EPA staff backed Calif. pollution waiver
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EPA officials told the agency's administrator that California had "compelling and extraordinary conditions" to justify a federal waiver allowing the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, according to excerpts of documents released Wednesday.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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ExpertSource:     TOPIC: Although climate scientists praised California for passing the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, some worry that the public will not do what is necessary to minimize climate change, according to an article by The Sacramento Bee.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 4  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Coastal Commission is proud to announce a new presenting sponsor for the 23rd annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.
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Seven years after establishing a new national health standard for fine particle pollution, which has been linked to thousands of deaths each year, the US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday began enforcing it.
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By Lee Peterson STAFF WRITER  In a victory for environmental activists, a U.S.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to provide on-site protections and increased monitoring of contamination at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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California regulators approved a plan on Friday aimed at drastically reducing over the next 11 years the vehicle emissions of gases that scientists have linked to global warming.
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California air-quality regulators have adopted the nation&#39;s first-ever rules to reduce car emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt tough
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SACRAMENTO, California  - California made a bold   move to curb global warming by passing on Thursday the United   States' first bill to cap man-made greenhouse gas emissions   which state leaders hope will be emulated across the country.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will rule by the end of the year on California's long-standing petition to implement greenhouse gas reductions on automobiles.  The law can't take effect unless California gets a federal waiver.
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By Jennifer Bowles, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 7--Environmental groups on Tuesday put the U.S. Fish and Wildlife  Service on notice they intend to sue the agency for approving development on a  key Inland endangered-species preserve although land was set aside elsewhere.
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California will become the first U.S. state to try to measure how its residents are absorbing chemicals from common products under a "bio-monitoring" bill signed on Friday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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State environmental officials said yesterday that they would begin enforcement actions against 950 groups and individuals who have failed to comply with regulations for monitoring certain environmental cleanup sites, including groundwater contamination and protective caps. Environmental officials said state law requires that those responsible for monitoring the condition of such sites file reports with the state certifying that protective measures are still in effect. The officials said the state would begin issuing notices of violation next week to those who have not complied. The sites include residential developments, gas stations, industrial sites and public institutions, the officials said.
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California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world's most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to global warming &#151; a move that could affect car and truck buyers from coast to coast.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 15--SAN FRANCISCO -- A progressive increase in California American Water customers' bills was approved unanimously by the state Public Utilities Commission here Thursday.   Beginning Jan.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Business leaders across California continue to overwhelmingly support Proposition 84, the Clean Water and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006.