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EPA Prods Dentists to Fill Mercury Disposal Gap
2015-07-06 00:04:45| Waste Age
Its estimated that each of this countrys 140,000 dental practices110,000 private and 30,000 publichandle a pound or two of mercury per year. And at least 8,800 of those pounds arent trapped or diverted in any fashion. read more
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Illinois EPA: State Has Landfill Capacity for 21 More Years
2015-07-05 23:07:00| Waste Age
The Associated Press State officials say existing Illinois landfills have capacity to take trash for another 21 years. read more
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Chemical Polluter Convicted in Massive Scheme to Deceive the EPA
2015-07-04 22:02:50| Automakers - Topix.net
Michael J. Conrad, an Escondido chemist whose company was previously convicted of environmental crimes in federal court in 2012, pleaded guilty to a new charge this morning, this time admitting that he submitted false documents to the Environmental Protection Agency to obscure his involvement in the prior federal case and avoid becoming ineligible for federal contracts. Conrad pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mitchell Dembin to one count of making false statements.
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Oklahoma Sues EPA to Stop Clean Power Plan
2015-07-02 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Oklahoma sued to block a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan that state Attorney General Scott Pruitt called an illegal move to close coal-fired plants. The Clean Power Plan is an unlawful attempt to expand federal bureaucrats authority over states energy economies in order to shutter coal-fired power plants and eventually other sources of fossil-fuel generated electricity, Pruitt, a Republican, said Wednesday in a statement. The lawsuit comes two days after the U.S. Supreme Court faulted...
Mercury Ruling Not Stopping EPA From Moving Foward with Climate Rules
2015-07-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Supreme Courts decision against a key Obama administration air pollution rule is not stopping regulators from moving forward on the governments most ambitious climate change rule. Janet McCabe, head of the air pollution office at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), characterized the Monday ruling in Michigan v. EPA as very narrow, and said it does not affect any other air or climate regulations. The decision does not affect the Clean Power Plan, which EPA will be finalizing...
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