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Sludge, Jury, and Executioner
Toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast unleashes chaos |
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19 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Sludge, Jury, and Executioner Toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast unleashes chaos Chaos still reigns in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, a month after 400 tons of toxic waste were illegally dumped at 14 open-air sites near residential areas. The black sludge -- petroleum waste containing hydrogen sulfide and hydrocarbons -- is letting off fumes that have sickened tens of thousands, killed seven, and angered countless others. ... |
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| Topics: Africa, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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Rhymes With Blagojevich
Mercury emissions from power plants on the rise in the U.S. |
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02 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Rhymes With Blagojevich Mercury emissions from power plants on the rise in the U.S. Mercury emissions in the U.S. fell by nearly 2 percent between 2003 and 2004, according to newly released federal data, but that small bit of good news masks a troubling trend. Mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants were actually up 4 percent over the same period, according to a Chicago Tribune analysis, thanks to i ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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Benzene There, Might Do That
New EPA regs would slash benzene emissions from cars by 2030 |
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02 Mar 2006 |
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| Benzene There, Might Do That New EPA regs would slash benzene emissions from cars by 2030 The Bush administration delighted enviros yesterday (yes, we just wrote that) by unveiling long-awaited proposals to cut toxic tailpipe emissions. Of course, it took a lawsuit to get the plan released, but why look a gift regulation in the mouth? According to the U.S. EPA, the proposed rules would cut benzene e ... |
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| Topics: news, placemaking, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Mercury Revising
New mercury plan from local regulators would be stronger than Bush's |
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14 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Mercury Revising New mercury plan from local regulators would be stronger than Bush's Prompted by concerns that the Bush administration's plan to battle mercury pollution wouldn't do much to, uh, battle mercury pollution, two groups of state and local air-quality regulators (bet the parties rock at that convention) have crafted a stronger plan -- and they say at least 20 states are interested. The Bushies' new federal reg ... |
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| Topics: news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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We'll Always Have Parish
Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups |
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04 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| We'll Always Have Parish Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups New Orleans' ecological recovery is likely to be both complex and lengthy. State environmental officials say Hurricane Katrina left around 22 million tons of debris in southeast Louisiana, 12 million of it in Orleans Parish. The ginormous load of trash ranges from organics like downed trees and rotting food to about 6 ... |
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| Topics: land degradation, Louisiana, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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Mad in China
Chinese villagers riot to keep polluting pharmaceutical plant closed |
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19 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Mad in China Chinese villagers riot to keep polluting pharmaceutical plant closed Thousands of Chinese protestors battled police for hours on Sunday night in an effort to stop a polluting plant from resuming operations. Villagers in Xinchang, China, 180 miles south of Shanghai, say corrupt local officials have refused to do anything about chemical wastes from the Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co. that have ruined crops, ... |
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| Topics: China, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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