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Environmental Justice Groups Sue EPA for Failure to Enforce Clean Air Act
Read time: 4 minsDespite several studies suggesting toxic emissions from refineries are underestimated, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continually failed to review and revise emissions...
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Science On Trial In America As Courts and Congress Grapple with Industry...
Read time: 4 minsBoth the science behind climate change and the efficacy of life-saving safety standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had a trying week in Washington, D.C., as...
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Pressure Grows on EPA to Regulate Toxic Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Industry
Read time: 6 minsOn Tuesday, 64 environmental groups, representing over 1 million members and supporters, submitted a legal petition to the Environmental Protection Agency, calling on the federal...
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Shale Oil Drillers Deliberately Wasted Nearly $1 Billion in Gas, Harming Climate
Read time: 7 minsIn Texas and North Dakota, where an oil rush triggered by the development of new fracking methods has taken many towns by storm, drillers have run into a major problem.While their...
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Coal Lobbyist Jeff Holmstead Disqualified by Federal Judge in Ameren...
Read time: 4 minsOriginally published on PolluterWatchJeff Holmstead, perhaps the nation's prime example of a revolving door lobbyist, was dismissed by a federal judge as an expert witness in a lawsuit...
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EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule To Finally Move Forward
Read time: 3 minsFirst issued in 2011 but quickly met with numerous legal challenges, the EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule is finally cleared for takeoff. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
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"Frack Pack" Bills Introduced, Aim to Rein in Environmental Damage From...
Read time: 5 minsOn Thursday, Congressional Democrats introduced a set of four bills aimed at countering the environmental harms from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the continuing shale gas...
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Groups Petition EPA To Stop Texas From Letting Electric Utility Industry...
Read time: 4 minsNRG Energy has two coal-fired power plant units in Limestone County, Texas, about 115 miles southeast of Dallas. They’re already some of the largest, most polluting power plants in the...
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Now Under Attack, EPA’s Work on Climate Change Has Been Going on for Decades
Read time: 6 minsBy Greg Dotson, University of OregonThe Trump administration intends to roll back two pillars of the Obama administration’s climate policy — regulations to limit carbon emissions from...
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US Air Quality Improving but White House Looking to Reverse That Progress
Read time: 4 minsThe American Lung Association (ALA) released its “State of the Air” report last week, and the organization found that air quality in U.S. cities has improved in the time period from...
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Scott Pruitt's Approach to Pollution Control Will Make the Air Dirtier and...
Read time: 6 minsBy Robert Percival, University of MarylandEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s ethical lapses and extravagant spending habits have distracted the public from...
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Justice Through Citizen Science: How ‘Chemical Fingerprinting’ Could Change...
Read time: 8 minsBy Erica Cirino.Originally posted on The Revelator, CCBY-NC-SA 3.0The technology exists to hold polluters accountable, but can it now be used to help monitor pollution and prevent...
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Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After...
Read time: 7 minsAvailable for the first time, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air monitoring data from over 100 U.S. oil refineries shows that 10 facilities have exceeded federal limits for...
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Report: Nearly Half of Americans Breathing Unhealthy Air
Read time: 6 minsAs the death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise in the U.S.— and as initial studies suggest that long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to higher death rates from the disease —...
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Green Groups Call On Future Biden White House To Overturn New EPA Rule...
Read time: 5 minsDuring a virtual event on Wednesday, December 9 hosted by the Heritage Foundation — a conservative free market think tank backed by polluters like the petrochemical Koch empire — the...
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