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The White House is trying to block the U.S. EPA from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases.

As reported by By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer: “Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson favored giving California some authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks … before he consulted with the White House and reversed course, congressional investigators said yesterday.”

The White House has outlined their plan to increase fuel efficiency standards to 35 MPG by 2020, a move that will save Americans an estimated $100 billion in fuel costs. The proposal gives a boost to the timeline by requiring the mileage of passenger vehicles to average 31.6 MPG by 2015. That’s up from today’s average of 25 MPG.

President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. President Richard Nixon declared war on cancer and recreational drugs. Will George W. Bush declare war on climate change?

A summary and analysis of recent news and turmoil regarding the EPA, including Congressional anger at key EPA libraries being closed (or access being limited), cases where EPA scientists have been ignored by management, the recent case where the Bush White House over-ruled its own figurehead leader if the EPA, cases where the federal government is not following federal court orders, conservation efforts and pollution prevention efforts being hindered, the Endangered Species act being ignored, and more, all with lnks to the apporpriate sources.

Looking to save $1 million, 20 tons of paper, or close to 500 trees, the White House said today President Bush’s 2009 Federal Budget will for the first time be posted online. The E-Budget will be available for downloading at the Office of Management and Budget Web site on Feb. 4. 

White House may be guilty of manipulating information about climate change. A report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is the result of a 16 month investigation into the Bush administration amidst allegations that the White House attempted to control which climate change experts could speak to reporters.

James Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality, describes how success in Bali climate change negotiations came down to the placement of punctuation.

A cute PSA for national parks. President Bush’s dog, Barney, straps on the Barney-cam for his annual dog’s-eye view of the White House Christmas decorations.

Sen. Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,  and other Senators respond to White House editing of the testimony given by Dr. Julie Gerberding, on the health effects of climate change on public health.

This is the hearing featuring CDC chief Dr. Julie Gerberding, the testimony of whom was censored by the Bush administration. The video includes information in the Q&A which the administration hoped to avoid exposing.

James Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, clarified the Administration's new climate change strategy at a press conference hosted by Energy Policy TV and the United States Energy Association.

In the wake of a high-level United Nations meeting on climate change, Rep. Ed Markey - Chairman of the Select Committee on EnergyIndependence and Global Warming - makes the case for action.

President Bush addresses attendees of his Meeting of the Major Economies held at the State Department, to discuss global solutions to the problem of climate change while maintaining economic growth.

Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, wraps up the High-Level Meeting on Climate Change held at the United Nations, describes the status of the Kyoto Protocol, and looks at the White House Meeting of the Major Economies on Climate Change.