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District 112 teacher still has questions about asbestos removal
North Shore School District 112 was fined two years ago for multiple violations regarding asbestos removal projects at several of its schools dating back to 2007, but one teacher is still seeking answers. Steve Bartel, a Lincoln School fifth grade...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Health, Freedom of Information Act, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lisa Madigan
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Mailbag: No need for fire ring ban on all beaches
I have been a citizen of Orange County for 37 years and have frequently enjoyed the beach and the fire rings. Never have I heard of a problem until this year. It appears that the rich of Newport Beach have convinced themselves that they are being...Tags: Science and Technology, Health, Environmental Pollution, Pacific Ocean, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Wichita unveils plan for summertime ozone levels
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe City of Wichita is outlining its plans to keep ozone levels in check. Those levels are okay right now, but usually peak in the summertime. The city says it will review levels each day and issue alerts if the levels get too high. At that point, they...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues
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Tracking the long-distance travels of dust
Spring stirs pollen, and also dust — high-flying dust that's blown thousands of miles to reach North America in greater amounts than scientists have known before, with potential impact on the climate and air quality. Mineral dust rises from dry...
Tags: Science and Technology, Pacific Ocean, Kennedy Space Center, North America, Science
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Senate Republicans question EPA nominee Gina McCarthy
WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, faced tough questioning from Senate Republicans at her confirmation hearing Thursday, in a clear signal to the White House that they will continue...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Global Change, Barack Obama, Gina McCarthy, Parties and Movements
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California's environmental laws: Job creators, not job killers
Who knew that being a smoggy place might be good for business? Gov. Jerry Brown is in China, and one of the things he’s pitching is California’s expertise in dealing with smog. Because if there’s one thing we have in common with the...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, China, Executive Branch, Plant Openings
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China pollution may hold silver lining for California
BEIJING — As Gov. Jerry Brown tours some of China's economic hubs this week, he is breathing the kind of heavy, soiled air that blanketed Los Angeles decades ago. The soot and smog that are byproducts of this country's industrial progress are...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ernst & Young, University of California, Davis, Passenger Cars, Beijing (China)
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Mailbag: Saving the Earth hardly starts with fire pits
Melville tells us in the opening lines of "Moby Dick:" "Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries — stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Auction Service, Business, United Nations, National Government
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Commentary: Proposed bonfire ban is not based in sound science
As the Great Bonfire War of 2013 continues, we can agree to one thing: If beach fire rings really do generate demonstrably dangerous levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions, they probably need to go or be reduced ("Fire ring hearing may be delayed,...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Standards, Environmental Issues
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Street Sweeping Crews Could Be Working Until Mid-June
Channel 2 NewsThe Municipality of Anchorage has crews out sweeping up gravel left over from the winter nearly 24-hours a day and crews could still on the streets for another eight weeks, according to Street Maintenance Foreman Paul Vanlandingham. He says...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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‘Smog catcher’
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Studies suggest smog raises risk of brain disease
NewsdayScientists in 2004 studied the brain tissue of children and young adults in Mexico who had died of accidents and were stunned by what they found -- a discovery that rocked the world of neuroscience and has gone largely untested until now. Almost all...Tags: Science and Technology, Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, University of Southern California, Medical Procedures and Tests
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