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EPA Supports Green Awareness, Research

February 19, 2008

In a Feb. 11 press release, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it does not have a position on the "Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Act" (H.R. 5161), but it does support efforts to raise awareness and stimulate research and action for green infrastructure.

The U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Subcommittee on Innovation recently approved the legislation last week with an amendment. The bill will be considered by the full committee next. Subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee also are considering the legislation.
"The bill recognizes our country can accelerate environmental and transportation progress together," said Assistant Administrator for Water Benjamin H. Grumbles. "Through our January 2008 Green Infrastructure Strategy and the President's Executive Order 13423 (Strengthening Federal Energy, Environmental, and Transportation Leadership), EPA and the Department of Transportation are working together to advance common goals and protect watersheds, such as our Green Highways partnership in the Mid-Atlantic region. The growing emphasis on green transportation infrastructure will be key to meeting our ambitious goals for protecting wetlands and managing stormwater."

Opinion

Will EPA be Forced to Issue a Climate Change Endangerment Finding?

On April 2, 2008, exactly one year after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 12 states, supported by an additional five states as amicus curiae, as well as the District of Columbia, the cities of New York and Baltimore, and a number of environmental organizations, filed a petition for mandamus with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on remand within 60 days.

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