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Groups Demand EPA Regulate Toxic Water Pollution from Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
2015-01-08 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As my colleague Mary Anne Hitt noted in her highlights of 2014 column weve had some significant victories in the fight against the destruction of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia over the past year. But there is still so much to be done to stop this horrible practice from devastating our communities, our health and our wild Appalachian places. Thats why the Sierra Club joined a coalition of groups taking legal action this week to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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NU, EPA Reach Deal Over More Cleanup at Former Ordnance Plant
2015-01-08 22:21:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://fremonttribune.com/">Fremont Tribune</a> The University of Nebraska and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached agreement regarding the cleanup of some remaining polluted areas at the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant near Mead in Saunders County. read more
Westport Innovations receives EPA certification for natural gas Transit van
2015-01-08 15:55:40| Green Car Congress
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EPA delays regulations on cutting carbon at coal power plants
2015-01-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration on Wednesday said it would delay for months a final rule to control carbon dioxide emissions at new coal-fired power plants, thwarting for now one way the Republican-controlled Congress could have blocked the administration's plans on global warming. A final rule was due by law on Jan. 8, a year after it was first proposed. But the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it would wait until midsummer, and issue the new power plant rules with a separate regulation...
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EPA chief: Weather, climate scientists work is essential
2015-01-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As the sun slowly crept above the desert horizon Wednesday morning, the unmistakable Boston accent of EPA administrator Gina McCarthy jolted to life a room of scientists gathered here for the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. "Are you awake?' she asked, prompting a round a laughter that set the tone for her spirited talk and answers to AMS president William Gail's questions about the Obama administration's Climate Action Plan, including the Environmental Protection Agency's...
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