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Jun 01

Federal appeals court halts EPA effort to impose ‘good neighbor’ air pollution plan in Missouri

By Jim Salter, Associated Press

At issue is a "good neighbor" provision of the Clean Air Act which requires states to submit a plan detailing how they'll address air pollution that can drift to neighboring states.

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May 31

Earth is in ‘the danger zone’ and getting worse for ecosystems and humans

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

The study looks not just at guardrails for the planetary ecosystem but for the first time it includes measures of "justice," which is mostly about preventing harm for groups of people.

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Apr 12

WATCH: EPA Administrator Micheal Regan announces new rules to spur sales of electric vehicles

By Matthew Daly, Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032.

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Jan 15

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Researchers look for link between air pollution and brain disease

By Jeffrey Brown, Kaisha Young

New studies are raising public health concerns about the effect on air pollution on our brains. Researchers are trying to figure out how much, and to what extent, airborne contaminants are linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Dr.

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Jan 06

EPA proposes tougher air quality standards for deadly soot pollution

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.

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Oct 26

EU Commission proposes tougher pollution restrictions

By Associated Press

The European Union’s executive arm sought on Wednesday to toughen up pollution restrictions to ensure that harmful pollutants are eliminated by 2050 to potentially save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

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Jun 30

Supreme Court limits EPA in regulating power plant emissions, in blow to climate change fight

By Associated Press

In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation's main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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Apr 09

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How air pollution is disproportionately impacting minority communities in San Diego

By Amna Nawaz, Sam Lane, Layla Quran

There is new evidence about the disproportionate impact of air pollution in this country. A study out this week from the University of California, San Diego shows that California's environmental regulations have systematically protected the state's white residents over people…

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Jan 31

For low-income Pittsburgh, clean air remains an elusive goal

By Jon Hurdle, Yale Environment 360

Once known as the “City of Smoke,” Pittsburgh has come a long way since the days when filthy air turned downtown streets dark at mid-day. But in struggling communities near the remaining steel plants, high levels of air pollution —…

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Oct 13

‘You can’t just hold your breath.’ Toxic smoke, fueled by wildfires, chokes California

By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado

A new analysis of air quality in the United States clears up just how far smoke from wildfires burning in the western part of the nation can travel, as the fires continue to pose significant health risks to nearby communities.

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