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US Reaches Pollution Settlement At BP Refinery

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

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WHITING, Ind. (AP) — BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to install $400 million in new air pollution controls at its northwestern Indiana oil...

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Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Jeff Bingaman, Economics, Massachusetts v. EPA, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Utilities, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Fuel Economy, Pollution, Power Plants, Clean Air Act, Transportation, Carbon Footprint, Clean Energy Standard, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Electricity, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Copenhagen Accord, Renewables, Hydropower, Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Solar Power, Clean Energy Standard Act (S2146), Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Gas, Green News
Bill Chameides

Americans are behind Obama, in the sense that they support the president's concept of a national clean energy standard. But they're also behind, in the sense that the voting public is unwilling to go as far as the president wants to go because of costs.

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Long Ago, When Politicians Put Governance First

Jim DiPeso | Posted 05.14.2012

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Jim DiPeso

Yet every time voters throw the bums out -- firing Republicans in 2006, firing Democrats in 2010 -- the dynamic remains the same. Congress watchers fear matters will only get worse, regardless of who wields the gavels when the 113th Congress convenes next January.

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Midwest Coal Mining Seeing Comeback

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

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* Illinois Basin coal production on rise * Region has lower costs, easier mining than Appalachia * Mining companies see ...

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Car Guys Know We Need Strong Regulations

Mark Burns | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Environment, Economics, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Politics, Cars, Green Cars, Auto Industry, Clean Air Act, Green News
Mark Burns

During the annual inspection of my station wagon, my car guy told me how excited he was about the future of the automobile: the promise of electric cars, battery improvements, near-zero emissions and high-mileage.

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Mercury Mama's Sweet Dream

Ronnie Citron-Fink | Posted 05.10.2012

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Ronnie Citron-Fink

Did politicians think when they sided with corporate energy lobbyists to block limits on mercury pollution that we moms wouldn't notice? Let's prove them sorely wrong and stand up for our kids by protecting the Clean Air Act.

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New York Times Calls on Lisa Jackson to Tackle "the Risk From Chemical Plants"

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.04.2012

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Kevin Grandia

The New York Times today called on EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to use her authority under the Clean Air Act to require dangerous chemical facilities to use safer processes, instead of storing large quantities of poison gases.

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Not a Cloud in the Sky

Mark Burns | Posted 05.01.2012

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Mark Burns

As our insatiable appetite for instant access to all of our info-stuff expands, the number of data centers containing massive servers is expanding, exponentially. And these facilities all need power. Electricity. Lots of it.

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Protecting Our Communities From a Chemical Disaster

Philip Radford | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Environment, Epa, Environmental Justice, Toxics, Politics, Clean Energy, Obama, Christine Todd Whitman, Greenpeace, Administrator Lisa Jackon, Clean Air Act, Toxic Chemicals, Bhopal, Nejac, Green News
Philip Radford

President Obama has sent clear signals that he will pursue initiatives that he can move forward within existing laws and without the need to wrestle with Congress. Now is the time for the president to take action to protect communities from the threat of chemical disasters.

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This World Is Not Ours

Rep. John D. Dingell | Posted 04.22.2012

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Rep. John D. Dingell

We have made great environmental gains during the past generation and are seeing attempts to dismantle it. On this 42nd Earth Day, I challenge all Americans to demonstrate a commitment to protecting the air we all breathe, water we all drink, and the land we borrow to sustain us.

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Earth Day 2012: Harder to See, Harder to Catch

Peter Hanlon | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Earth Day, Epa, Factory Farms, Clean Air Act, Toxic Chemicals, Clean Water Act, Slidepollajax, Documerica Photos, Earth Day 2012, Wastewater, 1970s Environmental Problems, 1970s Environment, Green News
Peter Hanlon

It's perversely easy to wax nostalgic for the bad old days, and not just because the images are so captivating. Environmental problems were so much more apparent back then.

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Report Reveals Blue Skies For California

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Posted 04.20.2012

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This story comes courtes of California Watch. By Bernice Yeung California air pollution reached unhealthy levels less often in 2011 than a decad...

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Tea Partiers Are Destroying the Legacy of the Republican Party 

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 04.17.2012

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Heather Taylor-Miesle

The Republican-led House voted nearly 200 times to undermine public health and environmental safeguards in 2011.

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Bad News About Gas Prices

AP | JONATHAN FAHEY | Posted 04.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- Ahh, spring. The days get longer, flowers bloom, and gasoline gets more expensive. It's a galling time for drivers, and it's more maddeni...

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EPA Proposes Historic Industrial Carbon Pollution Standards

Gene Karpinski | Posted 04.03.2012

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Gene Karpinski

Last week, the EPA proposed historic new clean air standards to reduce industrial carbon pollution, an historic step by the Obama administration towards cleaning up our air and cutting dangerous global warming pollution.

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New Limit on Carbon Pollution Will Help Protect the Health of Our Families

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.28.2012

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Frances Beinecke

Americans are already paying the price for record heat waves, dirty air, and an unstable climate. We need to fight these threats with every weapon we have, and the electricity industry has to do its fair share. The new carbon standard will help make that happen.

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New Limits on Carbon Pollution Will Help Usher in a Clean, Healthier Future

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.27.2012

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Frances Beinecke

Americans know government safeguards drive dirty polluters to clean up their act. With these new carbon limits in place, we can count on a new generation of power plants that will create jobs, help stabilize the climate, and allow us all to breathe a little easier.

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Lynne Peeples

Fighting For Air: Childhood Asthma On The Rise As Political Battles Threaten Clean Air Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.14.2012

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Asthma was once just an academic concern for Sylvia Brandt, who has spent years studying the chronic lung condition and calculating its tragic toll. N...

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Clean Air and Public Safety Triumph Over Keystone XL and Dirty Energy in the Senate

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.09.2012

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Frances Beinecke

In a major victory for public health and the environment, the Senate defeated three dirty amendments on Thursday.

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The Conservation Disjunct: A Republican Heritage Any Good Democrat Would Love to Embrace

Steven Sanderson | Posted 05.02.2012

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Steven Sanderson

Government must act to protect public goods such as air and collective goods such as wildlife, because otherwise they will go unprotected.

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Coal Clunkers Closing: Public Pressure Finally Shutters Chicago's Notorious Fisk and Crawford Coal Plants

Henry Henderson | Posted 04.30.2012

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Henry Henderson

After decades of pushing back against public fury, basic economics, and the Clean Air Act, Chicago's dinosaur coal plants are on their way out.

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Mercury Isn't Just a Hazard for Young Children, It's a Health Risk for Adults Too

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.29.2012

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Frances Beinecke

Mercury is most commonly recognized as a developmental toxin, threatening to young children and fetuses as they develop their nervous system. But mercury is also a danger for adults.

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Talkin' 'Bout My Generation

Matthew Maron | Posted 04.17.2012

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Matthew Maron

We as a nation need to think, act, and live smarter. If we don't, all that we have worked hard for over the past 236 years could be lost forever.

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It's Up to the 99% to Insist Upon a Better Form of Capitalism

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 04.08.2012

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Peter Smirniotopoulos

It's time for the 99% to put up or shut up; time to "vote with our wallets and pocketbooks"; time to act as much like the "good global citizens" our rhetoric suggests we want everyone else in the world to be.

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Julianne Moore And Moms Vs. Air Pollution

Posted 02.02.2012

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Julianne Moore is recruiting an army of moms to help everyone breathe easier. "It's time for polluters to stop bullying us. It's time for moms to roar...

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