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  1. Bush Administration Rule on Pollution Struck Down

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Aug 19, 2008

    A federal appeals court yesterday struck down a Bush administration rule that prevented states and local governments from imposing stricter monitoring of pollution generated by power plants, factories and oil

    Also tagged: pollution, administration, bush, on, rule, down, sierra club, u s environmental protection agency, struck, u s court of appeals, thomas b griffith, david b sentelle, brett kavanaugh, keri powell, dale kemerly

  2. Federal Lawsuit Filed to Halt Florida's Toxic Algae Blooms

    truthout.org » Truthout - All Articles - Jul 18, 2008

    Tallahassee, Florida - Five environmental groups filed a lawsuit Friday to compel the federal government and the state of Florida to set numeric limits on the excess nutrients which trigger harmful blooms of blue-green

    Also tagged: environment, florida, runoff, cyanobacteria, clean water act, us epa

  3. Waste-Deep in the Big Muddy

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Jun 16, 2008

    True story: Washington and the Anacostia River are so close, they mingle and make mud. But they needed a man -- a very unusual man, a gray-haired former hippie with a temper like a wasp -- to reintroduce them.

    Also tagged: india, north carolina, washington dc, hawaii, the, big, in, maryland, forrest gump, potomac river, upstate new york, woodstock, rfk stadium, southeast washington dc, anthony a williams, nationals park, anacostia washington dc, bladensburg, washington navy yard, hains point, anacostia watershed society, d c department of the environment, hamid karimi, muddy, anacostia park, waste deep, david baron, robert e boone, brenda richardson

  4. Court Rejects Emission 'Trades'

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Feb 9, 2008

    A federal appeals court yesterday threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's approach to limiting mercury emitted from power-plant smokestacks, saying the agency ignored laws and twisted logic when it imposed new

    Also tagged: washington dc, virginia, maryland, johns hopkins university, court, bill clinton, trades, rejects, potomac river, rudolph giuliani, university of maryland, lewis carroll, chesapeake bay, u s supreme court, emission, u s environmental protection agency, american electric power co inc, u s court of appeals, karl evanzz, douglas gansler, carol browner, jonathan shradar, tom burke

  5. Dow's Toxicant Causes EPA Some Legal Headaches

    Dow's Toxicant Causes EPA Some Legal Headaches

    treehugger.com » TreeHugger - Aug 3, 2007

    It probably won't come as much of a shock to you when we say that we're no big fans of Dow Chemical here at TreeHugger. In fact, quite the opposite. Aside from having compiled arguably one of the worst environmental

    Also tagged: news, science, science and technology, san francisco, epa, business and politics, dow chemical, pesticide, afl cio

  6. Dow's Toxin Causes EPA Some Legal Headaches

    Dow's Toxin Causes EPA Some Legal Headaches

    treehugger.com » TreeHugger - Aug 2, 2007

    It probably won't come as much of a shock to you when we say that we're no big fans of Dow Chemical here at TreeHugger. In fact, quite the opposite. Aside from having compiled arguably one of the worst environmental

    Also tagged: news, science, science and technology, san francisco, epa, business and politics, dow chemical, pesticide, afl cio

  7. Adopt the Sky Before it's Too Late

    Adopt the Sky Before it's Too Late

    treehugger.com » TreeHugger - Jul 5, 2007

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) predictably set off a furor a little while ago when it announced new ozone pollution standards that fell far short of those unanimously recommended by its own scientific panel

    Also tagged: news, take action, epa, smog, ozone pollution