New Web Site Catalogs Eco-Certifications
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 -0400
A new online database aims to help companies and consumers navigate claims of environmental certifications and labels for a range of products.
Dealers Group Urges GAO To Examine Proposed Lead-Paint Rule
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:00:00 -0400
A recently formed trade group for window and door dealers urged the Government Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, to look into what the trade group describes as deficiencies in the studies that the Environmental Protection Agency relied upon in its proposal to toughen a newly launched rule governing renovations and retrofits in homes with lead-based paint.
NLBMDA To EPA: Don't Add New Test to Lead Rule
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:00:00 -0400
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association urged the Environmental Protection Agency to halt plans to add extra testing requirements to its new Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule until the agency makes a better assessment of the rule's current impact and effectiveness.
Are Forestry Groups Talking to the Wrong People About the Green Wood Certification Fight?
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:00:00 -0400
A coalition led by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative has put more effort into persuading Congress, statehouses, and the public over the USGBC's wood-certification rules than it has in reaching the USGBC members who will vote on issue.
NLBMDA, Other Groups Sue EPA Over Lead-Paint Opt-Out Rule
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:00:00 -0400
The National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association joined with three other trade groups today to file suit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the removal of an opt-out provision in the EPA's much-derided new rule governing renovations in homes where there's a potential health hazard from lead paint.
EPA Extends Comment on Lead-Paint Rule's Dust-Wipe Test
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:00:00 -0400
The EPA extended until Aug. 6 the period it will accept comments on a proposed addition to its controversial lead-paint rule requiring there be dust-wipe testing after most renovations and that the results be provided to owners and occupants of the building.
FSC-US, SFI Keep Recruiting Forces To Fight USGBC's Wood Cert Plan
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:00:00 -0400
The two key groups battling over a U.
EPA: Our Delay in Lead Rule Affects Certification Only
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:00:00 -0400
Contractors must follow today the Environmental Protection Agency's new work standards and recordkeeping requirements designed to protect consumers against lead poisoning even as those contractors get extra time to be certified in lead-safe practices, the EPA is stressing in a newly issued question-and-answer guide on the controversial program.
Lead Rule Delayed? Not So Fast.
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:00:00 -0400
The Environmental Protection Agency may have delayed enforcement of the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule or so-called "lead paint law.
EPA Delays Enforcement of Lead-Paint Rule
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:00 -0400
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered its staff to not take action until Oct.