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3 hrs ago | Newswatch 50

Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year

WASHINGTON a " The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.New vehicle fuel efficiency improved 2 percent in 2008 from 20.6 mpg for the 2007 model year.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

7 hrs ago | PhillyBurbs.com

W.Va.'s Capito troubled by EPA response on permits

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says she's troubled by what she heard in a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito

12 hrs ago | WOWK

Interior Department Says it Will Strengthen Surface Mining Oversight

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Nov. 18 that it is taking immediately strengthening its oversight of state surface coal mining programs and to develop federal regulations to better protect streams affected by surface coal mining operations.

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16 hrs ago | KEZI

Problems With the Formosa Mine Cleanup

Oregon's dirtiest abandoned mine doesn't look like it's going to be cleaned up any time soon, unless someone claims responsibility for it and foots the $50 million bill.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KWTX

Activists Protest Texas Coal Plant Construction

Representatives of environmental, religious and medical groups say they delivered more than 2,000 comments to the Environmental Protection Agency's Dallas office on Thursday, calling for a halt to coal-fired plant construction in Texas.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Topeka Capital-Journal

Air quality bad in KC, Mo., area

The St. Louis and Kansas City areas, along with part of southeast Missouri, have violated 2008 air quality standards and may be forced to impose new restrictions, the state said Thursday.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

WQAD

Utility officials to begin $20 million cleanup at former Illinois gas plant

A central Illinois utility company will launch a $20 million environmental cleanup of contaminants stored underground at a defunct gas-manufacturing plant in Quincy.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

The Post Chronicle

FDA: Seafood Company Has Unsanitary Plant

The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, has accused Haifa Smoked Fish Inc.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Law, Health

WNEM-TV Saginaw

No Dioxin In Bay, Saginaw, Midland City Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said a second series of tests on samples collected from the Midland, Saginaw and Bay City water systems show no contamination by highly toxic dioxins or furans.

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Related Topix: Saginaw Metro, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law, Saginaw, MI, Bay City, MI

Glenwood Post Independent

New law halts Glenwood Springs wastewater project

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill that was signed into law on Oct.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Salazar, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Glenwood Springs, CO, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Environmental News Bits

EPA Announces New Energy Star Requirements for Audio/Video Equipment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing new requirements for audio/video products to earn the Energy Star label.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

ENN.com Environmental News

USEPA Proposes One - Hour Sulfur Dioxide Standard, to Drop 24 -hr and Annual Primary Standards

The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new one - hour Sulfur Dioxide standard.

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Related Topix: Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

WLS

Budget crunch pinches recyclers

Road Commissioner Kevin Bird doesn't know what he'll do with all the tires he picks up in Hickory Point Township if the Macon County Solid Waste Department stops accepting them for recycling.

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Related Topix: Macon County, IL, Headphones, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Lurgan Today

Chemical plants slash emissions

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

Health News Digest

FDA To Look Into Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages

The Food and Drug Administration today notified nearly 30 manufacturers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages that it intends to look into the safety and legality of their products.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Capitol Corridor train engine overhauled to burn the cleanest among passenger trains in California

A cleaner era in train travel begins in the Bay Area today with the debut of an engine overhauled for $826,000 to burn cleaner than any other diesel passenger train in California.

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Related Topix: Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco Metro

CBS 2 - KCAL 9

Air Concerns To Be Addressed At SoCal Waste Site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says action will be taken to prevent indoor air contamination of buildings near a chemical waste Superfund site in eastern Los Angeles County.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

CBS 2 - KCAL 9

EPA: Long Beach Wetlands Polluted With Chemicals

The Environmental Protection Agency says high levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been found in a Long Beach wetlands -- a discovery that could hinder a restoration project.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Law

ABC News - Brian Ross

Judge Raises Concerns Over Columbia Salmon Plan

The federal judge overseeing the balancing act between salmon and Columbia Basin dams said he doesn't think he can consider new steps the Obama administration wants to take.

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Related Topix: Law

Charleston Gazette

ICG settles valley-fill permit lawsuit

International Coal Group said Monday it has settled a lawsuit filed by two environmental groups challenging a federal water-quality permit for an Appalachian surface mine.

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Related Topix: Scott Depot, WV, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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