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Appeals court hears Indiana County power plant case
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe government should be able to pursue its claim that the former owners of an Indiana County coal-fired power plant failed to install required pollution controls in the 1990s because the absence of those controls makes the plant one of the largest...Tags: Air Pollution, General Electric Company, Downtown (Brooklyn, New York), Indiana County, Trials
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New protest in Chinese city over planned chemical plant
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - Hundreds of people took to the streets of the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on Thursday to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery, the second demonstration this month against the project. China's...Tags: Politics, Plant Openings, Petroleum Industry, China, Environmental Issues
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Hamilton County Commission OKs contract for emission testing
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Hamilton County commissioners say emission testing is a bitter pill everyone just has to swallow. At least that was the take-away Wednesday during the County Commission's regular meeting. Over opposition, commissioners voted 7-2 to renew a contract...Tags: Air Pollution, Elections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Environmental Issues
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LETTER: State Leading The Wrong Way On Energy
The members of our organization are deeply disappointed in the current energy policy put forward by Dan Esty and his associates at the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protectiion [May 2, CTNow, "Senate OKs Energy Bill"]. To support...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces U.S. Supreme Court reckoning
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Justice, Ecosystems, U.S. Senate
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Mike Lovegreen retiring as manager of Bradford County Conservation District
The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa.Mike Lovegreen is retiring from his job as manager of the Bradford County Conservation District, a position he has held for the past 33 years, the chairman of the Bradford County commissioners confirmed. "His will be awfully, awfully, awfully big...Tags: Career and Workplace, Natural Resource Industry, Agriculture, Labor Legislation, Environmental Issues
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Foes of S. Indiana fertilizer plant cite Texas blast
ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed fertilizer plant in southern Indiana are citing safety concerns arising from last month's deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer manufacturer as they argue that state officials should block the project....
Tags: Plant Openings, Agriculture, Emergency Incidents, Ohio River, Environmental Issues
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Long Beach votes to sue L.A. over proposed rail yard at port
The Long Beach City Council has authorized a lawsuit to challenge plans by Los Angeles to build a rail yard in the harbor that could impact low-income neighborhoods in West Long Beach. Council members voted 9 to 0 Tuesday to sue over the Southern...
Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Litigation, Trials, Environmental Issues
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Agreement reached between environmental group and petroleum production company
Ventura County StarAn environmental group in Santa Barbara said Tuesday a petroleum production company agreed to significantly improve its management of polluted runoff from an oil field in the hills above the beaches of northern Ventura County. The pollution often goes...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Environmental Defense Fund, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Liberal win in Canada's British Columbia may raise pipeline odds
Reuters* Surprise Liberal win in B.C. may boost pipeline plans * Political opposition had pledged to block new pipelines * B.C. premier will support lines that meet conditions By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, May 15 (Reuters) - The surprise re-election...Tags: Elections, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Kinder Morgan Incorporated, Environmental Issues
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Portland power plant owners settle pollution lawsuit
The owner of a power plant in Upper Mount Bethel Township has agreed to stop burning coal as part of a settlement in a lawsuit by two downwind states over air pollution. NRG Energy, which acquired the Portland Generating Station last year in a merger...
Tags: Reliant Energy Inc, Coal, Allentown, Justice System, Trials
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Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources: 2,500 cattle are buried in trench near Halfway
news@ky3.comHALFWAY, Mo. -- The owner of a closed cattle rendering plant signed an agreement in court on Monday to make a plan to clean up environmental hazards on the property. In the agreement, the Missouri Attorney General's Office says "an estimated 2,500 animal...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Plant Openings, Waste Management Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials
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