Group urges EPA to cut pollution
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If the government required deeper cuts in air pollution from power plants, at least 3,000 lives would be saved and 140,000 children would avoid asthma and other respiratory ailments, an environmental group said Tuesday.
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Clifton Seabury requests that the truth be told regarding pollution of inland waters ("Ports are polluters and need subsidies," letter, Feb. 7). After reading his letter, I wonder from where he would seek the truth.
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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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Science & environment: RSPB calls for urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avoid 'calamitous' impact on birds
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By Zhu Zhe  The country's top environmental watchdog yesterday called on the coastal city of Xiamen to rethink its plan to allow the construction of a chemical plant and said an environmental impact assessment of the city's urban planning is on the cards.
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ROCKPORT, Maine - A regional environmental group Monday released a comprehensive "climate change roadmap" to reduce pollution linked to global warming by 75 percent in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
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About a third of all Americans live in counties that do not meet standards for particles of pollution that cause thousands of premature deaths a year, the E.P.A. said.
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Scientists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday recommended tougher standards for ground-level ozone, the main component of smog, but no action will be taken until next year.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China&#39;s growing appetite for exotic foods.
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A chemical industry group has lashed out against Greenpeace, condemning the environmental lobby group for making unfair criticism of Apple's iPhone's green credentials.
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Science & environment: More regulation needed to curb the potential harms of pollution, say researchers
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An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
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Environmentalists and two Maryland Democratic congressmen chastised the Bush administration Wednesday for proposed regulations they said will not do enough to reduce mercury contamination of Maryland rivers, lakes and the Chesapeake Bay.
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Automakers and their allies have stepped up lobbying to convince states that a proposal by California to cut tailpipe emissions sharply to fight global warming could further depress the struggling U.S. industry.
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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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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 7--Local leaders are becoming frustrated with the ongoing efforts to devise a plan to clean up ozone in Dallas-Fort Worth.