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US House Restricts EPA's Scientific Advisory Board

27.02.2015 - The US House of Representatives, now with a Republican party majority, is seeking to make good on its pledge to declaw the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. Earlier this week...

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EPA Says Neonic Seed Treatment No Benefit to Soy

20.10.2014 - An analysis by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded that neonicotinoid (neonic) insectides do not increases soybean yields. The Agency has been reviewing the...

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Syngenta Asks EPA to Lift Thiamethoxam Tolerance Level

16.10.2014 - Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta has petitioned the US environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the legal tolerance for residues of several crop protection agents...

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US Coal Mining States Sue Environmental Protection Agency

08.08.2014 - Twelve US coal mining states, including West Virginia, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, have...

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Neonic Use Said Dramatically Increasing in US Midwest

31.07.2014 - Neonicotinoids (neonics), the pesticides temporarily banned in Europe in crops attractive to bees, have been found commonly in streams throughout the US Midwest, according to a new...

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EPA Chief Grilled by Senators Over Carbon Rule

25.07.2014 - US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy has told Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the agency's plan to require mandatory cuts in carbon...

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EPA Proposes to Replace and Reduce Greenhouse Gases

11.07.2014 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to prohibit the use of certain chemicals that it said "significantly contribute to climate change," where safer, more...

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EPA Identifies Safer Substitutes for Toxic Flame Retardants

26.06.2014 - Following earlier action by the EU, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to publish guidelines on safer alternatives to the flame retardants now used in...