An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging new federal smog regulations in Wisconsin.

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A federal court on Tuesday upheld a 2008 air pollution standard the Obama administration vowed to strengthen, but later reversed itself and kept in place.

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Environmental groups and Flint Hills Resources announced an agreement Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions and smog-forming air pollution from the company's planned upgrade at Minnesota's largest oil refinery.

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By Matthew Daly AP Writer Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying new rules that would impose stricter limits on two key pollutants — smog and mercury — drawing complaints from environmental groups who say the Obama administration appears ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has approved requests from Wisconsin to re-designate Manitowoc and Door counties as reaching acceptable levels of smog. The EPA reviewed three years of outdoor air monitoring data for 2006, 2007 and 2008 as ...

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By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter health standards for smog, replacing a Bush-era limit that ran counter to scientific recommendations. The new limits — which are presented as a ...

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