jersey was the main reason cited for her leaving.
2) Electronic waste stream comes to fore American businesses and consumers are generating millions of obsolete computers annually, and the debate over who is responsible for them heated up this year. Environmental groups, manufacturers and the 2) Electronic waste...
THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency has EPA postponed the mid-August deadline for its review of whether the agency should change the way refineries and power plants are regulated under the New Source Review NSR program. Instead, EPA plans THE...
WASHINGTON, May 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- EPA Administrator Christie Whitman today announced that 100,000 new homes have earned the EPA ENERGY STAR designation, saving Americans more than $26 million in energy costs annually. Whitman made her announcement at WASHINGTON, May 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- EPA Administrator Christie Whitman today...
EPA Administrator Christine Whitman met with President George W. Bush at the White House on May 20 and tendered her resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency EPA, effective June 27. "Our work has been guided b ...
WASHINGTON, March 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman today addressed the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies where she emphasized EPA's commitment to assist local utilities in safeguarding the WASHINGTON, March 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman today addressed the Association...
In September, Whitman released an EPA report, "Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis." In September, Whitman released an EPA report, "Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis."
WASHINGTON AP -- New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman, a moderate Republican and avid outdoorswoman, has accepted President-elect Bush's offer to head the Environmental Protection Agency, officials close to both politicians said Thursday.