As many of us were reminded last summer when forest fires in Canada turned New York City's air to the color orange, air pollution is transported by the wind. Fortunately, here in the United States, the Commerce Clause of ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants, updating standards imposed more than a decade ago.
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Apr 5, 2023
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reaffirmed the basis for a rule that requires "significant reductions" in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants, reversing a move late in former President Donald ...
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Feb 18, 2023
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Fine particulate matter, or soot pollution, is in the air we breathe and has been linked to asthma, heart disease and early death, disproportionately affecting urban communities of color.
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Jan 31, 2023
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The Supreme Court Thursday issued a ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants.
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By many measures, modern science has greatly improved the American way of life. Advances in chemistry and other technologies over the past century have made food more affordable and transportation more convenient and paved ...
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May 18, 2022
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Local and state agencies generally monitor air quality on an intermittent schedule, such as once every six days, for example.
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Oct 29, 2021
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The Clean Air Acts of 1970 and 1963 changed America's energy industry.
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Jul 14, 2021
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Coloradans woke up to hazy skies Monday morning, as smoke from the Morgan Creek wildfire near Steamboat Springs prompted air quality health advisories from Routt to Summit counties, and smoke from fires in California cast ...
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Jul 13, 2021
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Removal of pollutants from the air, or atmospheric deposition, is a natural cleaning mechanism. However, the removed toxic materials don't just disappear on the Earth. China's Soil Pollution Survey released in 2014 shows ...
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