Protecting What's Right

The Gulf Oil Spill – How Cleaning May Have Left Things Dirtier

Sep062011

As if cleaning up the oil in the water hasn’t been a big enough worry for residents along the Gulf Coast, now they can add the chemicals used to clean the water to their worry list. A recent report, prepared by Toxipedia Consulting Services, along with the non-profit, Earth Justice, presents findings from a literature [...]

Lightening Strikes Twice in Libby, Montana: EPA Knew but Didn’t Act on Asbestos Contaminated Wood Chips

Jul212011

You’d think that a town that was devastated by asbestos had suffered enough. But news reports of EPA knowledge of, and unresponsiveness to, reports of asbestos contamination on widely distributed wood chips has put Libby back in the news, and in harm’s way, once again. Asbestos from a W.R. Grace mine in Libby has caused [...]

EPA Has New Rules for Carbon Capture Technology

Nov232010

On Tuesday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) instated new rules to protect drinking water and monitor carbon dioxide emissions in carbon-capture technology. Specifically, the two new rules govern the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and sequestration technologies are employed at power facilities and other major emitters to prevent greenhouse gases from reaching [...]

EPA proposes new clean air regulations

Jul132010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently proposed new rules that would greatly reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide that cross state lines.  The Clean Air Transport Rule, if adopted, will begin reducing emissions from power plants in 31 states and the District of Columbia by the year 2012.

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