Environmental Protection Agency
Events (162)
- November 13, 2001: Meeting of Parents’ Association for School near Ground Zero Discusses Health Problems 2001-11-13
- November 15, 2001: EPA Chemist Says Agency Has ‘Effectively Waived’ Asbestos Regulations in Ground Zero Buildings 2001-11-15
- (November 19, 2001): EPA Disputes Whether Asbestos Regulations Appy to Ground Zero Cleanup 2001-11-19
- November 26, 2001: EPA Manager Downplays Health Risks at Ground Zero 2001-11-26
- November 27, 2001: EPA Lawyer Describes Asbestos Test in Draft Memo 2001-11-27
- Afternoon November 27, 2001: EPA Ombudsman Criticizes Planned Reorganization of His Office 2001-11-27
- November 28, 2001: EPA Administrator Tells Congress Agency Is Responsible for Cleanups Following Acts of Terrorism 2001-11-28
- December 3, 2001: EPA Employee Says Agency Should Clean Homes near Ground Zero 2001-12-03
- December 3, 2001: Independent Tests Reveal High Asbestos Levels in Building near Ground Zero 2001-12-03
- December 7, 2001: Congresspeople Ask EPA to Keep Ombudsman’s Office Where It Is 2001-12-07
- January 10, 2002: EPA Spokeswoman Says Air Quality Tests only Performed Outdoors 2002-01-10
- (January 13, 2002): EPA Says It Is Not Responsible for Testing Homes and Businesses 2002-01-13
- January 14, 2002: EPA Officials with Industry Ties Decide to Push Questionable Formaldehyde Regulation Policies 2002-01-14
- February 21, 2002: EPA Ombudsman Says Agency Has Intentionally Used Inferior Testing Methods 2002-02-21
- February 27, 2002: EPA Manager Complains of White House Interference in Resignation Letter 2002-02-27
- March 19, 2002 and After: White House Precipitates Sweeping Restrictions on Government Information 2002-03-19
- March 27, 2002: Ombudsman’s Report Criticizes EPA Response to 9/11 Environmental Impact 2002-03-27
- April 6, 2002: Judge Extends Restraining Order on EPA 2002-04-06
- April 15, 2002-April 18, 2002: Tenant Hires Private Firm to Test Apartment Building; Tests Reveal High Asbestos Levels 2002-04-15
- May 8, 2002: EPA Announces It will Assume Responsibility for Cleaning Some Residences of 911 Contamination 2002-05-08
- October 29, 2002: 2003 Passenger Vehicles Are on Average Less Fuel Efficient 2002-10-29
- November 12, 2002: Bush Administration Intends to Reverse Ban on Snowmobiles in Yellowstone 2002-11-12
- November 22, 2002: EPA Rule Weakens New Source Review 2002-11-22
- December 15, 2002: Factory Farms Allowed to Dump Unlimited Amounts of Raw Animal Waste 2002-12-15
- December 18, 2002: EPA Told to Use Discounted Value for Health Impacts on Senior Citizens 2002-12-18
- December 19, 2002: Administration Says It Will Review Hundreds of Environmental Regulations 2002-12-19
- December 20, 2002: EPA Releases Report on Ground Zero Exposure 2002-12-20
- December 21, 2002: EPA Changes Rules Governing Cleanup of Waterways 2002-12-21
- December 27, 2002: EPA Report Concludes Most People Near Ground Zero Unlikely to Suffer ‘Adverse Health Effects’ 2002-12-27
- January 10, 2003: Bush Administration Proposal Would Put More Wetlands at Risk 2003-01-10
- February 4, 2003: Draft 2004 Budget Cuts Funding for Environmental Programs 2003-02-04
- March 10, 2003: EPA Suspends Water Contamination Regulations for Oil and Gas Industry 2003-03-10
- March 11, 2003: EPA Refuses to Clean Firehouses near Ground Zero 2003-03-11
- March 13, 2003: EPA Withdraws Water Cleanup Rule 2003-03-13
- April 29, 2003: EPA Staffers Complain That White House Edits to Report Have Made It Inaccurate 2003-04-29
- May 5, 2003: EPA and Factory Farms Negotiate over Amnesty 2003-05-05
- June 11, 2003: Livestock Industry Proposes Amnesty 2003-06-11
- June 18, 2003: Inspector General Launches Probe into EPA Claims about Drinking Water 2003-06-18
- June 23, 2003: EPA Report Concludes Environment is Better Protected than 30 Years Ago; Section on Global Warming Removed by White House 2003-06-23
- July 17, 2003: Budget Constraints Allow EPA to Start Work on Only Ten Sites 2003-07-17
- August 11, 2003: Bush Names New EPA Administrator 2003-08-11
- August 14, 2003: EPA Lifts Restriction on Land Contaminated by PCBs 2003-08-14
- August 27, 2003: EPA Exempts 17,000 Facilities from Obligation to Lessen Pollution 2003-08-27
- August 28, 2003: EPA Rules that Carbon Dioxide is Not a Pollutant 2003-08-28
- October 17, 2003: EPA Says It Will Not Regulate Some Dioxins 2003-10-17
- October 31, 2003: Unrestricted Sale of Pesticide Approved 2003-10-31
- November 4, 2003: Clean Air Act Cases to Be Judged Based on New, Less Strict Rules 2003-11-04
- November 26, 2003: EPA Tries to Get Around Court Order about Mercury Emissions 2003-11-26
- December 15, 2003: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cheney Energy Task Force Case 2003-12-15
- December 27, 2003: Air Enforcement Official Resigns from EPA over Amendments to Clean Air Act 2003-12-27