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| 2010-07-07 | |
| Groups Allege Over 10 Million Pounds of Illegal Pollution From Baytown, TX Complex, In Excess of Already Weak "Flexible Permit" Limits. Benzene, Butadiene, Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Monoxide Among Pollutants at Issue in Case. | |
| 2010-04-14 | |
| During a meeting in Newark, New Jersey Transit’s Board of Directors approved the highest transit fare hike in history for train riders, with a 25% increase and service reductions. Bus riders, while spared a full 25% increase, will still face a 10% increase and service reductions. | |
| 2010-03-17 | |
| Colorado residents and businesses will see substantial benefits from cleaner air, healthier communities and a stronger clean-energy economy under sweeping legislation introduced this morning and widely supported by a diverse group of energy companies, legislators from both parties, public health advocates and conservation groups. | |
| 2009-09-24 | |
| The Senate reached an agreement today on the additional amendments that will be considered as part of the FY 2010 Interior Appropriations bill (H.R. 2996), excluding an amendment sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski that would have substantially weakened the Clean Air Act’s public health and environmental protections. | |
| 2009-09-01 | |
| Austin environmental and health organizations announced today the formation of a coalition to help move the City away from burning coal for electricity. Their organizations are actively campaigning on a statewide level to stop new coal plants, improve and phase out old coal plants, and promote clean energy solutions. | |
| 2009-08-19 | |
| Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP. | |
| 2009-04-21 | |
| Sierra Club and Environment Texas announced today that they have filed a proposed Consent Decree in federal court that would settle their Clean Air Act lawsuit against Shell Oil Company and two affiliates. | |
| 2008-12-31 | |
| The New Jersey Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV) program officially starts January 1st. One critical piece of the program, a limit on tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases, will not go forward unless President-elect Obama reverses a decision by the Bush Administration to block thirteen states from implementing it. | |
| 2008-03-13 | |
| Under new ozone standards released today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Athens and Augusta will likely, for the first time, join metro Atlanta as areas with unhealthy levels of ozone and Macon will likely be added back to the list. | |
| 2008-03-12 | |
| Washington, DC: The Bush EPA this evening announced a flawed new national air quality standard for ozone "smog" and called for sweeping changes to the Clean Air Act that threaten to fundamentally weaken one of the nation's most important environmental laws, according to Environment America. | |
| 2008-01-07 | |
| HOUSTON, TX - Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates. | |
| 2008-01-03 | |
| Gambrills, Maryland – Laboratory technicians found toxic ash residue everywhere they looked as part of a study on exposure to airborne fly ash near a coal ash disposal facility in Anne Arundel County. The report released today by Environment Maryland documents the presence of fly ash in dust samples taken in and around homes near the BBSS ash dump. | |
| 2007-10-30 | |
| Fresno is poised to face a tougher fight against smog pollution, according to a new report, Hot and Smoggy: The Ozone-Hot Weather Connection in Eight California Cities, released today by Environment California Research & Policy Center. | |
| 2007-10-09 | |
| Washington, DC-U.S. PIRG and a coalition of states and citizen groups today announced a landmark court settlement with American Electric Power (AEP) that will substantially reduce air pollution from the company's fleet of aging coal-fired power plants. | |
| 2007-09-10 | |
| Senate bill 502, a bill to Protect Public Health by Reducing Harmful Diesel Emissions, sponsored by Senator Hart (Boston) and Representative Coakley-Rivera (Springfield), passed out of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture today. If signed into law, the bill would make Massachusetts a national leader in reducing harmful pollution from diesel engines. | |
| 2007-09-05 | |
| At a public hearing in Atlanta today, public health advocates called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed air quality standards for ozone (smog pollution). | |
| 2007-08-30 | |
| At a public hearing in Los Angeles today, scientists, public health professionals, local residents, environmental advocates and elected officials all called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed air quality standards for deadly ozone smog pollution. | |
| 2007-06-29 | |
| Maryland power plants are emitting unsafe levels of fine particles, and the state’s system for regulating emissions is inadequate, according to a new report by Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center. | |
| 2007-05-24 | |
| Public health, environmental, and river protection groups are urging Georgians to speak out against proposed mercury pollution rules that are significantly weaker than those originally proposed by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD). | |
| 2007-05-15 | |
| The state issued a final permit today for a 1200 MW coal plant in Early County, Georgia. The proposed 1200 MW plant is larger than most US plants, and would be powered by dirty, last-generation technologies that would do little to secure Georgia’s energy future. | |
| 2007-04-05 | |
| The Maryland House of Delegates took the final vote today to send the Clean Cars Act to the desk of Gov. Martin O’Malley, approving the measure 124-16. The Senate approved the final version of the bill yesterday by a vote of 38-9. | |
| 2007-03-02 | |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed new standards to reduce diesel pollution from the nation’s trains, boats, and ships, which are large, long-overlooked pollution sources. Diesel pollution contributes to lung cancer, heat attacks, asthma attacks, strokes, and premature deaths. | |
| 2007-02-28 | |
| Diesel exhaust from trucks, buses, construction equipment and other vehicles pose a major health risk to North Carolina commuters, according to a new report released today by Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Carolinas Clean Energy Coalition, American Lung Association of North Carolina and Environment North Carolina. | |
| 2007-02-26 | |
| Environment Texas today applauded the cancellation of plans by TXU to build eight coal-fired power plants, but also expressed concern that three new coal-fired plants remained on the drawing board in Texas, and as many as 140 other plants across the country. | |
| 2007-01-04 | |
| A coalition of environmental, religious, sportsmen and parents groups announced their agenda on Thursday for the upcoming legislative session. Topping the list was a push to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy as alternatives to the construction of 19 additional coal-fired power plants. | |
| 2006-12-27 | |
| Marylanders breathe air with dangerous levels of benzene and other toxic substances, according to a new report released today. Data from the U.S. EPA shows that every Maryland county has levels of airborne toxics that are more than ten times higher than the federal cancer risk standard. | |
| 2006-12-22 | |
| Today, Florida Power & Light (FPL) filed paperwork with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection asking for formal approval of plans to construct a huge coal-fired power plant near Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. In response, clean energy and environmental advocates joined forces to send a clear message to FPL and Florida decision makers that the proposal will be met with stiff opposition. | |
| 2006-11-02 | |
| In a major victory for children's health and the environment, the Illinois Pollution Control Board voted unanimously today to reduce coal-fired power plants' toxic mercury pollution by up to 90 percent. | |
| 2006-11-02 | |
| The state's Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) voted 4-1 today to approve implementation of the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program, which will bring cleaner cars to Pennsylvania. | |
| 2006-11-01 | |
| On behalf of Environment North Carolina, NC Sierra Club, and Environmental Defense; the Southern Environmental Law Center argued before the Supreme Court today in a case against Duke Energy that could lead to the drastic clean up of power plant pollution across the Eastern United States. | |
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