Free Talk Live - EPA

E15 Fuel, which could damage your vehicle, could become mandatory

wtfk — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:40:11 +0000

The EPA has changed its policy on corn-ethanol blends, and states may soon change their formula 15 percent ethanol. The problem with that? There are fears might void your warranty or damage your car. Also, from the article:

"The only group that really seems to like the new rule is the ethanol lobby.

"'We've force fed a fuel into every American's car that benefits a few thousand corn farmers and ethanol refiners at the expense of virtually every other American,' EWG's vice president of governmental affairs, Scott Faber, told Mother Jones.

EPA: Four-Gallon-Minimum Gas Purchases

alisium — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:19:40 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency is going to require all consumers to buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain gas pumps after the new E15 ethanol-gasoline blend is introduced into the market.

"EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Bees"

Lothar — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:08:20 +0000

A leaked EPA document reveals that the agency allowed the widespread use of a bee-toxic pesticide, despite warnings from EPA scientists.' Now environmentalists and bee keepers are calling for an immediate ban of the pesticide clothianidin, sold by Bayer Crop Science under the brand name Poncho."

EPA to regulate maximum amount of "dust" a farm can produce

willlow97 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:33:04 +0000

Better give your horses, cows and pigs a heads up. If they don't stop kicking up so much dust, there's gonna be hell to pay!

EPA Classifies Milk as Oil, Forcing Costly Rules on Farmers

Renniks — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:21:07 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is classifying milk as oil because it contains a percentage of animal fat, which is a non-petroleum oil.
The Hesperia farmer and others would be required to develop and implement spill prevention plans for milk storage tanks. The rules are set to take effect in November, though that date might be pushed back.