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Aug 21 2018
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E.P.A.’s New Coal Pollution Rules Will Lead to More Deaths, Agency’s Numbers Show
The Trump administration on Tuesday made public the details of its new pollution rules governing coal-burning power plants, and the fine print includes an acknowledgment that the plan would increase carbon emissions and lead to up to 1,400 premature deaths annually.
New York Times (News)Apr 22 2022
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Bubble wrap, kitchen cling wrap, and plastic polybags pollute our oceans more than we realize
Think of ocean pollution, and an image of water bottles strewn across beaches or huge numbers of plastic containers bobbing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch may come to mind. In many ways, plastic bottles have become the de facto symbol of the waste that clogs up waterways and harms marine life.
But a new initiative led by fashion designer Tom Ford and the non-profit Lonely Whale
QuartzMar 14 2024
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NY’s congestion toll will discriminate against forgotten borough of Staten Island: local pols
The forgotten borough is getting smoked out! New York’s controversial plan to enforce a $15 toll to drive on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets will just favor Midtown’s wealthy elite — and increase pollution in Staten Island’s minority neighborhoods, local pols claimed Thursday. “If someone wanted to deliberately create a plan with the goals that wealthy white residents would breathe cleaner
New York Post (News)Mar 25 2024
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Inside a new plan to bring public transportation to Red Rocks
Music and nature lovers who chafe at the traffic jams and parking hassles at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre might get relief via public shuttles from the Regional Transportation District’s westernmost light-rail stop — if RTD can keep the trains running late enough. A Denver City Council member and a Jefferson County commissioner have joined social justice leaders in pressing for public
The Denver PostMar 22 2024
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Biden Administration Promises Migrant Solutions, Neighborhood Investments During Denver Visit
Emhoff added that infrastructure projects "disproportionately tear through low-income neighborhoods as well as communities of color." He also talked about food deserts, saying local blight leads to businesses like grocery stores closing, with the 80216 zip code "ranked as one of, if not the most, polluted in the entire country." According to Johnston, the grant will give the city a chance to
Denver WestwordMar 29 2024
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Biden cracks down on diesel trucks in bid to fight climate change, reduce emissions
The Biden administration finalized long-awaited regulations targeting emissions generated from heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks and buses, the latest salvo in President Biden's sweeping climate agenda.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the new regulations Friday morning, and officials said they represent the strongest-ever greenhouse gas emissions standards of their
Fox News DigitalMar 23 2024
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Newsom, Schwarzenegger and activists launch campaign to protect law limiting oil wells
Newsom, Schwarzenegger and activists launch campaign to protect law limiting oil wells LOS ANGELES -- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jane Fonda joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmental advocates in Inglewood on Friday to launch a campaign to keep a 2022 law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and hospitals. The law bans new wells within 3,200 feet of certain community sites, and
ABC 7 Los AngelesMar 22 2024
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State DEP issues air quality advisory for eastern panhandle counties dealing with fires
Forest fires continue to burn in parts of the eastern panhandle. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has issued an air quality advisory for multiple counties in the eastern panhandle who are near the wildfires. Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, Grant, Pendleton counties are under the advisory until midnight tonight due. Air Quality
WV Metro NewsApr 29 2015
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Lung association’s most-polluted cities: Salt Lake at No. 7, Logan at No. 8
Salt Lake City, Provo, Orem and Logan are inching up the chart of the nation's most polluted cities.
The American Lung Association's State of the Air 2015 report puts the greater Salt Lake City area at No. 7, up from No. 8 the year before, for short-term spikes in particle pollution. Logan, meanwhile, took a bigger leap, from No. 11 to No. 8 by the same measure.
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Mar 21 2024
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Environmentalists sound alarm over violations discovered at Linkwood waste facility
LINKWOOD, Md. – Environmental watchdogs are sounding the alarm over several violations discovered at a local waste storage and processing facility. Choptank Riverkeeper, Matt Pluta, says ShoreRivers was first alerted to the potential violations at Darling Ingredients facility in Linkwood months ago. ShoreRivers is a non-profit organization that advocates for clean water on the Eastern Shore of
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