EPA particulate rules affect 9 Ky. counties
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Seven years after establishing a new national health standard for fine particle pollution, which has been linked to thousands of deaths each year, the US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday began enforcing it.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jun. 23--Portions of Northeast Ohio, already under orders to reduce the amount of the pollutant ozone in the atmosphere, learned this week that the federal government plans to tighten the regulations even more beginning in 2013.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 1--A statewide committee, in its second meeting, focused yesterday on six efforts it is likely to recommend to improve science and math education in Kentucky.
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State environmental officials said yesterday that they would begin enforcement actions against 950 groups and individuals who have failed to comply with regulations for monitoring certain environmental cleanup sites, including groundwater contamination and protective caps. Environmental officials said state law requires that those responsible for monitoring the condition of such sites file reports with the state certifying that protective measures are still in effect. The officials said the state would begin issuing notices of violation next week to those who have not complied. The sites include residential developments, gas stations, industrial sites and public institutions, the officials said.
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including residents of the District of Columbia, large swaths of Maryland and much of northern Virginia -- live in areas with dangerous levels of soot
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By John Stamper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Feb.
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By Terry, Juliet A  An Ohio County judge has dismissed the lawsuits filed by as many as 1,180 southern West Virginians for damage in the Coal River area dating back to July 8, 2001.  Likening their lawsuits to a fishing expedition, Circuit Judge Arthur M.
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By Shelley Byrne, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 25--The rain is over, but the trouble is just beginning for some of those who live near creeks and rivers.
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National data released by the US Environmental Protection Agency today reveals that several Southern California metropolitan areas have seen a sharp decrease in the amount of fine particle pollution contributing to local air quality problems over the past
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The Internal Revenue is sitting on $1.1 million in tax refund checks waiting to be claimed by taxpayers who live in Ohio. In Kentucky, commonwealth taxpayers are missing out on $373,500, according
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Sep. 18--One lane of eastbound Interstate 64 will remain closed most of the day as a crew cleans up a hazardous material spilled during a tractor-trailer crash, Kentucky State Police said.
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EAST EARL, Pa. -- Across the moonless dark of Lancaster County, where horse-drawn buggies clatter along dusty country roads and many families shun electricity, a strange blue light cuts harshly through the night.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 22--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday adopted new limits on tiny soot that might be a threat to public health.   The limits announced in a teleconference by EPA Administrator Stephen L.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 22--Pima County's air could be out of compliance with federal limits  in a few years because of a new federal proposal to tighten up regulations  protecting the air from the primary ingredient in smog.
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By MICHAEL GORMLEY  ALBANY, N.Y. - More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
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By Linda B. Blackford  LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky got very, very lucky last month: Two train wrecks in two days spewed hazardous materials into the air and water, causing evacuations but few injuries.
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BAD AIR: The government says 223 counties in 20 states and the District of Columbia flunk new air quality health standards because of airborne soot.