Earth-Hostile Chemical Gets White House OK
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The Bush administration announced new rules Thursday to allow U.S. farmers who grow tomatoes, strawberries and other crops to continue using methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting pesticide that had been scheduled to be phased out worldwide next year.
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Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Leavitt, left, gestures after President Bush announced Leavitt as his nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
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Federal scientists have been pressured by the White House to play down global warming, advocacy groups testified Tuesday at the Democrats' first investigative hearing since taking control of Congress.
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Under pressure from Democratic senators, the Bush administration has modified its proposal to ease public reporting requirements for companies that handle or release toxic chemicals.
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The president's proposed $2.9 trillion spending plan includes a nice boost for the space program, but cuts environmental protection. Maybe we can move to Mars. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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The latest sign of trouble for the White House.
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A substance found at a U.N. weapons inspectors' office last month and suspected of being a chemical warfare agent appears to be a nontoxic solvent, a U.N. official said Thursday.
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The White House is considering a scientist who has frequently testified and written on behalf of the energy, pesticide and tobacco industries to chair the nation's chief product-safety regulator.
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Science & environment: White House wants more from India and China but future negotiations to achieve cuts are made difficult
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The UFCW applauds Congressional efforts to force the Occupational Safety  and Health Administration (OSHA) to regulate Diacetyl--a  dangerous chemical that has killed at least three workers and injured  hundreds of others. Today, U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) introduced H.R.
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By Lee Peterson STAFF WRITER  In a victory for environmental activists, a U.S.
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NEW YORK -- After a drug ingredient from China killed dozens of Haitian children a decade ago, a senior American health official sent a cable to her investigators: Find out who made the poisonous ingredient and why a state-owned company in China exported it as safe, pharmaceutical-grade glycerin.
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By Traci Watson  A toxic spill and a report of smoke aboard the International Space Station on Monday prompted NASA to declare a state of emergency but did no harm to the crew.
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The Bush administration said Friday it will allow developers to complete construction and other projects even after belated discoveries that the work could endanger protected species.
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Although the step coincides with concern about tainted imports from China, the White House insisted that the safety effort was not aimed at that country.
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SANTA FE, N.M.  - A Texas energy company may get  rights to drill in a pristine swathe of a New Mexico national  forest after a White House task force intervened on its behalf,  a move that has become a hot issue in the battleground state  before next week's presidential election.
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A chemical-attack treatment that many American allies have had for years will now be available to emergency responders in the United States under an Army decision announced Wednesday by the product's manufacturer.