Sentences with phrase «top environmental agency»

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Albert «Kell» Kelly, a top aide to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, who worked on toxic waste cleanups, resigned Tuesday amid criticism of his past work in banking in Oklahoma, where he was banned from the industry.

WASHINGTON — The two top officials in charge of security and toxic - waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the aAgency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the agencyagency.

Last week, Trump appointed the long - time fossil fuel lobbyist Myron Ebell to lead the transition of the Environmental Protection Agency, and recently Trump's transition team released statements on «energy independence» that unambiguously favor the extractive industries and in which the team promises to «conduct a top - down review of all anti-coal regulations».

On the eve of critical hearings on Capitol Hill, top White House officials are intensifying efforts to document wasteful spending by Scott Pruitt as President Trump weighs whether to keep supporting his controversial Environmental Protection Agency chief, senior administration officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Latest on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Scott Pruitt's top spokesperson is leaving the Environmental Protection Agency, the latest high - profile departure from the embattled aAgency Administrator Scott Pruitt (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Scott Pruitt's top spokesperson is leaving the Environmental Protection Agency, the latest high - profile departure from the embattled aAgency, the latest high - profile departure from the embattled agencyagency.

Scott Pruitt's top spokesperson is leaving the Environmental Protection Agency, the latest high - profile departure from the embattled aAgency, the latest high - profile departure from the embattled agencyagency.

Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt is announcing the departure of two top aides amid ethics investigations at the aAgency head Scott Pruitt is announcing the departure of two top aides amid ethics investigations at the agencyagency.

Praschak, an environmental lawyer, has ties to Puerto Rico, where he served for decades as a top official for the US Environmental Proteenvironmental lawyer, has ties to Puerto Rico, where he served for decades as a top official for the US Environmental ProteEnvironmental Protection Agency.

Mr. Van Scoyoc got more than 60 percent of the vote, according to the board of elections website, and Ms. Burke - Gonzalez was the top vote - getter in the town board race, with a nearly 15 - point lead over her nearest Republican challenger, Paul Giardina, a nuclear engineer who retired last year from a post at the Environmental Protection Agency.

The area's top official at the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said New York state officials failed to inform residents of Hoosick Falls of the dangerous levels of PFOA in their municipal drinking water.

Scott Pruitt, the top official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is fighting for his job amid ethics questions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top administrator plans to visit East Chicago as the city wrestles with ongoing remediation work at the U.S.S. Lead Superfund site.

A joint statement issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health pushed back on the comments made by a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday that the state did not act swiftly when warned of a chemical contamination in Hoosick Falls's drinking water.

«And this is why I appealed directly to the inspectors general of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission so that they could review all the steps of the permitting process that were possibly tainted by the undue influence from a top - ranking person in the governor's office.»

A top official at the Environmental Protection Agency was in Syracuse on Monday to highlight the county's work in green infrastructure.

In 2008, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's Environmental Commissioner and former Assemblyman Pete Grannis, along with Spitzer's top environmental advisor, Judith Enck (who now is with the federal Environmental Protection Agency), wanted more time to study the potential effectsEnvironmental Commissioner and former Assemblyman Pete Grannis, along with Spitzer's top environmental advisor, Judith Enck (who now is with the federal Environmental Protection Agency), wanted more time to study the potential effectsenvironmental advisor, Judith Enck (who now is with the federal Environmental Protection Agency), wanted more time to study the potential effectsEnvironmental Protection Agency), wanted more time to study the potential effects of fracking.

To recognize these trendsetters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes a quarterly list of the top American users of green power: organizations that generate their own renewable energy, buy it from suppliers, or purchase offset credits to compensate for their traditional energy use.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends keeping on top of automotive maintenance to prevent and repair leaks, and disposing of used motor oil and other automotive fluids and batteries at designated drop - offs or recycling locations (consult Earth911.org to find one near you).

A House - Senate deal to fund the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration includes enough cash to stabilize the nation's struggling environmental satellite program, a top agency official said yesterday.

She was a top adviser in the Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton Administration.

In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency found stormwater runoff to be one of the top 10 causes of compromised environments in rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, bays, and estuaries.

According to the Associated Press, this would not have been possible were it not for the opportunity he received in the US, where he studied Engineering and «became a top administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency» in Chicago.

Former Education Secretary Arne DuncanArne Starkey DuncanObama Education secretary mocks Pruitt over staff raises Parkland survivors talk gun violence with Chicago high schoolers Trump administration is putting profits over students MORE mocked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittTrump signs order to boost efficiency in federal agencies Overnight Energy: EPA moves to roll back chemical plant safety rule NASA chief says humans contribute to climate change Pruitt gets outside lawyer Trump officials propose easing EPA chemical plant safety rule MORE on Friday over reports that the EPA chief directed staff to approve sizable raises for two top aides even after the White House rejected their applications for pay increases.

