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Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement on Lowering Costs with Transparency and Competition
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Lowering Unaffordable Costs: Legislative Solutions to Increase Transparency and Competition in Health Care."
Milwaukee Ranks #8 in EPA’s ‘Top Mid-Sized Cities’ for ENERGY STAR Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today congratulates Milwaukee for ranking eighth among mid-sized cities on the annual ENERGY STAR ‘Top Cities” list. Milwaukee earned its spot with 31 certified ENERGY STAR commercial and multifamily buildings in 2022.
EPA Announces Public Hearing on Proposal to Strengthen Standards for Chemical and Polymers Plants
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a virtual public hearing on its proposal to significantly reduce hazardous air pollutants from chemical plants, including the highly toxic chemicals ethylene oxide (EtO) and chloroprene. The reductions would dramatically reduce the ...
EPA Names Four Florida Cities Among 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (April 26, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its annual “Top Cities” list, spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR certified commercial and multifamily buildings in 2022. Four Florida cities made the top lists, with Tampa ...
Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson Exposes Risks of Biden’s Rush-to-Green Agenda
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: “Exposing the Environmental, Human Rights, and National Security Risks of the Biden Administration’s Rush to Green Policies."
EPA Rates Minneapolis as a ‘Top City’ for ENERGY STAR Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today congratulates Minneapolis for ranking 16th on the annual ENERGY STAR ‘Top Cities’ list. Minneapolis earned its spot with 156 certified ENERGY STAR commercial and multifamily buildings in 2022.
EPA Names Two North Carolina Cities Among 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: RALEIGH, NC (April 26, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its annual “Top Cities” list, spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR certified commercial and multifamily buildings in 2022. Two cities in North Carolina made the top lists, with ...
EPA Names 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR-Certified Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (APRIL 26, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its annual “Top Cities” list, spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR-certified and multifamily buildings in 2022.
EPA Will Hold Virtual Community "Coffee and Chat" Sessions on the Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, Mass.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold two virtual community events - "Coffee and Chat" sessions - for the Olin Chemical Superfund Site. The informal discussions are an opportunity for community members to interact with project staff and ask questions about the site from representatives from EPA and Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).
EPA takes first-ever federal Clean Water Act enforcement action to address PFAS discharges at Washington Works facility near Parkersburg, W. Va.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Chemours Company to take corrective measures to address pollution from per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in stormwater and effluent discharges from the Washington Works facility near Parkersburg. The order on consent also directs Chemours to characterize the extent of PFAS contamination from discharges.
Eni US Operating Company pays $113K penalty for Beaufort Sea waste injection violations
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Eni US Operating Company paid a $113,000 penalty for failing to comply with Safe Drinking Water Act requirements at its Spy Island Drill Site, a man-made island in the Beaufort Sea approximately 40 miles north of Prudhoe Bay.
EPA Settlement with Arctic Glacier USA Resolves Chemical Emergency Release Notification Violations at Grayling, Michigan Facility
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO (April 25, 2023) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Arctic Glacier USA Inc. will pay penalties totaling $232,593 to resolve alleged violations of federal requirements to report on the releases of hazardous substances. The settlement follows a release of ammonia resulting from a pipe failure at the company’s ice manufacturing facility in Grayling, Michigan.
EPA Rates Cincinnati as a ‘Top City’ for ENERGY STAR Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today congratulates Cincinnati for ranking 25th on the annual ENERGY STAR ‘Top Cities’ list. Cincinnati earned its spot with 59 certified ENERGY STAR commercial and multifamily buildings in 2022.
Denver among 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: DENVER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its annual “Top Cities” list, spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR certified commercial and multifamily buildings in 2022. In EPA Region 8, Denver moves up to 6th on the list this year, with Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, and Boulder, Colo. ranked among the top ten in the mid-sized city category.
Chairs Rodgers and Duncan to FERC: “You’re Neglecting Your Role to Secure America’s Electrical Grid”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent a letter to Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips and the other Commissioners demanding they return the agency to its core mission to help deliver abundant, reliable, and affordable energy for Americans.
Two Rhode Island teachers receive EPA's 2023 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (April 26, 2023) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), have announced the 2023 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE).
EPA Lists Two Michigan Cities as ‘Top Cities’ for ENERGY STAR Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today congratulates Jackson, Michigan for ranking first among small cities, and Grand Rapids, Michigan for ranking fourth among mid-sized cities on the annual ENERGY STAR ‘Top Cities’ list.
EPA Names 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its annual “Top Cities” list, spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR certified commercial and multifamily buildings in 2022. Coming in at first place for the fourth year in a row, Los Angeles leads with nearly 750 ENERGY STAR certified buildings. In second place is Washington, D.C. with 555 buildings, followed by Atlanta in third place with 376 buildings.
Honeywell International, Olin Corp. to pay for cleanup at Superfund site near Moundsville, W. Va.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (April 25, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) have entered a settlement with Honeywell International Inc. and Olin Corporation that requires the companies to pay cleanup costs and implement the cleanup remedy ...
Chair Rodgers Applauds the Passage of Limit, Save, Grow Act
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement applauding the passage of H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which will address the unsustainable spending that has been exacerbated under President Biden.