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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently named Dickinson College its 2009-10 Individual Conference Champion for using more green power than any other school in the Centennial Conference.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently named Dickinson College its 2009-10 Individual Conference Champion for using more green power than any other school in the Centennial Conference.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces more than four pounds of municipal solid waste per day. Multiply that by 18,000, and you've got a lot of crap to pick up after Carrie Underwood exits stage left. How much work can a venue alone do to get people to be less wasteful, and at what point does going green be

GREEN HORIZONS An increasing amount of electricity is being generated by solar panels in California and wind turbines in Texas. By KATE GALBRAITH Texas cares little for environmental niceties. Its governor, Rick Perry , bashes the Environmental Protection Agency at every opportunity, and recently branded the climate bill that passed the House of Representatives a “legislative monstrosity.” Yet the oil-and-gas state has nonetheless emerged as the nation’s top producer of a commodity p

EPA director presents new guidelines to improve regulation of toxic chemicals. The Michigan Messenger reports momentum builds for tighter regulation of industrial chemicals ; health care providers say reform of chemical regulation is key to creating public health system. In a recent policy speech, Lisa Jackson, director of the Environmental Protection agency, called the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act an “inadequate tool” and presented a set of guidelines that she said should ste