Tag: Air
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Top 10 Ways the House Environmental Spending Bill Would Ruin Your Summer
While millions of Americans are relaxing and unwinding at parks, on beaches and in backyards across the country this summer, the House Appropriations Committee is launching a massive assault on their public health …
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Hundreds Protest Radioactive Fracking Waste in Ohio
Teresa Mills, Buckeye Forest Council fracking coordinator, told the crowd at the rally that in the last 34 years, the oil and gas industry has injected nearly 8 billion gallons of toxic waste underground in Ohio, with over half a billion gallons inject…
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Court Finds Bush-Era Ozone Standards Violate Clean Air Act
The court’s judgment found that in 2008 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated the Clean Air Act when it refused to set protective standards and ignored the unanimous recommendation of its independent science advisors. However …
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Air Pollution Kills Two Million People Each Year
According to newly published research, more than 2 million people die around the world each year as a result of outdoor air pollution. The study found that these deaths …
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Colorado Residents Protest Fracking at Democratic Governors’ Conference
This past Saturday, hundreds of Coloradans from across the state gathered outside the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) meeting at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, CO, to tell Gov. Hickenlooper and other governors from across the country to say no t…