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ND air quality receives 'A' grade
The Dickinson PressThe Peace Garden State continues to receive high marks for air quality, despite dust issues plaguing the western part of the state. "North Dakota is one of a handful of states that meet all clean air standards," Jim Semerad, North Dakota Department of...Tags: American Lung Association, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Coal, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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Dust in the wind: Southwest ND counties at work to contain irritant
The Dickinson PressIn 1978, Kansas sang "all we are is dust in the wind." For residents of southwestern North Dakota in 2013 caught in a dust storm on a windy day, that lyric can certainly ring true. The region's dust storms -- a worrisome issue for county officials and a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Physical Conditions, Asthma, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Pollution
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Candidates answer Review questionnaire
The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa.Voters will decide on May 21 whether John J. Lukach or Terry Ward will win the Republican nomination for a Standing Stone Township supervisor position. The Review sent both candidates a questionnaire, and their answers are printed below verbatim. Name:...Tags: Chesapeake Energy Corp., Philosophy, Government, Elections, Parties and Movements
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SCAQMD board member hears it from mostly pro-fire ring crowd
About 50 speakers voiced their opinions on the fire ring controversy Friday afternoon at Huntington Beach's council chambers. South Coast Air Quality Management District board member and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido sat next to Huntington Beach Mayor...Tags: Local Government, Environmental Issues, Allan R. Mansoor, Environmental Pollution
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Just what the forest doctors ordered: Prescribed burn fosters safe growth of Southern woodlands
The Anniston StarTALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST -- On Ivory Mountain Wednesday morning, about a dozen workers gathered around a truck to plan their day's mission -- clearing 800 acres in a prescribed burn. The firefighters work for the U.S. Forest Service in several...Tags: Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber, Environmental Pollution, Nature Conservancy, National Weather Service
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CT, NJ Settlement To Shut Down Coal Units At PA Plant
The Hartford CourantTwo coal-burning units at an eastern Pennsylvania power plant are shutting down as a result of a lawsuit filed by Connecticut and New Jersey to enforce the federal Clean Air Act. The owners of the plant — NRG Energy and GenOn, which combined last...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Coal, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, NRG Energy Incorporated
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Event to offer auto emissions repair vouchers in Merced
Merced Sun-StarThis weekend, area residents will likely be lining up for free emissions testing for their cars and trucks, potentially qualifying for $500 in repair vouchers, under a popular government program to improve air conditions. The valleywide "Tune In &...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Letters to the editor
Inland Valley Daily BulletinSugary drinks tax is an investment in health This is in response to the May 8 editorial "Popping the bubbles of latest soda tax. " Your opinion on a state tax on sugary drinks is misinformed. Sugary drinks are different from other snack food because...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Politics, Obesity
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Appeals court hears Indiana County power plant case
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe government should be able to pursue its claim that the former owners of an Indiana County coal-fired power plant failed to install required pollution controls in the 1990s because the absence of those controls makes the plant one of the largest...Tags: Downtown (Brooklyn, New York), Trials, Lawyers, Judges, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
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Hamilton County Commission OKs contract for emission testing
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Hamilton County commissioners say emission testing is a bitter pill everyone just has to swallow. At least that was the take-away Wednesday during the County Commission's regular meeting. Over opposition, commissioners voted 7-2 to renew a contract...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution
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Judge allows gun photo in NYPD Officer Figoski murder trial
NewsdayA photo showing a Queens man holding the semiautomatic handgun believed to be used to kill NYPD Officer and West Babylon resident Peter Figoski can be shown to the jury at the man's murder trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. Attorney Harold Baker,...Tags: New York City Police Department, Cypress Hills, Prosecution, Trials, Lawyers
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Pollutant's cooling effect on climate may be overstated, study shows
Don’t count on sulfur dioxide to bridle climate change. The ability of that pollutant to reflect the sun is not quite what it was assumed to be, according to new research. Sulfur dioxide -- a common pollutant from burning fossil fuels, contributes...
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