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EPA

  1. U.S. Government.,  Environmental Protection Agency: an independent federal agency, created in 1970, that sets and enforces rules and standards that protect the environment and control pollution.

  2. eicosapentaenoic acid: an omega-3 fatty acid present in fish oils.



EPA

abbreviation

  1. eicosapentaenoic acid: a fatty acid, found in certain fish oils, that can reduce blood cholesterol

  2. Environmental Protection Agency

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The EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program requires about 8,000 power plants, oil refineries and other industrial facilities to report their output each year, representing about 90% of the country’s emissions.

An EPA spokesperson said in a statement that Zeldin’s primary residence was previously on Long Island but is now in Washington.

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During his term at the helm of the national trade group, it spearheaded multiple lawsuits against the EPA over the government’s methane rules.

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The EPA said the upgrade should help address the sewage problem and the foul odors.

In many of those cases, there was at least a provision of the federal Clean Air Act allowing suits against the EPA administrator for lax policing, Nolette said.

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