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An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging new federal smog regulations in Wisconsin.
Read More »Federal court upholds Bush-era smog standard
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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Read More »Environmentalists reach accord with Minn. refinery
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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Read More »EPA delays stricter limits on smog, mercury
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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Read More »EPA says Manitowoc, Door counties now meet smog standards
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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Read More »EPA replacing Bush smog limit with stricter rule (11:08 a.m. 1/7/10)
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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