air pollution
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Deadly deception: How some industry lobbyists peddle deception to block clean air protections
As industry lobbyists attack standards to cut deadly toxic air pollution from industrial boilers, they are resorting to obfuscation and deception.
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Teens label Abercrombie and Fitch's constant stink 'air pollution'
By maintaining a constant level of cologne sprayed both inside and outside their stores, Abercrombie and Fitch gives everyone the chance to be the prince of a town called Smell-Air.
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An open letter to Michael Morris, CEO of American Electric Power
An open letter to a utility executive asking him to rethink his opposition to EPA climate regulations.
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Stove pollution causes 2 million deaths annually
The U.S. is expected to announce $50 million toward clean stoves for developing countries. Also, global warming good for bubonic plague, the FBI's mistreatment of activists, and more.
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American Lung Association study shows that smart growth could save lives
If doctors designed communities, says the American Lung Association in California, there would be a lot less sprawl and a lot fewer people driving cars.
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40 years of clean air progress
I attended the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act at EPA this past week. It was a breath of fresh air (sorry) to hear so many speakers from industry as well as health groups and from across political divides to give concrete examples of how much good this landmark law has delivered for Americans. I arrived in Washington as a newly minted lawyer in 1970 and I have personally seen this progress happen.
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Coal industry flack combines chutzpah and illogic into tasty agitprop stew
A letter to The New York Times from Steve Miller, head of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, is dense with illogic and deception.
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Buy a breath of 'Fresh Air' in Hong Kong
Oxygen bars are so Japan circa 1997. Huffing canisters of "Fresh Air" is where it's at. Take a look at the breezy infomercial.
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Feds lease prime solar land, but nary a panel is in sight
Congress set aside millions of acres for solar farms. Not one panel has been erected. Also, Greenpeace v Facebook and Tea Party v climate change