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U.S. imposes harsh limits on medical waste incinerators
Tribune reporterMedical waste incinerators, including one in suburban Maywood, face more stringent limits on toxic air pollution under a new federal rule hammered out after a decade-long legal battle. Most hospitals stopped burning their waste years ago after the U.S....Tags: Stericycle Incorporated, Rod Blagojevich, Regional Authority, Lake Forest, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Beijing says it has met air pollution target early, thanks to Olympic restrictions
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ Beijing said Monday it has already reached its target number of 256 "blue-sky days" this year, with the help of ambitious environmental measures the city imposed to cut emissions for the Olympic Games. China's notoriously polluted...Tags: Olympic Games, Multi-Sport Events, Health Organizations, Environmental Pollution, Pollution
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New leases stir debate on drilling
The Washington PostWASHINGTON -- A decision by federal officials this week to press ahead with a controversial sale of oil and gas leases in eastern Utah is stoking the debate over how to balance the nation's needs for fossil fuels against concerns over the environmental...Tags: Washington Post Company, Alaska, Petroleum Industry, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Gardens and Parks
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Monday Read: Bangkok Air Quality Conference Focus Is On Traffic and Pollution
Edmunds.comWorld traveler, sustainable cities advocate and sometimes contributor Gordon Feller, chief executive officer of the Urban Age Institute, was in Thailand recently to attend the Better Air Quality 2008 conference in Bangkok and offered to fill Green Car... -
Residents warned of poor air quality in fire zones
As wildfires flared across Southern California this weekend, health officials issued air-quality warnings and told residents to avoid areas where they could smell and see smoke.
"What we're forecasting is that the air quality will be unhealthy for...Tags: Fires, Academic Progress, Environmental Pollution, Wildfires
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Activists back drive for Illinois Clean Car Act
Tribune reporterSupporters of the proposed Illinois Clean Car Act rallied Sunday in downtown Chicago with the hope that state legislators will pass a bill they say would help significantly decrease air pollution in Illinois. More than 50 people, including several...Tags: Loyola University Chicago, Passenger Cars, Chicago, California, Environmental Pollution
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City football teams return to normal workouts
Los Angeles City Section football teams were allowed to resume practicing outdoors Tuesday, but the 250 or so evacuees who occupied the gymnasium at Sylmar High served as a reminder of the fires that have devastated portions of the Southland in the last...Tags: Football, Injuries, Environmental Pollution
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EPA May Relax Rules Near Parks
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other major polluters near national parks and wilderness areas. The move comes even though half of EPA's...Tags: Washington Post Company, Gardens and Parks, Forestry and Timber, Regional Authority, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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California economy loses $28 billion yearly to health effects of pollution
The California economy loses about $28 billion annually due to premature deaths and illnesses linked to ozone and particulates spewed from hundreds of locations in the South Coast and San Joaquin air basins, according to findings released Wednesday by a...Tags: Mountains, Texas, Asthma, California, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California)
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'Brown clouds' changing weather, United Nations report says
The Associated PressA dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, changing weather patterns and threatening health and food supplies, the United...Tags: Mountains, Ecosystems, Weather Reports, Global Warming, Conservation
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California Study Finds Air More Dangerous Than Drivers
KickingTiresHere???s why it pays to be concerned about the environment: Because a bad situation costs ??? namely lives and money. A recent study by California State University, Fullerton, found that air pollution in the two most populated regions in the......Tags: Environmental Pollution, Fullerton (Orange, California), Road Accidents, California, Standards
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2008 LA Auto Show: Oregon Joins Nissan to Advance Zero-Emission Mobility
Edmunds.comThe Renault-Nissan Alliance announced today that Nissan and Oregon are forming a partnership to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric vehicle charging network. Portland General Electric also is a participant in...
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