Group Urges EPA for More Pollution Cuts
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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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By Traci Watson  WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency will recommend today that the level of smog allowed in the nation's air be cut to protect public health, the EPA said Tuesday.
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The EPA finsings will require 20 states and the District to devise strategies to reduce dangerous levels of soot pollution in the air.
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Supermarkets must do more to help customers make environmentally-friendly choices, a consumer group says.
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The World Health Organization on Thursday called on governments to improve air quality in their cities, saying air pollution prematurely kills two million people a year, with more than half the deaths in developing countries.
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Environmental activists on Thursday said more stringent air-quality regulations are needed for oil refineries along the Gulf Coast, a region densely populated with petroleum industry plants.
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More than 100 corporate heads, international organizations and experts set out a plan on Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions, calling on governments to act urgently against global warming.
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Climate scientists tell a conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere.
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A coalition of conservation and angling groups urges the UK government to sort out water waste and pollution.
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A pressure group is formed to urge Hong Kong's government to act on air quality amid warnings over costs to the economy.
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More than a dozen conservation and public health advocacy groups joined on Tuesday to throw their collective support behind further legislative action to prevent global warming.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 10--HICKORY -- Doctors, teachers, trucking company representatives,  environmental specialists and government planners gathered at Lenoir-Rhyne  College on Thursday to discuss ways to improve the region's air quality.
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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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WASHINGTON -- November 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides over the course of two years.
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The oil producers' group is set to meet, with some members pressing for a reduction oil output.
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By Zhu Zhe and Sun Xiaohua  After putting two highly polluting projects on hold as a result of public pressure, the top environmental watchdog yesterday said it would seek to establish a proper mechanism to allow for its further participation in environmental governance.