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Major Banks Toughen Rules For Financing Coal Power Plants [1]

Big banks take greenhouse gas emissions into account when assessing risks of financing power plants
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Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
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Pressure Mounts To Fix Old Uranium Sites [9]

One of those problem areas is the thousands of old mines that were dug to extract uranium ore. During the era from the 1940s to the 1980s when most were excavated, many were simply abandoned when they played out or the economic incentives changed. Radioactivity now contaminates many sources of human and environmental exposure.
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Pollution [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [10]
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Air Pollution From Ships: New Laws, New Science [11]

Ocean-going ships are a major unregulated air pollution source.

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Air [12]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [13]
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International [14]
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Report: Lead from Hunting and Fishing Still Pollutes [15]

Hunters' lead shot and anglers' lead sinkers are still a pollution source, despite rules restricting them.

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Chemicals [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [6]
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New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects [18]

EPA reviews its health-based standard for NO2 as an air pollutant, and has issued a science assessment of health effects.

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Health [19]
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