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Texas Chemical Plant Agrees To Cut Harmful Air Pollution In Overburdened Community
2014-03-24 02:24:20| chemicalonline News Articles
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently that Flint Hills Resources of Port Arthur has agreed to implement innovative technologies to control harmful air pollution from industrial flares and leaking equipment at the company’s chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas
NRDC Analysis: More Solutions, Cheaper And Cleaner Ways To Cut Carbon Pollution Under EPA Power Plant Standards
2014-03-24 02:15:05| pollutiononline News Articles
A ground-breaking Natural Resources Defense Council proposal on how to cut carbon pollution from America's power plants can achieve even greater reductions than previously thought—and at less cost, NRDC said today as it released an updated analysis of its 2012 plan
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Welcome to the dead zone: Our planets greatest cities are facing major pollution crisis
2014-03-23 06:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Last week, Paris and Beijing had one of those feuds that city-watchers love so much. (Such head-to-head battles, like great inter-urban sporting events, fuel the illusion that cities are singular, indivisible, cultural entities.) In this case, it was a race to the bottom: Observers noticed, during the five-day air quality crisis in Paris last week, that there was more particulate matter in the Parisian atmosphere than in Beijing. This was true, for a moment, but the comparison soon backfired on...
EPA: La. must tighten Nucor air pollution permit
2014-03-22 21:30:39| Steel - Topix.net
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is ordering the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to tighten the air pollution permit granted to Nucor Corp.'s St. James Parish plant.
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New Twist In Ecuadorians' Long Pollution Fight With Chevron
2014-03-22 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled that the multibillion-dollar pollution settlement that Ecuadorian residents won against Chevron was fraudulent. His decision follows massive corruption on the part of the lawyer defending the Ecuadorians. It's yet another wrinkle in a litigation saga that has lasted over two decades. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Courthouse News reporter Adam Klasfeld in Ecuador.
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