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"Power Company Holds Off on Cleaning Up Chicago-Area Coal Plants" [1]

"The construction permits are in and the financing is ready to go, but some of the Chicago area's biggest sources of toxic air pollution still might not be cleaned up anytime soon."

Air [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Chicago Tribune [6], 02/22/2011
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"Local Dry Cleaners Top Target for Environment Canada Inspections" [7]

"The federal government’s No. 1 hunting ground for environmental offenders isn’t deep in the mists of the boreal forest — it’s in the back rooms of Canada’s neighbourhood dry cleaners."

Chemicals [8]
Air [2]
Public [4]
Canada [9]
Source: Canadian Press [10], 02/14/2011
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"Hugely Polluting Power Plant Operated Without Mandated Permits" [11]

"An Indiana County [PA] power plant deemed one of the nation's biggest polluters operated without federally mandated permits even though it was inspected more than 1,100 times by state officials during the past 25 years, according to state records."

Air [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [12], 02/14/2011
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"US Air Rules Seen Adding 1.5 Million Jobs Through 2015" [13]

"Looming U.S. rules that power utilities face on air pollution could create nearly 1.5 million jobs over the next five years, according to a report."

Air [2]
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [16], 02/09/2011
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"Public Health Groups Launching Campaign To Defend EPA Climate Rules" [17]

"A coalition of public health organizations in the coming weeks plans to step up efforts to oppose legislation that would block or delay Environmental Protection Agency climate rules." Budget-cutting Republicans on Capitol Hill will be encouraged to reduce the healthcare costs borne by taxpayers and ratepayers as a result of air pollution.

Air [2]
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: E2 Wire [19], 02/04/2011
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"Giant Snails Monitor Air Pollution in Russian City" [20]

"The St. Petersburg waterworks is putting six giant gastropods to work monitoring emissions from a sewage incinerator. The African snails, the size of some rats, are attached to sensors that will show them getting sick if they take in too much bad air."

Air [2]
Biodiversity [21]
Public [4]
Europe [22]
Source: AP [23], 02/03/2011
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Long-Delayed Projects Get Exemption From EPA's New Air, Climate Rules [24]

"The Obama administration will spare a stalled power plant project in California from the newest federal limits on greenhouse gases and conventional air pollution, U.S. EPA says in a new court filing that marks a policy shift in the face of industry groups and Republicans accusing the agency of holding up construction of large industrial facilities."

Air [2]
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [25], 02/03/2011
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Alberta: "New SO2 Limits Too Lax, Critics Charge" [26]

New sulfur dioxide standards set by Alberta in December 2010 are far weaker than some members of an advisory panel hoped for, environmentalists say. They suspect the oil industry has gotten to Alberta Environment.

Environmental Politics [3]
Air [2]
Public [4]
Canada [9]
Source: Edmonton Journal [27], 02/01/2011
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Washington: TransAlta Coal-Fired Power Plant Under Fire for Mercury [28]

Environmentalists say mercury emissions from the TransAlta coal-burning electric power plant in Washington state are dangerous.

Pollution [29]
Air [2]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
Source: Tacoma News-Tribune [31], 02/01/2011
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"EPA Proposes No Changes to Carbon Monoxide Limits" [32]

"The current air quality standards for carbon monoxide (CO) are strong enough to protect public health, U.S. EPA said today as the agency issued a proposal to keep the existing limits."

Air [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [33], 02/01/2011
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