The HX also has earned two spots on the Environmental Protection Agency's top - 10 fuel - efficiency list for its CVT and five - speed models.

The weather may be getting cooler, but Hyundai is certainly feeling the heat after revealing that fuel economy estimates on a number of its top sellers may have been a little too lofty... The news, which affects almost one million vehicles of Hyundai and sister division Kia, for model years 2011 to 2013, came after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was... Read More

The weather may be getting cooler, but Hyundai is certainly feeling the heat after revealing that fuel economy estimates on a number of its top sellers may have been a little too lofty... The news, which affects almost one million vehicles of Hyundai and sister division Kia, for model years 2011 to 2013, came after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was not able to validate the company's fuel economy data.

Five of United States Environmental Protection Agency's top ten most fuel - efficient cars from 1984 to 2010 comes from Honda, more than any other automakers.

Powertrains include a standard 3.6 L V - 6 that tops competitors» V - 6 offerings with up to 7,000 pounds (3,175 kg) of maximum trailering and an Environmental Protection Agency - estimated 26 mpg highway on 2WD models.

The Commodore Corporation is proud to announce for the second straight year a top award by the Environmental Protection Agency for building ENERGY STAR ® homes.

Fipronyl is an Environmental Protection Agency registered product found in several top spot tick and flea preventative medications for dogs and cats.

For instance, I'd give higher odds to Jeffrey Holmstead getting the top job at the Environmental Protection Agency than Myron Ebell.

A particularly powerful thread, the importance of the Pentagon as a driver of innovation and market for effective energy technology, emerged in an earlier discussion involving three of the top figures in the federal government focused on advancing energy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Defense.

It is a top 10 list of reasons the government shutdown is a good thing, but the main point is that the Environmental Protection Agency is shutdown, so everything else about the shutdown is okay.

The Environmental Protection Agency has identified the hardrock mining industry as the nation's top polluter: the United States has spent more than $ 2 billion in federal spending on mine cleanup over the past decade.

(May 3, 1:42 p.m. Updated The Times Green blog has explored Tweets from BP and the top Environmental Protection Agency official, among others.)

Now the Obama administration has taken the next step, which is standard in the entire development of the IPCC climate campaign, by involving the top bureaucrat of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy.

Australia's top government scientist is likening President Donald Trump's changes at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to scientific censorship under Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin.

Top Interior Department officials recently visited the Kaktovik and Utgiagvik communities in northern Alaska to let them know that the agency will publish in the coming weeks a notice in the Federal Register of its intent to move toward an environmental impact statement on planned leasing, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

«The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet, according to top Obama administration officials.»

He challenged the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and is frequently one of the top recipients of oil, gas, and coal campaign contributions.

Named a top five Eco-Athlete by Planet Green and recognized as the NFL's greenest athlete for his commitment to the environment, Ovie continues to ally with strategic organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency.

In January 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that Texas oil refineries, power plants, and other industrial facilities spewed out 294 million tons of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases in 2010 — more than the next two top emitters, Pennsylvania and Florida, combined.

And last week saw signs of the growing controversy as communities across dozens of states located on top of the cast Marcellus Shale Formation, an «unconventional natural gas reserve» across 10 states face gold - rush style leasing pressures and are reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency groundwater contamination and other consequences.

Though «climate denial starts at the top,» the New York Times» Coral Davenport wrote in March, it was trickling down into a variety of high - influence position: Vice President Mike Pence, who once called global warming a «myth» disproved by the fact that his home state once had a cold winter; then - senior advisor Steve Bannon, whose news site Breitbart remains one of the top destinations for climate misinformation; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who believes carbon dioxide is not a «primary contributor» to global warming; and Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who believes the same myth, saying in June, «No, most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.»

«We're ranked as one of the top onsite generators of green power by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In January, Beijing made headlines when its air quality got so bad that it went beyond the very top of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Quality Index.

It may seem like a distant memory now, given President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, but the top political news at the beginning of this week was the administration's unexpected dismissal of nine government scientists from the 18 - member Environmental Protection Agency board that oversees the department's scientific research.

Last night, Rachel Maddow asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy about the tin hats and the significance of policymakers that deny a top priority problem for the EPA:

The effort seems to come from the very top of the company, with a new video narrated by Apple CEO Tim Cook and a letter by Lisa Jackson, Apple's head - honcho of green initiatives and the former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

According to 2011 data compiled by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the top 10 emitters by this measure are: