"Iowa Air Pollutants Push Federal Limits"
"The air across Iowa is so polluted that the state is perilously close to violating new federal limits aimed at protecting human health."
Source: Des Moines Register, 06/15/2009
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Texas Sues BP for Pollution
"BP Products North America Inc. is being sued by Texas authorities who accuse the petrochemical giant of 46 pollution violations at its Texas City refinery -- including one tied to an explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others four years ago."
Source: AP, 06/05/2009
Long Beach Turns On Port Grid
"Port officials unveil what is billed as the world's first electrical shore-side power system for tankers, which are notorious fuel guzzlers and air polluters."
Source: LA Times, 06/05/2009
New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards
The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.
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EPA Cites BP Whiting Refinery
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday cited the BP Whiting Refinery for violating federal air standards by releasing a cancer-causing toxin in waste from 2003 to 2008, which at times reached 16 times the acceptable limit, EPA officials said."
Source: NWI Times, 06/03/2009
Study Finds Higher Risk from Soot
A new look at the data shows that mortality among people exposed to tiny soot particles is twice as high as previously thought.
Source: NYTimes, 06/03/2009
Duke Ordered To Close Indiana Coal Units
"A federal judge in Indianapolis has ordered Duke Energy Corp. to shut down nearly 40 percent of an Indiana power plant's capacity as part of an enforcement case that dates back to the Clinton administration."
Source: Greenwire, 06/02/2009
"Scientists Look at Flares' Impact on Smog"
Scientists in the Houston area are focusing research on the flare stacks at its hundreds of petrochemical plants -- which may be a major overlooked cause of smog.
Source: Houston Chronicle, 05/26/2009
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