Twitter is one of the ways the Environmental Protection Agency communicates with the public. She has 13,000 followers and follows
Source: Lisa P. Jackson, EPA (lisapjackson) on Twitter (2010) Read More
The showdown between House Republicans and the White House over climate change and environmental policies kicks off Wednesday with EPA chief Lisa Jackson as the star witness.
Source: Politico (2011) Read More
Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rescind its finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, arguing that Congress—not regulators—should set climate policy. Reported by Mark Schleifstein in The Times-Picayune, the dispute reflected broader national resistance to federal climate oversight, even as scientific consensus around emissions and long-term environmental risk continued to solidify.
Source: NOLA.com | Times-Picayune (2009) Read More
The Rainforest Action Network warned that President Barack Obama’s EPA remained too aligned with coal interests after approving a mountaintop removal permit in Logan County, West Virginia. That warning gained urgency when, in September 2009, 161 aquatic species were wiped out along 38 miles of Dunkard Creek after coal-mine discharges created high conductivity levels that allowed toxic golden algae to flourish. Though state regulators had approved cleanup plans, the EPA later acknowledged additional enforcement might be necessary as restoration costs were estimated at $30 million.
Source: Rainforest Action Network (2009) Read More
Politico, a Washington, D.C.–based political news outlet founded by former Washington Post reporters John Harris and Jim VandeHei, reported that Congressional Republicans were preparing to target EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson over the Obama administration’s environmental agenda. GOP lawmakers accused the Environmental Protection Agency of regulatory overreach, particularly in advancing climate rules and emissions limits. Jackson defended the agency’s authority as it moved to curb pollution from industry, automobiles, and coal-fired power plants.
Source: Politico (2010) Read More
US coal mining companies have scored some points in their fight against the Environmental Protection Agency’s tough stance on mountaintop mining. A federal judge has
Source: The Great Beyond | Science.com (2011) Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency (archived) on Wednesday (2011-03-16) proposed the first national standard (archived) for emissions of mercury and other pollutants from coal (archived) -burning power plants, a rule that could lead to the early closing of a number of older plants and one that is certain to be challenged by the some utilities and Republicans in Congress.
Source: The New York Times (2011) Read More
Hydrofracking’s proposed a massive industrial transformation on a huge swath of rural Northeastern U.S. It has divided communities and sparked an intense public debate about science, economics, law making and enforcement. Under the Surface tells the story of the Marcellus Gas Rush and is written by Tom Wilber, a newspaper reporter who covered the environmental beat for Binghamton, N.Y.’s Press & Sun Bulletin. Recommended!
Source: Cornell University Press (2012) Read More
Journalist Charles Duhigg examined how weakened enforcement of clean water laws left communities exposed to pollution. In states where regulators lacked resources or political backing, violations mounted quietly. The cost wasn’t theoretical — it showed up in hospital visits, contaminated wells, and neighborhoods struggling with what flowed from upstream facilities.
Source: New York Times (2009) Read More
As an agency, we are ready to face scientific challenges in 2011 that range from mountain top mining to hydraulic fracturing to endocrine disruption and more.
Source: Science Matters (2011) Read More