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Debate over easing pollution rules on Ga. hog farm
2013-08-25 20:00:38| Agriculture - Topix.net
Members of the state Board of Natural Resources on Monday are to discuss the proposal, which would raise the threshold at which farmers must comply with tougher and more expensive environmental rules from 7,500 pigs to 12,500 pigs for animals weighing 55 pounds or more.
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New carbon pollution rules could still be years away
2013-06-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
FuelFix: When President Barack Obama unveils his broad plan for combating climate change on Tuesday, he is expected to tout new rules to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. The change would take aim at one of the biggest single sources of carbon emissions in the United States by going after existing power plants that produce 40 percent of the nation`s greenhouse gas pollution from burning coal and other fossil fuels. But analysts on Monday noted that despite the White...
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