Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Baton Rouge's Corroded, Overpolluting Neighbor: Exxon Mobil

Elizabeth Shogren — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:33:00 +0000

If you stand in front of Almena and Sidney Poray's house in Baton Rouge, La., and look straight down the street, past the other houses and the shade trees, you see more than a dozen plumes of exhaust in various hues of gray and white.

"That's something you see every day, the same thing if not more," says Almena Poray.

Is It Safe To Use Compost Made From Treated Human Waste?

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:27:00 +0000

Any gardener will tell you that compost is "black gold," essential to cultivating vigorous, flavorful crops. But it always feels like there's never enough, and its weight and bulk make it tough stuff to cart around.

I belong to a community garden in Washington, D.C., that can't get its hands on enough compost. So you can imagine my delight when I learned that the U.S.

EPA's Push For More Ethanol Could Be Too Little, Too Late

Tracy Samilton — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:23:00 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could soon issue a final ruling that aims to force oil companies to replace E10, gasoline mixed with 10 percent ethanol, with E15.

This move could come just as widespread support for ethanol, which is made from corn, appears to be eroding.

Mike Mitchell was once a true believer in ethanol as a homegrown solution to foreign oil imports.

New Gas Rules Aim To Clean Up Car Emissions

Mark Memmott — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:38:00 +0000

Calling them "sensible standards for cars and gasoline that will significantly reduce harmful pollution, prevent thousands of premature deaths and illnesses [and lead to] efficiency improvements in the cars and trucks we drive," the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed national rules to reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline.

According to NPR's Richard Harris, the EPA believes the lower-sulfur gasoline, which is already in use in

Are Agriculture's Most Popular Insecticides Killing Our Bees?

Daniel Charles — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:30:00 +0000

Environmentalists and beekeepers are calling on the government to ban some of the country's most widely used insect-killing chemicals.

The pesticides, called neonicotinoids, became popular among farmers during the 1990s. They're used to coat the seeds of many agricultural crops, including the biggest crop of all: corn.