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Feds Outline Plan To Nurse Great Lakes To Health
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February 21, 2010 - CBS News
| | Traverse City, Mich. -- The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species. The plan envisions spending more than $2.2 billion for long-awaited repairs after a century of damage to the lakes, which hold 20 percent of the world's fresh water. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the document, which Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, was releasing at a news conference Sunday in Washington.
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Asia-Produced Ozone Making Its Way to U.S.
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February 21, 2010 - The Kansas City Star
| | A new study further bolsters concerns that pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean from China and other rapidly developing Asian nations may swamp efforts to clean up the air in the Western United States and make it difficult for states and cities to meet federal standards. The study, based on 100,000 measurements over 25 years and a computer model tracking air-flow patterns, found that during the spring, ozone from Asia reaches Washington, Oregon, California and other states west of the Rocky Mountains.
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Even if You're Careful, Drugs Can End Up in Water
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February 7, 2010 - New York Times
| | Portland, Maine -- A study in Maine shows that unused or expired medications that are thrown into the trash are showing up in landfill water, potentially putting aquatic life at risk. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection found tiny amounts of discarded drugs in water at three landfills in the state, confirming suspicions that pharmaceuticals thrown into household trash are ending up in landfills.
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Chinese Environmental Group Wins 2 Cases
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December 18, 2009 - CBS News
| | Beijing -- An environmental group backed by the government said Friday it had won two lawsuits on behalf of residents threatened by pollution, marking the first time such an organization has been allowed to file a public interest case.
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Dirty Air, Heat, Cold May All Trigger Heart Attacks
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November 9, 2009 - ABC News
| | New York -- Extreme temperatures and heavy air pollution boost heart attack risk, according to a major new study. And on days when the air is extra dirty and the temperature is unusually hot or cold, the effects are likely to be particularly bad, given that temperature and pollution seem to harm the body in different ways, Dr. Krishnan Bhaskaran of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK, the lead author of the research, told Reuters Health.
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EPA To Impose Standards On PVC Plant Emissions
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November 5, 2009 - CBS News
| | New Orleans -- The Environmental Protection Agency will set new nationwide emission standards for makers of polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as the plastic PVC, under a settlement with environmental groups announced Thursday. EPA has agreed to set emission standards by July 29, 2011, for PVC manufacturers as part of a settlement with three environmental groups that sued EPA last year for failing to impose emission standards on PVC manufacturers in Louisiana.
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Mountaintop Removal Mining Protests Going National
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October 30, 2009 - CBS News
| | Morgantown, W.Va. -- Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.
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EPA Plans to Veto Surface Mining Permit in W.Va.
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October 17, 2009 - CBS News
| | Charleston, W.Va. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it planned to use its authority for the first time to revoke a previously issued permit for a West Virginia surface mine. Acting EPA Regional Administrator William Early said in a letter sent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Huntington district that the agency is "taking this unusual step in response to our very serious concerns" that the project could violate the Clean Water Act.
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