Web 2.0 announcer feed for EPA http://epa.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for EPA en Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:22:49 GMT Supreme Court rules vital gas to sustaining life on Earth is "pollutant." http://web2announcer.com/go/1625993 unknown@Netscape.com EPA scientists believed "greenhouse gases," such as carbon dioxide, fail to meet the Clean Air Act's definition of airborne pollutants. Astoundingly, a majority of non-scientists in robes ruled that they did. The Court found that the EPA not only had the authority to regulate emissions but actually carried the legal responsibility to do Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:22:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1625993greenhousegassupremecourtEPANews EPA Will Cut Lead in Kids' Products http://web2announcer.com/go/1459508 unknown@Netscape.com Companies that make or distribute toys, zippers and other children's products will face tougher government scrutiny to keep out any lead that could poison and kill children or harm their brain development. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:15:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1459508EPAwillcutleadkidsproductsNews Supreme Court Says CO2 is a Pollutant! http://web2announcer.com/go/1272713 unknown@Netscape.com The Supreme court ordered EPA to rethink its objection to declaring CO2 as a major pollutant. It has declared that CO2 is a major pollutant by a majority of 5-4, with 4 conservative Justices Scalia, Roberts, Thomas and Alito dissenting! Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:38:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1272713CO2MajorPollutantEPAorderedTorethinkstatescanrestrictemissionsNews Judges Say E.P.A. Ignored Order in Setting Emission Standards http://web2announcer.com/go/1000306 unknown@Netscape.com A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency in a decision Tuesday, indicating that the regulators had flouted Congress and the courts in setting the standards governing hazardous air pollution emissions from plants making bricks and ceramics. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:14:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1000306EPAemissionsgovernmentfailureNews Democrats Rip EPA Chief Over Reforms http://web2announcer.com/go/473663 unknown@Netscape.com The head of the Environmental Protection Agency faced down hostile critics Tuesday in his first committee appearance before the Democratic-led Congress , denying accusations that agency decisions last year rolled back environmental safeguards. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:19:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/473663democratsripEPAchiefReformsNews EPA smog plan, Bush collide http://web2announcer.com/go/392015 unknown@Netscape.com Federal scientists want to tighten smog standards, a step that would allow tens of millions of Americans to breathe easier. The plan also would run head-on into President Bush's hopes of weaning Americans from gasoline by using more smog-producing ethanol. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:24:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/392015EPAsmogplanbushcollideNews