Pollution
Mercury emissions climb at many large coal-fired power plants, report says
...than half of the country's 50 largest mercury-emitting power plants, many of which lack widely available pollution controls for the highly toxic metal, according to a report released...
Report: State has two plants in top 50 in mercury pollution
WEATHER WATCH: Report: State has two plants in top 50 in mercury pollution By Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel A new report came out Wednesday afternoon from the Environmental...
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...To Replace Bush-Era Rule Upper East Side's Air Pollution Levels Some Of City's Highest: Survey Jonathan Kim: AB 32 Opponents Vulnerable on Pollution's Health Hazards View Comments:
Polluting ships have been doing the climate a favour
...paradoxes don't come much bigger. In July this year, the world's shipping lines will begin to apply pollution-cutting rules that will save tens of thousands of lives a year. Yet...
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Environmental groups ask EPA to take over Kentucky's pollution discharge system
...a formal petition asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over the Kentucky's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System program, according to Coal Tattoo. The...
Report: Many power plants emitting more mercury
WASHINGTON Many of America's coal-fired power plants lack widely available pollution controls for the highly toxic metal mercury, and mercury emissions recently increased at more than half...
Report: Mercury emissions climb at many large coal-fired power plants
...1990, the EPA has been required under the Clean Air Act to impose pollution controls on many forms of air pollution, including mercury. To date, however, there is still no national...
China investigating child lead poisoning cases
...in Hunan province thought to be linked to local smelters ??? one of many cases underscoring the toll pollution is taking on the health of rural Chinese. Health checks last month...
"Even though the technology exists today to dramatically reduce the mercury pollution, the U.S. power industry has delayed cleanup and barely made a dent in the power plant emissions," said Ilan Levin, an attorney with the Environmental Integrity Project. "Delay by both the EPA and the electric power industry is what has caused this."
Mercury emissions climb at many large coal-fired power plants, report says Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 20 hours ago
WEDNESDAY LETTERS: Source of mercury pollution not a mystery; school fund-raisers protested
...plants emitted mercury compounds. Power plants outside the state contribute to the contamination and past pollution does as well. Leslie E. Barras, Orange It seems that political...
Polluting hair products yanked from shelves
[x] Close A variety of hair products that release pollution into the air must be removed from store shelves across California, state Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced...
Rising pollution puts water source at risk
...barrier built to enclose and contain toxic chemicals soaked into the worst-polluted section of the plant. Pollution removal wells and treatment systems operate inside the 35-acre...
Polluters: Smile and say cheese
...Ott, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Boston isn't a slag heap. Those who treat the city as such deserve a high resolution photo of themselves good...
