environment news archive
(2003)

Federal Court Blocks Part of EPA 'New Source' Rule A federal appeals court agreed with a group of state attorneys general and environmentalists and barred a portion of the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations covering powerplant emissions from taking effect. Full Story >>

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12/17/2003 EPA, Corps Won't Issue New 'Isolated Wetlands' Rule

12/08/2003 Desalination Dispute Leaves a Bitter Taste

12/05/2003 EPA Nears Proposing Mercury Emissions Rule

12/04/2003 GAO Survey Outlines Drinking Water Security Vulnerabilities

11/24/2003 EPA Water Office Chief Resigns

11/17/2003 EPA Moves Away From Enforcement

10/28/2003 Senate Confirms Leavitt for Top EPA Post

10/28/2003 States Sue EPA to Block Powerplant Rule

10/27/2003 Tiny Bugs Take On a Big Job In Homeland Security Arena

10/27/2003 Demolition Trend Gaining As Economics and Utility Rule

10/20/2003 New York Enacts Law To Boost State Superfund Program Funds

10/15/2003 Senate Panel Clears Leavitt for EPA Post

10/13/2003 Canadian Structure Will Tap Geothermal Energy with Piles

10/10/2003 Illinois Court Rejects Lead Abatement Suit

10/06/2003 Dredger Mobilizing To Plug Isabel’s Big Coastal Breach

10/01/2003 Democrats Boycott Committee Vote on EPA Nominee Leavitt

09/26/2003 Big Quake off Japan Causes Little Damage Onshore

09/25/2003 Shanghai Will Spend 3% of GDP On Environmental Projects

09/22/2003 Partisan Fight Greets EPA Nominee Leavitt

09/15/2003 Water Utility Study ‘Maps’ What Employees Know

09/01/2003 Court Approves Cleanup Around Alabama Chemical Plant

 

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08/27/2003 EPA Issues Clean Air Rule Covering Upgrades to Powerplants

08/22/2003 EPA Clean Air Rule for Powerplants Likely Within Days

08/18/2003 Superfund Work at 40 Sites in Jeopardy as Funding Dries Up

08/18/2003 Chicago Engineers Move Fast To Finish Epic Tunneling Feat

08/18/2003 Utility Violated Law When It Modified Plant

08/12/2003 Bush Nominates Utah Gov. Leavit to Head EPA

07/25/2003 Minnesota Judge Gives Corps a Reprieve in Missouri River Contempt
Rulings

07/24/2003 House Panel Requires Outside Study of Corps' Projects

07/24/2003 Federal Judge Finds Corps in Contempt on Missouri River Case

07/23/2003 Compromise at 11th Hour Clears Way for New York City Water Filtration Plant

07/21/2003 Park Service Maintenance Backlog Is Slowly Reduced

07/18/2003 House, Senate Panels Clear Corps Funding Bills

07/17/2003 Embroiled in Missouri River Court Fight, Administration Seeks $42 Million for Ecosystem

07/14/2003 Phoenix Tries A Second Time

07/11/2003 EPA's Horinko Named Agency's Acting Chief

06/30/2003 After Taking a Pounding, Hydro Is Ready for Comeback

06/02/2003 Manhattan Park Called Most Significant Addition In 150 Years

05/21/2003 Whitman resigns as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

05/12/2003 Recreating An Island Paradise Is Hardly A Vacation In Hawaii

05/08/2003 Houses Passes Bill to Fund Security at Wastewater Plants

05/05/2003 Utilities Agree To Settlements For Record Emission Reductions

05/05/2003 Iraqi Dam Has Experts On Edge Until Inspection Eases Fears

04/28/2003 Monster Water Tank Is Critical To Boston Water System Upgrade

04/10/2003 Archer Daniels Midland, Alcoa Settle Clean Air Charges

03/17/2003 California Ups The Ante On Arsenic Levels In Water

03/17/2003 New Control Rules Set Off Worry Over Compliance

03/03/2003 Seven States Plan To Sue EPA Over Powerplant Emissions

02/28/2003 Civil Works Nominee Has Smooth Confirmation Hearing

01/31/2003 Mining Industry, Corps Score Victory in Coal Fill Case

01/29/2003 Sen. Inhofe Backs Higher Highway Spending, But Not Fuel Tax Hike

01/23/2003 Bush Nominates DOD Official for Army Civil Works Post

01/23/2003 EPA Clean Air Rules Survive Senate Challenge

01/22/2003 Federal Court Reaffirms EPA Stormwater Runoff Rules

01/20/2003 New Federal Guidance Draws Fire

01/13/2003 EPA Prepares New Diesel Rules for Off-Road Equipment

01/10/2003 EPA, Corps Issue Guidance on 'Isolated' Wetlands

 


 

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