EPA set to tighten smog limits as business gears for fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is preparing to finalize stricter emissions limits on smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness.
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Big utilities enter market for small rooftop solar
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Traditional power companies are getting into small-scale solar energy and competing for space on your rooftop.
Jeb Bush energy plan emphasizes jobs, lower prices
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Jeb Bush will lay out energy policy proposals on Tuesday that seek to spur job growth and take aim at President Barack Obama’s plan to limit carbon emissions from power plants. In a speech at Rice Energy Inc., in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Bush will give yet another detailed policy speech on what he would try to accomplish if elected president in
EPA rules will strengthen pesticide safety on farms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is strengthening 20-year-old rules designed to protect farmworkers from toxic pesticides.
Fool me once: EPA to enhance emissions testing post VW scandal
US Environmental Protection Agency will use random spot checks to expose technologies that may allow cars to skirt emissions standards.
EPA Expands Emissions Testing Procedures Amid VW Scandal
In a statement to reporters Friday morning, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is increasing emissions-testing activities in the wake of Volkswagen’s alleged attempt to circumvent standards set by the Clean Air Act. The head of EPA’s Transportation and Air Quality office, Chris Grundler, said “we are upping our game,” in response to their discovery of “defeat devices” in Volkswagen and Audi four-cylinder diesel models since 2009.
Fool me once: EPA enhancing emissions testing post VW cheating scandal
The US Environmental Protection Agency starts using random spot checks in the real world to expose other emissions control “defeat devices.”
EPA says will 'aggressively' test other models after VW
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The top U.S. environmental regulator says she wants to make sure Volkswagen’s use of software in its vehicles to evade U.S. auto emissions limits was a “one-off,” and other models will be tested aggressively to determine if other carmakers are trying to defeat pollution tests.
EPA tells automakers it toughening stance on emissions tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. environmental regulators said on Friday they are sending a letter to all automobile manufacturers saying the Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up emissions-testing activities in response to Volkswagen’s alleged violations of pollution laws.
EPA to change diesel tests to thwart VW-like cheating
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans sweeping changes to the way it tests for diesel emissions after getting duped by clandestine software in Volkswagen cars for seven years.