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EPA orders air pollution controls for fracked gas wells
2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: Air pollution from thousands of natural gas wells that are fracked every year will be reduced under regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency issued on Wednesday. Its the first time the EPA has required air pollution controls at hydraulically fractured, or fracked, wells. The new rule targets smog-forming volatile organic compounds and air toxics that increase cancer risks. The same equipment also would trap methane, a potent heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere. President Barack Obama...
Court Directs EPA to Revise Parts of Sewage Sludge Incinerator Rule
2013-08-22 22:24:18| ENR.com: Headline News
Appeals court says EPA methodology for setting emissions limits was flawed but leaves rule in place until EPA revises its analysis.
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AK Steel Reaches Environmental Agreement with U.S. EPA and Commonwealth of Kentucky
2013-08-22 08:33:15| Steel - Topix.net
The estimated cost of the supplemental environmental projects is approximately during the settlement negotiation process that enabled a portion of AK Steel's assessed penalty to be applied to environmental improvement projects at the Ashland Works.
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How Accurate Are EPA Fuel Economy Ratings?
2013-08-22 02:44:49| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The Article How Accurate Are EPA Fuel Economy Ratings? appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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How Accurate Are EPA Fuel Economy Ratings?
2013-08-21 23:01:54| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Fallout from the fuel economy ratings on the Ford C-Max hybrid has caused the US Environmental Protection Agency to rethink how it calculates mileage. The EPA window sticker mileage rating labels go back to the 1970s, and disparities have widened as more hybrid and electric vehicle models have come to market. Consumer Reports and analysts are taking automakers to task for fudging on fuel economy numbers as OEMs push for fuel economy improvements to comply with strict federal standards.The Article How Accurate Are EPA Fuel Economy Ratings? appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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