http://xtine562.vox.com/library/posts/tags/environment/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 02 May 2008 21:12:18 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss environment http://xtine562.vox.com/library/post/white-house-undermines-epa-on-cancer-risks-gao-says.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Xtine) http://xtine562.vox.com/library/post/white-house-undermines-epa-on-cancer-risks-gao-says.html?_c=feed-rss http://xtine562.vox.com/library/post/white-house-undermines-epa-on-cancer-risks-gao-says.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 May 2008 21:12:18 -0700 By H. JOSEF HEBERT 28 Apr 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger — often secret — say, cong... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://xtine562.vox.com/library/post/white-house-undermines-epa-on-cancer-risks-gao-says.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d47884000200e398f5ee110005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> health evil ecology public health environment conservative politics http://xtine562.vox.com/library/post/epa-proposes-new-limits-on-lead-in-the-air-the-first-revision-in-30-years.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Xtine) http://xtine562.vox.com/library/post/epa-proposes-new-limits-on-lead-in-the-air-the-first-revision-in-30-years.html?_c=feed-rss http://xtine562.vox.com/library/post/epa-proposes-new-limits-on-lead-in-the-air-the-first-revision-in-30-years.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 May 2008 13:35:35 -0700 By MATTHEW L. WALD The New York Times Published: May 2, 2008 WASHINGTON — For the first time in 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new limit for lead concentrations in the air. 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(AP) -- A proposal to designate part of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore as wilderness is moving forward. 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