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Continuing pollution debate keeps OUC coal-plant upgrade in limbo
Orlando's government-owned electric utility has been prepared for several years to spend about $100 million to reduce its power-plant pollution, which might affect the air as far away as Texas. But it hasn't started to sign checks yet because of ongoing...
Tags: American Lung Association, Energy Resources, Electricity Production and Distribution, Lungs and Airways, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Report says Asian carp could reach all 5 Great Lakes in 20 years
Tribune reporterAsian carp could thrive in all five Great Lakes if even a small number of the invasive species made it into the basin, according to a scientific report released Thursday. Carp experts have long debated whether the feared fish, which have been found in...Tags: U.S. Army, Barack Obama, Lakes and Ponds, Science and Technology, DNA
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Alaska drilling: From 'hell no!' to ... 'OK'
CNNEdward Itta, a powerful Eskimo leader, looks out at the icy Arctic Ocean stretched out under a fuzzy orange sun that refuses to set this time of year. "This is our garden," said the former mayor of the North Slope Borough, a county-style government...Tags: Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Politics, Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations
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Alaska Drilling: From 'Hell No!' To ... 'Ok'
KTLA NewsBARROW, Alaska (CNN) -- Edward Itta, a powerful Eskimo leader, looks out at the icy Arctic Ocean stretched out under a fuzzy orange sun that refuses to set this time of year. "This is our garden," said the former mayor of the North Slope Borough, a...Tags: CNN (tv network), Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Politics, Science and Technology
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AEG's stadium proposal adds greener measures after complaints
L.A. NOWAEG has added more pollution mitigation strategies to its proposal to build a stadium in downtown Los Angeles after a harsh critique from an environmental group that has been a crucial supporter of the project.... -
Coal still a major cause of Maryland's toxic air pollution
Maryland may have some of the nation's strictest limits on power plant pollution, but its residents are still breathing more toxic emissions from those facilities than in most other states. The state's reliance on burning coal for electricity appears to...
Tags: Plant Openings, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Politics
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Advocacy group's extreme weather map brings climate change home
GreenspaceA new map published today by the Natural Resources Defense Council makes it plain that extreme weather attributable to climate change isn’t something that only happens in other parts of the world. Chances are, you’ve had your own Hurricane... -
Feds probe chronic sewage overflows into lake, streams
Billed as an engineering marvel and national model, Chicago's Deep Tunnel was designed to protect Lake Michigan from sewage overflows and put an end to the once-frequent practice of dumping human and industrial waste into local rivers.
But nearly four...Tags: Environmental Issues, Water Pollution, Lakes and Ponds, Environmental Politics, Science and Technology
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