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Survey: Air pollution from Puget Sound ports declining
Q13 FOX News OnlineFive years after federal regulators discovered that ports contributed to a third of the worst air pollution in the Puget Sound area, a new survey reported Tuesday that toxic exhaust has declined by as much as 50 percent at the ports, the Seattle Times...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Standards, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Niland air quality reaches unhealthy level for some
Air quality levels in the Niland area have reached unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, according to an alert from the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District. People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children are the groups...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Environmental Politics, Respiratory Disease
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Air pollution rules revised
Staff WriterA set of air pollution control rules for dust emissions was revised by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, a decision that could bring the county back in compliance with the Clean Air Act and end recent sanctions. The revision follows...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma, Environmental Politics, Trials, Litigation
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Our View: Revisions result from pollution dust-up
One would assume that a lightly populated area with wide open spaces would not have a big problem with air pollution. In the case of Imperial County, one would be wrong. Imperial County, in fact, has a serious air pollution issue. Some of the problem...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Pollution rules to be revised
Staff WriterAir pollution rules addressing dust may be revised by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors today. “We are proposing revisions to enhance those rules to address deficiencies identified by the (Environmental Protection Agency),” said Air...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Wu: Fire rings are a political boomerang
Albert Einstein once defined insanity as, "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." That's what it feels like with the Corona del Mar fire ring saga as the California Coastal Commission's Sept. 13, 2012 letter to Newport...Tags: Republican Party, Dana Rohrabacher, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues
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Board of Supervisors approves Salton City Landfill expansion
Staff WriterThe Salton City Landfill’s disposal area and its permitted height were increased by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday in a move that brings at least $500,000 revenue a year along with increased truck traffic into the county....Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Sparks fly as Osias updates IID directors on lawsuits
Staff WriterSparks flew Tuesday at a crowded W.R. Condit Auditorium as Imperial Irrigation District contract attorney David Osias said area landowners are trying to gain ownership and control of the water to the detriment of the Valley and that they wish to have...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Water Supply, Litigation and Regulation, Trials, Litigation
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30 Sex Offenders Housed In Building Just 2 Blocks From South Ozone Park School
PIX11.com | @pix11mikeToo close for comfort -- that's what some parents in South Ozone Park, Queens are saying about a shelter near P.S. 124 that is home to dozens of convicted sex offenders. It's called the Skyline Shelter and it originally opened as a city shelter for...Tags: Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Sex Crimes, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Air Quality Action Day: Wednesday, June 20 in All Five Pennsylvania Regions
Content ManagerThe Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast a code Orange air quality action day for ozone for Wednesday, June 20, in the Lehigh Valley, Pittsburgh, Liberty-Clairton, Philadelphia, and Susquehanna...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma, Pittsburgh, Environmental Politics, Energy Saving
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Governor orders winter-blend gas to reverse price hikes
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO- Gov. Jerry Brown Sunday ordered California smog regulators to allow winter-blend gasoline to be sold in California this month, a move intended to reverse a sudden scare in the wholesale gasoline market that saw prices shoot up nearly 50...Tags: Government, Jerry Brown, Gasoline Industry, Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering
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New triggers found for weight gain
As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula. Although personal decisions and self-...
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