Dec 07 Watch EPA: Greenhouse Gases Pose Danger to Humans In an interview with Gwen Ifill, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson explains the decision to declare greenhouse gases a danger to human health. Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch Diplomats in Copenhagen Seek Pact on Emissions As an international climate summit kicked off in Copenhagen on Monday, the EPA took a step toward regulating greenhouse gases by declaring them a risk to human health. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Other News: Markets Slip on Consumer Confidence Data In other news, U.S. stocks fell after an unexpected decline in consumer confidence, and the F.D.A. may seek to ban certain common painkillers. Continue watching
May 19 Obama Unveils Tougher Emissions Standards Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama outlined plans Tuesday for the nation's first wide-ranging effort to curb vehicle emissions while cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil, calling the plan an historic turning point toward a "clean-energy economy."… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Other News: Wall Street Loses Some Gains In the day's other news, Wall Street lost some of its gains from the previous day's trading and the Environmental Protection Agency issued a tentative finding stating that global warming is a threat to public health. Continue watching
Jan 26 Obama Moves to Revise Fuel Efficiency Policies By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama on Monday ordered federal regulators to reexamine two policies that could lead to tougher fuel-economy standards for new cars and trucks. Continue reading
Aug 12 Bush Administration Proposes Changes to Endangered Species Act Rules By PBS News Hour The Bush administration on Monday proposed a regulatory change that would allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether construction projects such as roads and dams have the potential to harm endangered animals and plants. Continue reading
Mar 21 Scientists Tie Chemical Reaction to Creation of Smog By PBS News Hour Just one week after the Bush administration announced its first new ozone standards in more than a decade, chemists have discovered that a chemical reaction in the atmosphere once thought to be insignificant may be a major contributor to smog. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch Supreme Court says EPA can regulate greenhouse gases In a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars under the Clean Air Act. Continue watching
Dec 22 EPA Administrator-Designate Christine Whitman George W. Bush has nominated New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading