EPA drops plan to ease pollution rules
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The Bush administration, looking at the prospect of stronger oversight from a Democratic-led Congress, is withdrawing a proposal to let big polluters report less often on what they spew from their smokestacks.
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Governors of 20 U.S. states must slash levels of tiny particles spewed by power plants, cars and other sources by 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday.
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The U.S. government approved new air   pollution standards on Thursday, promising "cleaner air to all   Americans," but health and environmental groups said the   revised rules are too weak to protect against lung disease and   other pollution-related ailments.
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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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By David Goldstein, McClatchy Washington Bureau  Sep. 16--WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency intends to  close labs, cut its cadre of upper-level scientists and reduce regulatory  oversight, according to an internal agency document.
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By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Mar. 9--In 2006, Tradewater/Lower Green River Watershed Watch conducted fewer water tests than usual in the Owensboro region because of limited funds.
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By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 30--Hampton Roads and greater Richmond were officially removed from the national list of smog-troubled regions Tuesday, evidence that air quality is getting cleaner, due mostly to new fuels and pollution-cutting technologies.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency censored warnings that a Bush administration plan to build roads in national forests could harm drinking water, a group representing government workers said on Monday.
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Motorway dropped from radical traffic management scheme aimed at reducing congestion on major roads
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The House late Wednesday scaled back President Bush&#039;s ambitious plan to resume nuclear fuel reprocessing as part of an international program to boost nuclear power.
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WASHINGTON Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Friday that he has scrapped a proposal critics said would seriously weaken the law protecting endangered species.
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A federal appeals court yesterday threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's approach to limiting mercury emitted from power-plant smokestacks, saying the agency ignored laws and twisted logic when it imposed new standards that were favorable to plant owners.
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A new industry that recycles old tires into fuel, saving companies millions of dollars and reducing a billion-tire national stockpile, is in limbo after a U.S. appeals court tossed out some federal clean-air rules.
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The site of a former chemical dump that led to an environmental disaster more than two decades ago was formally removed from the federal Superfund list Thursday.
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Governors of 20 US states must slash levels of tiny particles spewed by power plants, cars and other sources by 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday.
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Friday he has scrapped a proposal that critics said would seriously weaken the law protecting endangered species.
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E.U. countries scaled back a proposal to regulate airline emissions, but agreed on measures likely to intensify a battle with the United States over  environmental regulation.