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Calculating the costs of pollution
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Sun, 04/27/2014 - 6:28pm
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Chemicals Last week, a divided court of appeals upheld what may well be the most important environmental rule in the nation's history: the Environmental Protection Agency's mercury standards.
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New map could refocus state's pollution battles
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Wed, 04/23/2014 - 9:52pm
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Chemicals The California Environmental Protection Agency has released a statewide list of census tracts most burdened by pollution, providing a first-of-its-kind ranking certain to pressure regulators to clean up neighborhoods with long-standing health risks.
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Beijing’s Bad Air Would Be Step Up for Smoggy Delhi
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Mon, 01/27/2014 - 8:22pm
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Chemicals In mid-January, air pollution in Beijing was so bad that the government issued urgent health warnings and closed four major highways, prompting the panicked buying of air filters and donning of face masks.
