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32 min ago | Kutv.com

Fish Added to Mercury Warning List

Pregnant woman and children should not eat Bluegill. Adults should limit their consumption to two 8-ounce servings per month.

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4 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

House climate bill wouldn't cut U.S. oil dependence much

WASHINGTON - Despite its title as the "American Clean Energy and Security Act," the energy and climate bill that the House of Representatives passed recently takes only a modest step toward reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

9 hrs ago | Computerworld

EPA specs to bring energy efficiency to PCs

New power-efficiency specifications being implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday could help consumers purchase energy-efficient electronics while cutting energy costs.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, PC, Hewlett Packard

14 hrs ago | KAAL-TV Austin

Suit Targets Mercury Pollution from Colo. Plant

An environmental group is suing Xcel Energy, saying the utility isn't doing all it can to cut mercury emissions from a new coal-fired unit at a Pueblo power plant.

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Related Topix: Xcel Energy, Energy, Environmental Law, Law

18 hrs ago | Hickory Daily Record

Riverkeeper: Coal ash threatens water

Charlotte's water supply is at risk from coal ash basins at Duke Energy's Riverbend power plant on Mountain Island Lake, the Catawba riverkeeper charged Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Charlotte Metro, Environmental Law, Law

23 hrs ago | KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk

EPA Proposes Settlement in Pesticide Lawsuit

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to settle a lawsuit filed against it by an environmental group over the use of dozens of pesticides.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Recorder & Times

Obama officials gag EPA experts

Where are all the "green" media pundits who used to scream bloody murder about the George W. Bush administration censoring expert opinion on climate change, now that the Barack Obama administration has been accused of doing it? Most appear to be ignoring the controversy, or assuring the public: "Nothing to see here, folks, just move along," in the ...

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, George Bush, Global Warming

Environmental News Bits

EPA Extends Comment Period for Renewable Fuel Standard Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is extending the comment period by 60 days on its proposed rule revising the national Renewable Fuel Standard program, commonly referred to as RFS2.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

Birmingham News Online

EPA will allow Tennessee Valley Authority to bury spilled coal ash at Perry County landfill

In this Feb. 12, 2009 photo provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority, coal ash cleanup is seen under way in a cove known as "Church Slough" in Harriman, Tenn.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Energy, Harriman, TN, Kingston, TN

Lurgan Today

Sewage stations failing EU rules

More than half of the Republic's sewage treatment plants fail to meet European standards on waste water, a damning report revealed.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

KGW-TV Portland

EPA testing yards near former Spokane factory

Crews are testing residential yards near W.R. Grace & Co.'s former insulation factory in Spokane for asbestos fibers that can cause cancer.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Libby, MT, Health, Mesothelioma

Wed Jul 01, 2009

KHGI

EPA to Kansas: Start over on coal plant proposal

A federal official is telling Kansas to start over in considering a proposal for a new coal-fired power plant in the southwestern part of the state.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

WPEC-TV West Palm Beach

Nelson to listen to cancer concerns in The Acreage

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is set to meet with a group of children who have had brain tumors and their families in a small Palm Beach County community that has had a cluster of cancer cases.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Environmental Law, Law, Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Detroit Free Press

What did John Conyers know?

Thoughtful politicians sometimes change their minds for good reason. But when an elected official pulls the switcheroo on a controversial project after his crooked wife gets $10,000 from a beneficiary of that project, the issue goes beyond flip-flopping. Now, it's about potential misconduct and payoffs.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Environmental Law, Law

KansasCity.com

Environmental officials to discuss sludge probe

State and federal officials have scheduled a meeting to discuss their investigation of the use of chromium-tainted sludge as farm fertilizer in northwest Missouri.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Missouri

Burlington Free Press

Douglas praises EPA decision on Calif. emissions

Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas is praising a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to allow California to impose stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Global Warming

WFAE-FM Charlotte

$1.1 million for air quality improvements in Mecklenburg County

Mecklenburg County is receiving a $1.1 million federal stimulus infusion that it hopes will help mitigate poor air quality in the region.

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Related Topix: Mecklenburg County, NC

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Victoria Star

Buy American opponents work to avoid trade war

Opponents of the Obama administration's so-called Buy American provisions are working furiously this summer under a Canadian deadline, trying to convince legislators to do something about the protectionist measure before a full-fledged trade war erupts.

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Free Republic

Inhofe: EPA Blocking Truth On Global Warming Fraud

A top Republican senator has ordered an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's alleged suppression of a report that questioned the science behind global warming.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Environmental Law, Law, US News, US Politics, James Inhofe, US Senate, Republican

The Post-Standard

Police search Albany-area plant

Federal and state environmental agents are executing a search warrant at an Albany-area silicone plant.

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Environmental Law, Law

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