by Girish Anand | Mar 2, 2014 | EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday is set to announce a new fuel rule that will mimic California's by mandating a two-thirds cut in the level of sulfur in gasoline. Specifically, the rule will require the oil industry to reduce sulfur in gasoline...
by Girish Anand | Feb 21, 2014 | EPA
Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard in order to protect the nation’s two million farm workers and their families from pesticide exposure. “Today marks an important...
by Girish Anand | Feb 1, 2014 | EPA
Unlike the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not expanding but going the opposite way, with up to 1,000 staff positions to be cut at 19 offices and locations across the country, the Federal Times is...
by Girish Anand | Jul 18, 2013 | EPA
The Ariel Rios Building housing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now the William Jefferson Clinton Building, thanks to legislation introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D.-Calif. The Ariel Rios name, which honored a fallen agent of the Bureau of Alcohol,...