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 Stories About: air pollution AND health AND Illinois AND pollution and waste
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You Be Illin'
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11 Mar 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| You Be Illin' Almost 150 power plants, factories, and other businesses in Illinois are operating without federal clean-air permits, according to a statewide coalition of environmental and public-health organizations. Federal law required Illinois' 733 worst polluters to pass emissions standards and receive appropriate permits by March 1998, but as of yesterday, four years after the deadline, only 80 pe ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, health, Illinois, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Caterpillar Metamorphoses Into Beautiful Lobbyist
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24 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Caterpillar Metamorphoses Into Beautiful Lobbyist House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and a coalition of Republican colleagues, manufacturers, and trucking industry reps are pressuring the Bush administration to postpone a strict new anti-pollution standard for diesel trucks. Why? Because Illinois-based Caterpillar ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, Department of Justice, health, Illinois, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics) |
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