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Plastic Pollution Threatening Seabirds
2014-05-13 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Ocean-side plastic pollution, specifically plastic ingestion, is threatening seabirds according to a study published on Marine Pollution Bulletin. Plastic ingestions affects around 94 percent of Cory's shearwaters, a type of seabird, on the Catalan coast. In the case of Yelkouan shearwaters and Balearic shearwaters, the report states that 70 percent of studied birds were affected by plastic ingestion. Plastic pollution is a known threat to marine ecosystems around the world, yet lead researcher...
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EPA Settlement Protects Community Health And The Environment From Hazardous Waste Pollution In Petersburg, Va
2014-05-12 08:51:01| pollutiononline News Articles
In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations, Pre Con, Inc. has agreed to regularly inspect and monitor its hazardous waste storage areas
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Obama administration limits on soot pollution upheld by appeals court
2014-05-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Obama administration on Friday scored its third major legal victory on air pollution in less than month when a federal appeals court rejected an industry challenge to its latest health standards for fine particulate matter, or soot. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was within its discretion in 2012 when it tightened limits on lung-damaging soot. The National Assn....
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Davis Creek cleanup underway, new grant funding will address industrial pollution
2014-05-09 15:42:22| Waste Management - Topix.net
Abandoned railroad tracks slowly collapsing into the creek, failed concrete culverts blocking rather than directing the flow of water, and as much as 60,000 pounds of eroded soil and 45 pounds of phosphorus washing downstream annually have all been issues facing Davis Creek in recent years, according to the Kalamazoo County Drain Commissioner's ... (more)
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Pollution Update 5-8-14
2014-05-09 07:23:14| Waste Management - Topix.net
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality assessed a $7,800 penalty against the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission last week for causing pollution of waters of the state in February.
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