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Colorado Air Division Thumbs Nose at Governor Ritter

Jeremy Nichols | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Clean Air, Valmont Power Plant, Bill Ritter, Xcel, Climate, Boulder, Air Polution, Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, Coal, Global Warming, Colorado, Denver News
Jeremy Nichols

The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division rejected calls to keep CO2 emission in check at the Valmont coal-fired power plant in Boulder. Are there any limits on carbon in Colorado?

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Great Lakes Shipping Lobby To Spar With EPA

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Climate Change, Clean Air, Lobbyblog, Epa, Business News

Shipping companies operating from the Great Lakes region are launching a lobbying effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing ne...

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Top 10 Houseplants For Combatting Air Pollution

The New Ecologist | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Home Decorating, Home Decor, Clean Air, Houseplants, Green Living, Green Homes, Air Pollution, Green Living Tips, Green News

There comes a time when these machines fail to work leaving you to the unhealthy dust particles and other pollutants in your house. Rather than artifi...

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Houseplants Make Air Healthier

LiveScience | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Clean Air, Plants, Houseplants, House Plant, Indoor Air, Air Quality, Wellness, Living News

Houseplants can neutralize harmful ozone, making indoor air cleaner, according to a new study. ...

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Gore To Back Emissions Reduction

theage.com.au | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2, Energy, Clean Air, Gas, Solar, Carbon Emissions, Wind, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, Pollution, Green Energy, Carbon, Evolving Energy Tech, Environment, Al Gore, Co2 Reduction, Green News

A fully costed map for how Australia could reduce greenhouse gas emissions "at emergency speed" will be developed with the backing of former US vice-p...

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Out of Gas: Court Order Limits Emissions At BP Plant

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: BP Court Order, Clean Air, Bp, Emissions Standards, Green News

AUSTIN, Texas — BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to a court order forcing the petrochemical giant to end what state officials say are i...

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Unearthed: The News Without the Chaff

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: King Coal, Warrantless Wiretapping, John Conyers, Clean Air, Russell Tice, Cook Inlet Belugas, Environmental Rollbacks, Sarah Palin, Nuclear Energy, Polar Bears, Fox News, US Life Expectancy, Karl Rove Subpoena, Dirty Fuels, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

John Conyers subpoenas Karl Rove, Obama blocks some of Bush's last-minute environmental rollbacks, Sarah Palin plans to sue federal government over endangered whales, and more.

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President Obama On Global Warming: Finally Part Of The Solution

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, Clean Air, Green News, Climate, Environment, Cars, Clean Energy, Obama, Cafe, Global Warming, California, Bush, 100 Days, Oregon, Green News
Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang

On his fifth full day in office, the president did what he said he'd do on a central environmental question. Excellent. Now, on to why it matters, and, most important, what's next.

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Study: Clean Air Means Longer Life

abcnews.go.com | Jay Bhatt | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Clean Air, Personal Health, Health, Clean Air Study, Living News

If the air in your city is clean, you can tack on about five months to your life. So suggests a new study by researchers at Brigham Young University a...

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EPA Moves To Relax Clean Air Standards Near Parks

Los Angeles Times | Washington Post | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Clean Air, Clean Air Standards, Clean Air Act, National Parks, Green News

Reporting from Washington -- The Environmental Protection Agency is completing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build coal-fired powe...

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