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HOME IMPROVEMENT WITH ANDY LINDUS Hold Your Breath! Your Indoor Air Quality May Be An Issue.
Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates indoor air quality in your home or workplace can be 2 to 5 times more polluted than the air outdoors and causes 50% of the illness glo...
Posted on 2/12/13 at 3:29 PM
FRESH MOJO: LIFE IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING AN OIL BOOM U.S. House members demand answers from EPA on fracking study panel
Recently, I came across an item on Gas Business Briefing (gsbb.com), which posted information about an Oct. 16 letter that three Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Te...
Posted on 10/25/12 at 3:07 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER GOP disagrees with EPA gasoline 4-gallon minimum plan
Republicans strongly disagree with a federal Environmental Protection Agency requirement that customers must buy at least four gallons of gasoline at some pumps. Gasoline tanks on some motorcycles an...
Posted on 9/24/12 at 5:19 PM
REPUBLIC INSIDER Noem's dust bill creates a fog
Ever since I heard of Rep. Kristi Noem's bill to stop the EPA from regulating "farm dust" - defined as "coarse particulate matter" rather than the "fine particulate matter" of garden variety air pollu...
Posted on 10/28/11 at 12:13 PM
HEALTHY TIDBITS Formaldehyde and Leukemia
The EPA lists formaldehyde as a probable rather than a known carcinogen, even though there are three studies have strengthened its ties to other forms of cancer. Senator Vitter of La helped to slow t...
Posted on 6/15/11 at 5:54 AM
Conrad backs two-year ban of EPA regulations 
North Dakota Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad has endorsed a bill that would suspend the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases for two years.
By Associated Press , February 02, 2011
Environmental groups object to Iron Range loan
DULUTH, Minn. — Five Minnesota conservation groups are suing an economic-development agency in Eveleth over its $4 million loan to a mining company.
By Associated Press , January 17, 2011
Rein in EPA’s power
Our nation is in a high stakes race with China to develop clean-energy technologies, but we are falling behind.
By Mark J. Perry , December 19, 2010
Farm industry leaders urge unified voice to rein in EPA regulators
Farm industry leaders say Red River Valley farmers and producers should work together to oppose environmental policies that could harm the area’s agricultural sector.
December 02, 2010
Ruling allows North Dakota to move more water off Devils Lake
GRAND FORKS – North Dakota does not need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency to move more water off Devils Lake, the White House announced Tuesday.
By Kevin Bonham, Forum Communications Co. , November 24, 2010
Agency called too cozy with oil
Helms: State not promoting views
An environmental advocacy group on Friday criticized the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources for urging residents to visit a public comment site facilitated by what it called a “front group” for the oil and gas industry.
By Patrick Springer , October 30, 2010
EPA approves increase in ethanol levels in gas
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has approved blending higher concentrations of ethanol into gasoline for newer vehicles, allowing the corn-based fuel to be up to 15 percent of mixtures sold at the pump.
By Associated Press , October 14, 2010
North Dakota ethanol industry reacts to EPA ruling
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s ethanol industry says it supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a higher concentration of ethanol in gasoline for newer cars.
By Associated Press , October 14, 2010
EPA’s morons at work
Just the other night on the national news, I heard the most staggeringly stupid statement the federal government has made to date:
By Gary Otnes , October 03, 2010
Mandatory coal cleanup needed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just released new proposed rules to ensure the safe disposal of coal ash, the byproduct of burning coal for power.
By Ron Martin , August 19, 2010
Federal dustup over dust
EPA considers stricter standards
A proposed change to federal air pollution standards has lawmakers from farm-heavy states, including North Dakota, voicing their concerns about a possible crackdown on something that isn’t so easy to control – dust.
By Ryan Johnson, Forum Communications Co. , August 07, 2010
Scientists skeptical by nature
It is no secret that scientists are a skeptical lot. The success of our work depends on our commitment to ask questions, answer the questions and then be skeptical about the answers.
By Krystyna Gorzelska, Will Gosnold, Katherine Mehl, Marinus Otte , June 06, 2010
Senate can stop the EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency is intent on shoehorning vast, costly global warming regulations into the 1970 Clean Air Act. Congress has been content to look the other way and allow it to happen, but on Thursday every senator will be on the record.
By Scott Hennen , June 06, 2010
Hoeven would give oil patch companies a pass, just like BP
BP had been developing this well for seven years, and they were now behind schedule. To catch up, they ordered the removal of the mud that held back the oil and gas.
By Sharon Clancy , June 06, 2010
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