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EPA Sets Cleaner Fuel And Car Standards, Slashing Air Pollution And Providing Health Benefits To Thousands
2014-03-10 07:09:33| pollutiononline News Articles
Based on extensive input from the public and a broad range of stakeholders, including public health groups, auto manufacturers, refiners, and states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized emission standards for cars and gasoline that will significantly reduce harmful pollution and prevent thousands of premature deaths and illnesses, while also enabling efficiency improvements in the cars and trucks we drive
China to tighten rules against pollution
2014-03-09 03:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: China will tighten environmental legislation and force polluters to pay compensation following renewed blasts of toxic air, the countrys top legislator said Sunday. Zhang Dejiang said in a report to the ceremonial legislatures annual session that businesses were responsible for the environmental damage they caused and must be held to account. He said legal revisions were being prepared, but offered no specifics. Changes are also needed to strictly supervise emissions and control pollution at...
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Duke ordered stop groundwater pollution at North Carolina coal plants
2014-03-06 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A North Carolina judge ruled on Thursday that Duke Energy Corp must immediately stop the sources of groundwater pollution at its 14 coal-fired power plants in the state. The issue of pollution from coal ash gained momentum in North Carolina last month, when a spill from a retired Duke power plant dumped at least 30,000 tons of ash in the Dan River. In the ruling, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway reversed a decision by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission. He...
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Public input sought on James River pollution study
2014-03-06 16:30:48| Waste Management - Topix.net
The total maximum daily load study being conducted by MapTech Inc. examines the amount of bacteria that a body of water can handle to meet federal standards.
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Chevron Wins Key Victory In Ecuador Pollution Lawsuit
2014-03-05 18:57:00| OGI
Chevron General Counsel R. Hewitt Pate said March 4 that the company plans to share Kaplans ruling with judges overseeing proceedings in Brazil, Argentina and Canada.
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