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EPA tangles with Texas in battle over air quality.
A more assertive Environmental Protection Agency is demanding that Texas tighten its pollution rules, drawing the ire of companies and some of the state's political leaders. Wall Street Journal. 21 November 2009.
A cleaner coal?
Underground coal gasification is one of a handful of techniques being tested across the West to make coal--the cheapest, most plentiful fuel around--more palatable to a carbon-constrained world. High Country News. 20 November 2009.
Air panel urged to deny pollution permit for Xcel coal plant.
Neighborhood, university, religious and other group representatives packed a state air-quality regulators' hearing Thursday night — pushing for cleaner energy. Denver Post, Colorado. 20 November 2009.
The hidden costs of fossil fuels - and biofuels, too.
The 'hidden' costs of burning fossil fuels and biofuels aren't factored into their market prices, but someone has to pay them. Christian Science Monitor. 20 November 2009.
State issues alert on seven children's products.
Oregon authorities alerted the public on Thursday that seven products for children sold in Target, Wal-Mart and other big retailers contain excessive amounts of lead. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 20 November 2009.
Plastic bottles are safe, claims forum.
The use of plastic water bottles is safe, says the Malaysian Plastics Forum (MPF). Petaling Jaya Star, Malaysia. 20 November 2009.
'Unfair' levy blows out cost of stream work.
The cost of cleaning up one of New Zealand's most polluted streams has blown out by $250,000 because of a new law. Investigations have shown the contamination is worse than initially thought, with an extra 800 cubic metres of toxic sludge added in the past month. Wellington Dominion Post, New Zealand. 20 November 2009.
Seized web drugs overwhelmingly fake, often dangerous.
Buying discount drugs over the Internet can be like playing Russian roulette with your health. BC Local News, British Columbia. 20 November 2009.
Wells running dry at seniors complex.
Getting a glass of water from the tap at Shoreham Village seniors complex is no easy feat these days. Halifax Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia. 20 November 2009.
Work on water treatment plant begins.
Town residents are about a year away from the completion of a new water treatment facility. The official ground-breaking ceremony was held Tuesday, Nov. 17, on a picture perfect day at the plant's future site at 500 Route 107. Exeter Hampton Union, New Hampshire. 20 November 2009.
Mercury discharges drastically lower as Onondaga County's trash-to-energy plant owner asks NY to renew permit.
Ten years ago, the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency’s trash incinerator was a leading source of mercury pollution in Central New York. But the plant has cut mercury emissions 50-fold since then. Syracuse Post-Standard, New York. 20 November 2009.
4 groups threaten to sue over Mirant's P.G. landfill.
Four environmental groups are threatening to sue the owners of a Prince George’s County landfill they say is dumping toxic chemicals into a creek feeding the Patuxent River watershed. Baltimore Daily Record, Maryland. 20 November 2009.
Parents ask for mercury answers.
Parents of students at Temple High School attended the Carroll County Board of Education meeting Thursday to get their questions answered about the mercury found in the school’s gymnasium and to air their concerns. Georgian Times, Georgia. 20 November 2009.
U.S. Steel permit hearing draws mostly positive comments.
U.S. Steel Gary Works general manager Sharon Owen said nearly 15 percent of the limits in the 2009 draft are more stringent than in the current permit. Merrillville Post-Tribune, Indiana. 20 November 2009.
Soil cleanup proposed at 7 Chanute sites.
The Air Force has proposed removing 6 inches or more of soil from seven separate sites on the old Chanute Air Force Base property as a way of cleaning up the property and making it available for redevelopment. Urbana-Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois. 20 November 2009.
The electronics recycling gap.
Beaumont and Port Arthur - along with most other Texas cities - fail to provide residents with information that could help them properly dispose of old electronics at low or no cost, according to a study released this week by Public Research Works and Texas Campaign for the Environment. Beaumont Enterprise, Texas. 20 November 2009.
EPA wants to get more lead out of the air.
Like the gasoline motorists pump into their vehicles, Utah's air is unleaded. It has been for the past three decades. But, to prove that to federal regulators, the state DEQ will have to expand its network of lead monitors the next few years to collect data at key locations, a task that could cost an estimated $100,000. Salt Lake Tribune, Utah. 20 November 2009.
Right response on public water.
We're glad the state Health Department reacted to a major salmonella outbreak by requiring most systems be chlorinated. Denver Post, Colorado. Editorial, 20 November 2009.
The Atlantic Water Summit …after these messages.
If Monsanto’s presence at a water summit seems a little like a defense contractor at a peace rally, then, you can imagine how many questions reporters had for Hugh Grant, Monsanto's CEO and conference sponsor. Keep imagining because none were asked. DC Bureau. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Wildfires spreading as temperatures rise.
Even as more people move into fire-prone wildlands around the world, the intense droughts and higher temperatures that come with global warming are likely to make fires more frequent and severe in many areas. Inter Press Service. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Chemicals and pregnancy.
There have been many studies coming out lately that validate my entire approach to pregnancy and parenting. The latest, just announced by the Washington Toxics Coalition, shows babies are exposed to chemicals in everyday consumer products even before they're born. Daily Green. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Report details 'coal's assault on human health.'
Coal pollution is assaulting human health through impacts on workers, residents near mining operations and power plants, and the environment in coalfield communities, according to a new report by a group of physicians. Charleston Gazette, West Virginia. 19 November 2009.
From blood to oil, the curse of a Sudanese village.
The inhabitants of Rier, a festering clutter of tumbledown straw huts and rubbish in southern Sudan, say the peace and progress promised by the White Nile Petroleum Operating Company, has not been realised and that oil exploitation has only poisoned their lives. Agence France-Presse. 19 November 2009.
The cleaner alternatives to America's asphalt jungle.
Stormwater run-off from roads, drains and parking dumps the equivalent of more than a dozen Exxon Valdez tankers of oil directly into US rivers each year, in addition to dangerous levels of heavy metals, pesticides, bacteria and industrial pollutants. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 19 November 2009.
Atty: Non-poultry sources could have tainted water.
A scientist testified that runoff from fields spread with poultry manure accounted for a major portion of phosphorus pollution in a sensitive northeastern Oklahoma watershed. Associated Press. 19 November 2009.
Talk of Plan B, a power plant-only Climate Bill,emerges in Senate.
What was once the central political battleground for addressing global warming in the United States may be making a comeback. Greenwire. 19 November 2009.
Energy planners fight over Fayette.
While a $250 million upgrade is not chump change by anyone's standards, the Fayette Power Project's upgrade is especially hard to swallow for those Austinites who'd prefer simply to retire the coal-fired power plant for good. Austin Chronicle, Texas. 19 November 2009.
Fresh concerns over safety of herbal preparations.
Recent research has raised concerns that indiscriminate use of packaged herbal bitters may have a toxic effect on the spleen, pancreas and heart. Lagos Guardian, Nigeria. 19 November 2009.
Gov't to buy rice from polluted paddies.
The Council of Agriculture (COA) promised yesterday to purchase rice at guaranteed prices from Tainan County farmers whose paddies were found to be contaminated with heavy metals and are therefore having difficulty selling their crops. Taipei China Post, Taiwan. 19 November 2009.
Overnight, air is more poisonous.
India has revised standards for air quality for the first time in 15 years in a move that environmental experts say will overnight tar more cities and localities across the country as polluted beyond limits. Calcutta Telegraph, India. 19 November 2009.
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