Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson says she’ll step down early next year, after President Obama’s State of the Union address. As the New York Times reports, Jackson leaves at a time where the Obama Administration’s environmental policy is at a crossroads: After his re-election, and a campaign in which global warming was barely mentioned by either [...]
Although Pennsylvania will skip a competitive presidential primary this year, thanks to Santorum’s exit, the ad wars for the general election have begun. The conservative super PAC American Crossroads has launched a radio ad in the Keystone state attacking President Obama’s new air pollution rules. The ad will run in the Pittsburgh area, as well [...]
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be in Philadelphia on Tuesday to announce a $1.2 billion project to reduce flooding on city streets and control stormwater runoff. The city’s water department operates “Green City, Clean Waters,” a project that develops porous pavements, raingardens and green roofs to better absorb runoff and divert it into the city’s [...]
Water Defense, the anti-fracking environmental group formed by actor Mark Ruffalo, disputes the EPA’s conclusions about Dimock’s water tests. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency released water test results from 20 households in the Susquehanna County township. The EPA says analysis of those tests reveal the water is safe to drink. But Claire Sandberg, of [...]
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson speaks to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works today about her agency’s budget request for $8.344 billion dollars. In Jackson’s prepared remarks, she touches upon fracking. “As I’ve mentioned before, natural gas is an important resource which is abundant in the United States, but we must make sure that [...]
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says her agency needs to conduct more tests before deciding whether or not to provide clean water to Dimock residents. About a dozen families living in the tiny Susquehanna County community say it’s still unsafe to drink their water three years after state environmental officials forced Cabot Oil and Gas to [...]
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