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 Stories About: air pollution AND California AND health AND US EPA
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California waiver update
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David Roberts |
04 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Earlier this year I wrote about a new (EPA-sponsored) study showing that increased CO2 in the atmosphere is directly correlated with increased ozone, particulates, and carcinogens in the air. Since California suffers disproportionately from those traditional air pollutants, it follows that California does have "extraordinary and compelling conditions" in the face of climate change, and the EPA's decision to deny Cali's waiver was bogus. Now the author of th ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Air Heads
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20 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Air Heads California's San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control Board unanimously approved a plan yesterday intended to improve some of the worst air quality in the nation -- but critics say the plan makes too many concessions to industry to be effective. Enviros, doctors, and residents who have suffered from respiratory ailments allege that efforts to reduce dust and diesel smoke will be fa ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, health, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Golden State Worriers
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03 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Golden State Worriers A large portion of the American are at risk of developing cancer from exposure to any of 32 common toxic chemicals, according to the first nationwide study of the toxins, released Friday by the U.S. EPA. About 200 million face roughly a 1 in 100,000 lifetime risk, while about 20 million people -- many of them in the Los Angeles or San Francisco areas -- face a risk as high as 1 in 5 ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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'Failure to Act' -- Can We Blame Hollywood?
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02 Nov 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| "Failure to Act" -- Can We Blame Hollywood? A coalition of California environmental, health, and community organizations sued the U.S. EPA yesterday for neglecting to enforce clean air standards in the state's infamously smoggy Central Valley. An EPA official acknowledged that the agency had "failed to act" on a 1997 plan to improve air quality and said the lawsuit would force the agency to im ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, health, US EPA (all these topics) |
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