Recent Streetsblog USA posts about EPA

EPA Makes it Official: Emissions Threaten Public Health

By Elana Schor | Dec 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

Acting under a Supreme Court mandate, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled today that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and contribute to the harmful environmental effects of climate change, paving the way for pollution regulations under the Clean Air Act. (Photo: TreeHugger) “Today, EPA announced that greenhouse gases threaten the health and welfare of […]

Consumer Group: White House Left Fuel-Efficiency Savings on the Table

By Elana Schor | Nov 24, 2009 | No Comments

The Obama administration’s proposal to raise auto fuel-efficiency (CAFE) standards to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 could have gone even further in order to reap the maximum environmental and economic benefits of cleaner cars, according to a new analysis [PDF] released today by the Consumer Federation of America. In his analysis, Consumer Federation research […]

GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects

By Elana Schor | Oct 26, 2009 | No Comments

The 40-year-old National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), which requires the federal government to evaluate the environmental consequences of future projects, is a valuable tool for local residents and green groups that work to defeat highway expansions — but as Streetsblog L.A. noted earlier this year, NEPA can be an equally valuable tool for opponents of […]

The Dirty Secret of Coal Ash: It’s in Our Roads

By Elana Schor | Oct 5, 2009 | No Comments

Watch CBS News Videos Online Last night’s 60 Minutes featured an eye-opening report (viewable above) on the 130 million tons of coal ash waste generated every year by the nation’s thirst for energy. The show outlined the lack of oversight over disposal of the toxic ash, which is routinely used in the most commonplace of […]

The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes

By Elana Schor | Sep 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

The final fuel-efficiency rule released by the Obama administration this morning includes what some lobbyists have nicknamed "the German provision," giving automakers that sell less than 400,000 vehicles in the U.S. an exemption for 25 percent of their fleet. GM CEO Fritz Henderson’s company can earn fuel-efficiency "credits" for its Chevy Volt. (Photo: IB Times) […]

White House Releases Fuel Efficiency Rules — Will the Loophole Make it in?

By Elana Schor | Sep 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson will head to the White House briefing room this afternoon to release the final version of fuel-economy rules that will bring the nation’s auto fleet to an average of 35.5. miles per gallon by 2016. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: AP) Both officials are […]

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