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Promise 267: EPA makes environmental justice high priority, but key settlement disappoints advocates

Source: Politifact.com, Nov 30 2012, 8:54am CST

"Will work to strengthen the EPA Office of Environmental Justice and expand the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, which provides non-profit organizations across the nation with valuable resources to address local environmental p ...

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4 hours ago

Editorial Board: Justice didn’t follow its own rules in AP case

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 18 2013, 5:26pm CDT

THE OBAMA administration remains on the defensive over the Justice Department’s decision to seize a wide range of the Associated Press’s phone records without prior notice to the news agency. Media organizations — this one included — denounce ...

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10 hours ago

Meanwhile, at Obama’s EPA. . .

Source: GayPatriot  |   May 18 2013, 11:01am CDT

Blogcasting from the worldwide headquarters of the not-so-vast gay right wing conspiracy. Representing the millions of patriotic gays and lesbians across the USA by standing up for freedom, fairness, free speech, pri ...

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24 weeks ago


Quote:
"As far as moving new things, the jury's still out."


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15 hours ago

Obama Has Rarely Or Never Praised Whistleblowers

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 18 2013, 6:37am CDT

NEW YORK -- In more than four years of office, President Barack Obama has frequently praised the idea of whistleblowing. He even signed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act into law in 2012. But has he actually praised ...

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23 hours ago

Senate Committee Approves Gina McCarthy Nomination to EPA Along Party Lines

Source: The Freeman Chronicles  |   May 17 2013, 10:17pm CDT

Senate Republicans on Thursday eased their opposition to the nomination of Gina McCarthy, President Obama?s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency–although her confirmation by the full Senate is n ...

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GOP lawmakers liken EPA info tactics to IRS targeting of Tea Party

Source: The Hill  |   May 17 2013, 6:45pm CDT

The lawmakers compared the agency's behavior to the recent revelation that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gave additional scrutiny to Tea Party organizations. Congressional Republicans have accused the Environmental Protection Agency ( ...

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1 day ago

Environmental protections hike airport expansion cost

Source: The Times  |   May 17 2013, 4:43pm CDT

After an abrupt departure as Indianapolis International Airport CEO last year, John Clark has landed on his feet at Gary/ Chicago International Airport. Definitely a big player in aviation circles nationwide, Clark is a complex person with the conne ...

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Incoming IRS chief asked to conduct "thorough review" of agency

Source: Reuters  |   May 17 2013, 3:43pm CDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming acting Internal Revenue Service chief Daniel Werfel has been asked to spearhead a "thorough review" of the scandal-plagued agency and report back to President Barack Obama in 30 days, a Treasury ...

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1 day ago

Washington Water Main, May 17: Moniz Confirmed as Next Energy Secretary, EPA Director Nominee Narrowly Passes Committee

Source: Circle of Blue Waternews  |   May 17 2013, 3:37pm CDT

MIT’s Ernest Moniz will become the next secretary of energy, but EPA director nominee Gina McCarthy still faces stiff Senate opposition. The Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz, former director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative, ...

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Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Effort to Proctor Creek in Atlanta

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency  |   May 17 2013, 1:02pm CDT

Release Date: 05/17/2013 Contact Information: Davina Marraccini, 404-562-8293 (direct), 404-562-8400 (main), marraccini.davina@epa.gov ATLANTA – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership ...

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