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Archive from 1/7/10
Controversial WV mountaintop mining permit approved
Epoch Times
After receiving a compliance letter from the EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers issued a permity for Hobet Mining to commence mountaintop mining in the Hobet 45 mine in Lincoln County.…
EPA penalties plummeted in fiscal 2009
New York Times
The EPA saw deep declines in the amount of penalties assessed against polluters and pounds of pollution slashed through enforcement activities compared with the previous year…
EPA opposes a delay on water rules
New Jersey News
The EPA wants New Jersey's Legislature to end a lame-duck push to postpone the state's ambitious water quality management plan…
Smog standards need tightening, activists say
Business Week
A coalition of clean air advocacy groups wants the EPA to propose new standards that would reduce allowable levels of smog-causing ozone.…
Silent killer Radon 2nd leading cause of lung cancer
Daily Mail
The EPA is trying to shine a spotlight on an unknown killer that takes more lives per year in the United States than house fires or automobile accidents involving drunk drivers.…