EPA says 224 counties don&#39;t meet air standard
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that 224 counties in 20 states and the District of Columbia do not meet new air
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The Environmental Protection Agency released an annual report on Monday that showed enforcement actions in the last fiscal year would eliminate a billion pounds of pollution from the nation&#39;s air, land and water.
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California today sued the EPA today for blocking a law that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its cars at a stricter rate than the federal Clean Air Act standards. Fifteen other states have joined California in the lawsuit.
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A new national study identifies Utah as one of at least 29 states that have loopholes in their laws allowing for &quot;accidental&quot; pollution emissions beyond the limits of the federal Clean Air Act.
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San Diego County remains on a federal list of 225 counties that have some of the nation&#39;s dirtiest air, although area officials said they&#39;ve taken steps to reduce pollution.
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As many as 160,000 Arizona homes and businesses could have been exposed to contaminated drinking water over the past eight years because overworked water-quality enforcers were unable to investigate violations fast enough, a state audit reported Thursday.
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A study released Thursday predicts more bad air days in the summer for Cleveland, Columbus and eight other eastern U.S. cities if global warming continues unabated.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that Birmingham has failed to meet new air pollution rules for fine particles that are linked to lung and heart disease and cancer.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that Louisiana meets a new federal standard for a type of air pollution. Louisiana was one of 30 states that got the clean bill of health
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By Leah M. Caudle and Beverly Fortune, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 16--bfortune@herald-leader.com [mailto:bfortune@herald-leader.com]   The Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet has issued a water shortage watch for 61 counties across the state.
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By Paul Burgarino  Representatives from one of the worst air pollution regions in California voted last week to join the state in a possible lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency concerning emissions regulations for newer-model cars.
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LOS ANGELES - Concentrations of one of the most dangerous air pollutants have declined in most of the country in the last five years, especially in Southern California and the Southeast, according to a report released by the US Environmental Protection
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wants an exemption to proposed clean-air rules so that it doesn&#39;t have to replace toxic soot-producing diesel equipment with cleaner-burning models.
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At least five pairs of planes came closer than federal aviation standards allow during Tuesday&#39;s failure of a critical air-traffic control communications system covering the southwestern United States, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration
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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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Activists and asthma patients urged federal environmental officials Thursday to go further in tightening smog standards to protect children and others from ailments caused by dirty air.
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WASHINGTON -- An Environmental Protection Agency report charging that the agency undermined its own lawsuits against air polluters by changing key regulations was praised Friday by environmentalists and condemned by industry groups and the EPA itself.