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 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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A surprising number of drinking water systems on domestic and foreign commercial aircraft tested this summer by the government did not meet federal standards because they were contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria, regulators said on Monday.
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that 225 counties in 20 states and the District of Columbia failed federal air standards because of microscopic soot from
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By Traci Watson  Environmental groups and industry groups reacted coolly Thursday, though for different reasons, to a proposal to cut the level of smog allowed in the USA's air.    The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan to reduce the smog limit by 11% to 17%.
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WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday identified 224 counties in 20 states that do not meet new clean-air standards designed to protect against one of the tiniest but most harmful pollutants: microscopic soot.
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All or parts of nine Kentucky counties, including Fayette, violate the first federal standards for fine-particle pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday.
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By ALAN ZIBEL  WASHINGTON - 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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WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said last week that 12.6 percent of the planes it tested had drinking water on board that failed to meet the agency&#39;s standards.
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Turkey, deer and songbirds abound in a pastoral setting in Roanoke County, but under the surface lies the volatile legacy of an old landfill: explosive gases and contaminated fluids.  The mixture will require daily maintenance for decades and cost taxpayers millions, officials say.
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The air in some parts of Southern California air is so dirty that it impedes the development of children&#39;s lungs. By the time they are 18, many children who grow up in
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Air pollution built to unhealthy levels around the upper Midwest, a wintertime rarity caused by the absence of strong wind, and problems were expected to continue Thursday for children and other sensitive groups.
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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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LOS ANGELES A new Environmental Protection Agency report says concentrations of dangerous air pollutants have declined in Southern California in the last five years.
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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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Ozone levels are falling sharply in Eastern states where smog has been a recurring summer problem, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
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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.