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Duke Energy Appeals $25M Pollution Fine by North Carolina Regulators
2015-04-13 09:55:28| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy Corp. says a $25 million fine by North Carolina environmental regulators over coal ash pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years is excessive and unnecessary. The country's largest electric company said Thursday it appealed the penalty announced last month over ongoing contamination at the retired Sutton electric plant outside Wilmington.
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Great American Insurance Group Environmental Announces Expanded Capacity For Pollution Products
2015-04-13 06:47:52| pollutiononline Home Page
Great American Insurance Group is pleased to announce $50M per loss/$100 million policy aggregate limits of liability for its complete pollution product line
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Hundreds protest against pollution from south China coal plant
2015-04-12 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of people in China's southern Guangdong province protested against the expansion of a coal-fired power plant on Sunday, state media reported, the latest sign of public discontent over pollution. Residents had complained of smog in Heyuan city since the power plant there began operations in 2008, and officials recently approved a second phase for the project, the official Xinhua news agency reported. "There has been a strong police presence, though no reports of violence since the protest...
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Supreme Court to rule on illegal pollution levels
2015-04-12 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A Supreme Court ruling this week could finally force the Government to drastically speed up its plans to deal with dangerous levels of air pollution, as a long-running battle over illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide comes to a head. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been fighting a rear-guard action in the courts since 2011 over the Governments failure to meet EU targets for lowering nitrogen dioxide levels. In November, the case reached the European Court of Justice,...
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United Kingdom: Time to see red over air pollution
2015-04-11 07:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Here we go again. No sooner has the spring sun finally come out than pollution goes sky high, as sunlight reacts with contaminants that have built up in the air, creating smog. It is becoming as symbolic of the season as daffodils, T-shirts, and the first cuckoo. Thursday suffered the worst air quality with high levels across central and eastern England since a mixture of smog and red dust, blown from the Sahara, raised outrage almost exactly a year ago. Again, asthma sufferers were warned to...
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