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Mercury scrubbers at power plant lower other pollution too
2015-07-15 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Air pollution controls installed at an Oregon coal-fired power plant to curb mercury emissions are unexpectedly reducing another class of harmful emissions as well, an Oregon State University study has found. Portland General Electric added emission control systems at its generating plant in Boardman, Oregon, in 2011 to capture and remove mercury from the exhaust. Before-and-after measurements by a team of OSU scientists found that concentrations of two major groups of air pollutants went down...
Court Upholds EPA's Pollution Diet for Chesapeake Bay
2015-07-15 20:56:40| ENR.com: Headline News
The American Farm Bureau, National Association of Home Builders and other groups are reviewing whether they will appeal a court ruling upholding mandatory pollution reductions in Chesapeake Bay.
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Study finds single exposure to roadway PM induces transient pulmonary stress; possible need to regulate non-tailpipe-related pollution
2015-07-13 12:55:42| Green Car Congress
Study finds heavy upwind air pollution contributed to the catastrophic 2013 Sichuan Flood
2015-07-10 13:55:36| Green Car Congress
N.J. makes case for pollution settlement with Exxon
2015-07-10 09:15:57| Chemicals - Topix.net
In response to the thousands of comments opposing its $225 million settlement with Exxon Mobil, the Christie administration issued its formal response on Thursday, defending the deal even though previous administrations had sought almost $9 billion for environmental damages. The 87-page response, filed with a state judge who will decide whether to approve the settlement, reiterates many of the major arguments the administration has made since the controversial deal was first made public last winter: "The proposed settlement can hardly be viewed as a signal to polluters that they can pollute the state's land and water with impunity," the response states.
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