U.S. Environmental Protection Agency News

Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to make its Roundup weedkiller to stop the leakage of selenium and heavy metals into a tributary of the Blackfoot River.

New vehicle fuel efficiency improved 2 percent in 2008 from 20.6 mpg for the 2007 model year.

The 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill that was signed into law on Oct.

EL CENTRO, Calif. a " The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Imperial County now meets the federal ozone standard.The EPA said Tuesday that the improved air quality is based on readings from 2006 to 2008.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said a second series of tests on samples collected from the Midland, Saginaw and Bay City water systems show no contamination by highly toxic dioxins or furans.

Representatives of environmental, religious and medical groups say they delivered more than 2,000 comments to the Environmental Protection Agency's Dallas office on Thursday, calling for a halt to coal-fired plant construction in Texas.

The St. Louis and Kansas City areas, along with part of southeast Missouri, have violated 2008 air quality standards and may be forced to impose new restrictions, the state said Thursday.

A southeast Texas industrial plant is scrapping plans to import and incinerate 20,000 tons of hazardous materials from Mexico, the facility's general manager said.

International Coal Group said Monday it has settled a lawsuit filed by two environmental groups challenging a federal water-quality permit for an Appalachian surface mine.

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, announced today that the Environmental Protection Agency has selected NAVTEQ map data to power its geospatial analysis needs.

The Interior Department is establishing new federal interim procedures for reviewing permits for mountaintop coal mining.

A cleaner era in train travel begins in the Bay Area today with the debut of an engine overhauled for $826,000 to burn cleaner than any other diesel passenger train in California.

The University of Illinois is getting a roughly $900,000 grant to study the possible environmental impact of storing the chief man-made greenhouse gas under water reservoirs.

LONG BEACH, Calif. a " The Environmental Protection Agency says high levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been found in a Long Beach wetlands a " a discovery that could hinder a restoration project.EPA spokesman Robert Wise says soil testing found levels of PCBs as high as 21 parts per million a " 2,000 times the recommended levels.

A suburban St. Louis property management company faces a $4,527 civil penalty and must spend more than $100,000 to remove lead paint in a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency.

By CCJ Staff Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks announced Monday, Nov. 16, that their diesel engines have been certified by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board to meet the near-zero emissions standards that take effect in January 2010.

Oil from genetically modified soybeans boosts levels of an important omega-3 fatty acid in the body, which may reduce the risk of heart attacks, U.S. researchers say.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says action will be taken to prevent indoor air contamination of buildings near a chemical waste Superfund site in eastern Los Angeles County.

Lisa Jackson returns to former home to attend conference, tour Lower 9th Ward and Pontchartrain Park, speak at Southern and Tulane Tuesday, November 17, 2009 EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, a graduate of St.

Harmful emissions from chemical plants plummeted almost two-thirds over the last 12 years even though production soared, it emerged today.