Truthout
Air Pollution
Reporting on a World of Environmental Catastrophes – All in Just One Month
Record-setting droughts and ferocious storms; the poisoning of our food, air and water; the dying off of species; the unearthing and spread of superbugs and diseases; ever-growing piles of …
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Natural Gas Boom Advances With Little Study of Public Health Effects, Report Finds
A new study has underscored just how little is known about the health consequences of the natural gas boom that began a decade ago, when advances in high-volume hydraulic …
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Rural New York Township Fights FERC-Approved Gas Compressor
FERC has allowed a gas compressor station in Minisink, New Jersey, even though a preferable alternative is 10 miles away.
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Regulators Under Fire for Keeping Fracking Pollution Test Results Under Wraps
Residents are losing sleep - and more - in the shadow of the fracking rigs.
The Toxic 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters Identified
The top 100 toxic air polluting corporations based on the chronic human health risk from all of their U.S. polluting facilities.
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Senate Rejects Resolution to Repeal EPA’s Air Pollution Standards
The Senate voted 46-53 on Wednesday to reject a resolution to repeal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards aimed at reducing the amount of toxic pollution emitted from coal burning …
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Senators Try to Kill EPA Effort to Reduce Mercury and Toxic Air Pollution
The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a Republican proposal to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing new rules that would reduce the amount of dangerous …