Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation eicosapentaenoic acid
- abbreviation Environmental Protection Agency
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- initialism US Initialism of Environmental Protection Agency.
- initialism
eicosapentaenoic acid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
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Examples
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Accessible version and more information: www. epa.gov EPA is concerned that structures, including homes, hogans and storage buildings on Navajo Nation land may have been constructed of contaminated materials from nearby uranium mines.
WN.com - Articles related to Food & agriculture - June 9 2010
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They often tell us not to worry in order to keep us from investigating the ramifications of their agenda. www. epa.gov will see that the EPA seems to have taken the possibility of this tax seriously enough to work out it's ramifications for us.
RedState 2009
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Rick Perry declared the EPA is a "rogue agency," that has "targeted" the oil and gas-rich state even as his state climatologist declared Texas is uniquely susceptible to drought and searing temperatures as a result of future global warming.
Christopher Mims: Everybody Loves Clean Energy, but Nobody Wants to Pay for It -- Except for the Department of Defense Christopher Mims 2010
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Having scientists run the EPA is a terrible, terrible idea.
Jackson Promises to Put Science First at E.P.A. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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But if the EPA is authorized to do that, then surely they are authorized to implement a less restrictive way of dealing with their duty to protect the public from endangerment triggered by 109.
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Rick Perry declared the EPA is a "rogue agency," that has "targeted" the oil and gas-rich state even as his state climatologist declared Texas is uniquely susceptible to drought and searing temperatures as a result of future global warming.
Christopher Mims: Everybody Loves Clean Energy, but Nobody Wants to Pay for It -- Except for the Department of Defense Christopher Mims 2010
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In the last few years, Professor Hayes has testified in various Senate hearings claiming the EPA is accepting flawed chemical industry-funded studies as evidence of atrazine's safety.
Annie Spiegelman: Living Downstream: Steingraber Documentary Puts Moral Imperative on Banning Cancer-Causing Chemicals Annie Spiegelman 2010
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In the last few years, Professor Hayes has testified in various Senate hearings claiming the EPA is accepting flawed chemical industry-funded studies as evidence of atrazine's safety.
Annie Spiegelman: Living Downstream: Steingraber Documentary Puts Moral Imperative on Banning Cancer-Causing Chemicals Annie Spiegelman 2010
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In the last few years, Professor Hayes has testified in various Senate hearings claiming the EPA is accepting flawed chemical industry-funded studies as evidence of atrazine's safety.
Annie Spiegelman: Living Downstream: Steingraber Documentary Puts Moral Imperative on Banning Cancer-Causing Chemicals Annie Spiegelman 2010
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Rick Perry declared the EPA is a "rogue agency," that has "targeted" the oil and gas-rich state even as his state climatologist declared Texas is uniquely susceptible to drought and searing temperatures as a result of future global warming.
Christopher Mims: Everybody Loves Clean Energy, but Nobody Wants to Pay for It -- Except for the Department of Defense Christopher Mims 2010
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