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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obama mercury air pollution rule
2016-06-14 15:06:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned aside the latest effort by a group of states led by Michigan to block Obama administration environmental regulations limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants. The justices opted not to hear the states' appeal of a December U.S. appeals court decision allowing the mercury rules to remain intact while the administration responded to last year's Supreme Court ruling that the government should have considered the compliance costs...
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05.16.12 -- Boswell Energy Center Unit 4 To Reduce Mercury Emissions By 90 Percent
2016-06-13 17:37:22| pollutiononline Home Page
05/16/12Pollution Online Newsletter
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Peru Declares Emergency to Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines
2016-05-24 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Fight Mercury Pollution from Gold Mines Marcin Nowak/Wikimedia Fishing boats on the Madres de Dios River. Peru has declared a 60-day emergency in the Amazon due to widespread mercury pollution from the regions booming gold mining industry, the country's environment minister announced this week. Several studies have confirmed dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin in waterways, fish, and people living in the Madres de Dios region, near Peru's southeast border. Members of the Harakmbut indigenous...
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The Alberta wildfire is dumping mercury into the atmosphere
2016-05-19 19:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Alberta`s massive wildfire is sending more than just smoke into the air. The Fort McMurray fire, which merged with another smaller wildfire last week, has displaced residents and cleared nearly everything in its path, including swaths of the region`s dense boreal forests. The combined blaze has already released the equivalent of 5 percent of Canadas annual carbon dioxide emissions and is expected to continue to burn for the next few months. The fires have also filled Fort McMurray`s air with...
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Large Utility Selects ADA M-Prove Technology To Reduce Mercury Emissions
2016-05-16 03:53:14| pollutiononline News Articles
Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc.'s (OTC PINK:ADES) wholly owned subsidiary, ADA-ES, Inc. ("ADA") today announced that a large U.S. utility has selected ADA's patented M-Prove™ Technology for use at its coal-fired plant to meet mercury emissions compliance standards
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