Tag: White House

Costs and Benefits of EPA’s Proposed Ozone Standards

By Clare Condon Jan 15, 2015 Environmental Permitting

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

Costs and Benefits of EPA’s Proposed Ozone Standards Since the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970, the EPA claims harmful air pollution has been reduced “by about 70% while the U.S. economy has more than tripled,” with ground-level ozone dropping about 33% since 1980. Overall, 90% of the areas in the United States that […]

President’s Pollinator Protection Strategy

By Clare Condon Aug 26, 2014 EHS Management

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

Even as we swat away the last bees of summer and watch the occasional butterfly flit among flowers, agriculturalists are feeling the impact of the dwindling numbers of the pollinators we depend on for food crops. According to the White House, honey bees alone provide pollination for “at least 90 commercially grown crops in North […]