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“We are proud to join the EPA team of dedicated career professionals,”  said Dan Utech, EPA’s incoming Chief of Staff.  “EPA will be at the heart of President Biden’s commitment to protect public health and the environment while building a clean energy future that creates good paying jobs.  We will be guided by science as we work together to achieve these goals on behalf of all Americans.” EPA’s leadership team comes with a broad range of expertise and knowledge, including decades of experience in federal, state, and local governments; academia; and non-profit and advocacy or...

Joshua Roberts/Getty Images News TAGGED FOR EPA: Michael Regan has been named by the Biden Administration to head EPA. His confirmation hearings are to begin soon. A large group of ag organizations are supporting his nomination. Incoming EPA staff not requiring Senate confirmation loaded with litigation experience in advancing environmental justice agenda. A diverse group of 23 agricultural groups wrote Senate Environment and Public Works leaders in support of Michael Regan who’s been nominated to serve as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. C...

1209 views As a favor to the community I'm posting President Biden's order to agencies to undertake a review of Trump era environmental regulations. Yesterday was also an important day for Mother Nature and the nation. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously tossed the Trump administration's replacement for Obama's Clean Power Plan (CPP) back to EPA. The Agency will now be coming out with some version of the CPP.  Look for my continuing comments on these and other Biden administration efforts to put the nation's economy on a low-carbon trajectory. In the mean...

By ATTORNEY GENERAL Credits: TAPinto.net File Photo January 15, 2021 at 12:50 PM TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that New Jersey has joined New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and the City of New York in a lawsuit alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abdicated its duty to act on harmful ozone pollution flowing from upwind states. The EPA’s failure to act threatens the health of residents in the downwind states and makes it harder for them to meet federal air quality standards. Ozone pollution—caused largely by nitrogen oxid...

Effective immediately, epa program and regional offices shall report all regulatory actions in the agency's regulatory management system. regulatory actions to be reported include but not limited to those relating to any statutory or deadlines, pesticide tolerances, significant new use rules, delistings, permits, federal implementation plans, state implementation plans. they should air on the side of including actions in the system. basically that means that if any action is taken anywhere by any epa office, any epa personnel anywhere in the country, a statement on how much pesticide it's safe...