States sue EPA over soot levels
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More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Automobile manufacturers sued Tuesday to block California regulators from adopting the world&#39;s toughest vehicle-emissions standards, arguing in a lawsuit that the standards are the federal government&#39;s responsibility.
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California on Wednesday sued six of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors Corp.  and Toyota Motor Corp. , over global warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused billions of dollars in damages.
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By Dina Cappiello, Houston Chronicle  Mar. 10--In a move that would stymie Mayor Bill White's plans to clean up Houston's air, two state lawmakers have filed legislation that would prohibit local governments from regulating pollution coming from outside their boundaries.
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By Curtis Killman, Tulsa World, Okla.  Mar. 8--Oklahoma environmental regulators are shortchanging themselves  millions of dollars annually in permit fees levied against large air  polluters, a nonprofit group claims.
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Residents of a northern California  town have sued ChevronTexaco Corp CVX.N over a refinery  shutdown that they claim spewed dangerous gases into the air  and caused health problems.
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New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Exxon Mobil Corp. to force the cleanup of a decades-old oil spill in New York City.
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State officials complain that the federal government has failed to properly investigate a long-running series of lung injuries tied to widely available waterproofing sprays.
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California on Wednesday sued six   of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors   Corp. GM.N and Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T, over global   warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles   have caused billions of dollars in damages.
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ALBANY - New York State is ordering the same emissions restrictions on its power plants that were struck down by a court in May, saying the emissions blamed for acid rain threaten public health, a state official said.
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Filters should be placed on millions of old diesel engines to protect Americans who breathe large amounts of lung-and-heart-damaging soot particles during their daily commutes, according to a clean air group.
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that 225 counties in 20 states and the District of Columbia failed federal air standards because of microscopic soot from
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The state-led push could weaken the EPA's emissions-trading system, which is popular with industry.
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A $200 billion U.S. lawsuit filed by   "light" cigarette smokers gained class action status on Monday,   hammering shares of U.S. tobacco companies.
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California filed a global warming   lawsuit on Wednesday against Ford Motor Co., General Motors   Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and three other automakers, charging   that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have cost the state   millions of dollars.
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California's attorney general on Wednesday sued the six largest U.S. and Japanese automakers, including GM, Ford and Toyota, for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 22--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday adopted new limits on tiny soot that might be a threat to public health.   The limits announced in a teleconference by EPA Administrator Stephen L.