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Ozone Alert
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsAn Ozone Alert has been issued for Wichita and the surrounding communities beginning Friday, June 14. The atmospheric conditions are just right for high-ozone levels. - City of Wichita Air Quality Website Residents and area businesses are asked to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Asthma, Passenger Cars, Environmental Pollution
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O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule
Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-...
Tags: Lobbying, Carnival Cruise Lines, United Nations, Royal Caribbean International, Tour Operations Industry
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Air pollution can trigger heart arrhythmias: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people with existing heart problems, exposure to high levels of air pollution can trigger the irregular heartbeats that may lead to a stroke or heart attack, according to a new study. Past research has linked air pollution...Tags: Environmental Politics, Heart Problems, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Pollution, Cardiologists
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Save face with better shaving creams
High-quality shaving creams make a good gift to pamper the man in your life and help him put his best face forward. The first step is to kick the can — the aerosol can, that is. Good quality shaving creams that help to soften the beard and hydrate...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Personal Service, Skin Cancer, Environmental Pollution
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COLUMN-Montreal Protocol shows way for climate action: Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - A new deal to curb carbon emissions could copy features from the Montreal Protocol, which the United States and China favoured over its...Tags: Chemical Industry, Montreal (Canada), United Nations, China, Environmental Pollution
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Northampton power plant will pay emissions fine
Northampton Generating Co., which emerged in March from a year in bankruptcy, will pay a $119,354 fine to settle air quality and emissions reporting violations that took place at its borough power plant between 2009 and 2012. The plant, which produces...Tags: Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Politics, Environmental Cleanup, Financially Distressed Companies
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Newton: Can Garcetti calm the waters?
After a campaign of smart politics but small ideas, Eric Garcetti is poised to take the office that he won last month. As he does, here's an item worthy of his agenda: Make peace with the Owens Valley. Residents of the Owens Valley rely heavily on Los...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Environmental Pollution, Lakes and Ponds, Eric Garcetti
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Way past time to change tax code
During the early years of the Republic, Chief Justice John Marshall noted that, "The power to tax is the power to destroy." He might have added that it's also the power to manipulate behavior, punish political enemies and reward political friends. Indeed,...Tags: U.S. Senate, Carl Levin, Steve Jobs, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy
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Turning cow dung into electricity
Dairy farmer Ron Koetsier's 1,200 cows produce roughly 90 tons of manure daily, and for the last three decades, he has tried unsuccessfully to turn the stinky dung into energy to power his 450-acre farm in Visalia. He installed a nearly $1-million...
Tags: Energy, Environmental Politics, Conservation, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy
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Fire pit compromise proposed
Regional air-quality regulators floated a compromise this week in the face of fierce debate over the South Coast Air Quality Management District's proposed ban on beach fire rings. An updated rule change proposal released Thursday night softens an...Tags: Environmental Issues, Local Government, Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Pollution
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Air regulators may compromise with cities on beach bonfire ban
Regional air quality regulators floated a compromise this week in the face of fierce debate over the controversial proposed ban of beach fire rings. An updated rule change proposal released Thursday night by the South Coast Air Quality Management...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Plant Closings, Local Government, Environmental Pollution
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DWP archaeologists uncover grim chapter in Owens Valley history
LONE PINE, Calif. — Oral histories of Native Americans and U.S. Cavalry records offer insights into a horrific massacre here in 1863: Thirty-five Paiute Indians were chased into Owens Lake by settlers and soldiers to drown or be gunned down. But...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Energy Saving, Wars and Interventions, Archaeology
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