Lisa Jackson, first-ever black EPA head, to step down
theGRIO REPORT - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, the first-ever African-American to hold that post, announced Thursday she is leaving after a four-year tenure...
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, is stepping down after a nearly four-year tenure marked by high-profile brawls...
EPA chief on verge of quitting after Obama rejected smog proposal
Jackson told intimates she had been convinced Obama would back her up despite aggressive lobbying from Capitol Hill Republicans and business interests...
Smog flip-flop may leave black kids breathless
OPINION - For the country as a whole, the choice between the economy and the environment is a false one...
Green movement returns to grassroots on Earth Day
OPINION - Throughout American history, faith and neighborhood groups have shown the extraordinary power they have...
Scaled back environmental regulations put blacks in peril
OPINON - Three of every five individuals of African-American or Latino background live in communities with 1 or more toxic waste sites...
EPA moves unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said the aim was to better cope with pollution contributing to climate change...
EPA administrator: Health of Gulf Coast is vital to US environment
OPINION - The best restoration plans will come from the Gulf to Washington, not from Washington to the Gulf...
Obama on oil spill: 'People will be prosecuted'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama gave the oil spill commission marching orders to thoroughly examine the disaster and ensure that the nation never faces such a catastrophe again...
Obama orders new fuel standards for the future
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama directed the government Friday to set the first-ever mileage and pollution limits for big trucks and to tighten rules for future cars and SUVs...
