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    Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule

    Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending<b> </b>air-quality regulation that would require<b> </b>large, ocean-going ships to burn cleaner fuel.
    Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-...

    Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Executive Branch, Government, Cruises

    2. May 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. States dependent on Colorado River consider conservation effort

    SAN DIEGO &mdash; Officials in the seven states that depend on the drought-beset Colorado River expressed a cautious willingness Tuesday to join the federal government in a complex, possibly contentious effort to step up conservation.
    SAN DIEGO — Officials in the seven states that depend on the drought-beset Colorado River expressed a cautious willingness Tuesday to join the federal government in a complex, possibly contentious effort to step up conservation. At a meeting in...

    Tags: Conservation, Energy Saving, Water Supply, Environmental Issues

    3. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Bipartisan Senate bill would give EPA power to ban dangerous chemicals

    In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force...

    Tags: Dick Durbin, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Medical Procedures and Tests

    4. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. EPA probes flame retardants but lacks power to ban

    As the Obama administration launches a broad investigation of flame retardants used in furniture and other household goods, the nation's top environmental regulators are running into the limitations of a federal law that makes it practically impossible to ban hazardous chemicals.
    As the Obama administration launches a broad investigation of flame retardants used in furniture and other household goods, the nation's top environmental regulators are running into the limitations of a federal law that makes it practically impossible to...

    Tags: Medical Research, Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice

    5. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules

    WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.
    WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On...

    Tags: Conservation, Global Change, Standards, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology

    6. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Lawmaker proposes office to investigate possible gas-price fixing

    Think you are being ripped off at the gas pump? One California lawmaker wants to give the public a place to contact with complaints of price manipulation or other shenanigans. Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) has proposed creation of an Office of Fuel...

    Tags: Consumers, Petroleum Industry

    7. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. New center to set stringent standards for fracking in East

    WASHINGTON -- A coalition of energy companies, environmentalists and Pennsylvania-based philanthropies announced Wednesday the creation of a center that would provide more stringent standards for fracking and natural gas development in the Eastern United States.
    WASHINGTON -- A coalition of energy companies, environmentalists and Pennsylvania-based philanthropies announced Wednesday the creation of a center that would provide more stringent standards for fracking and natural gas development in the Eastern...

    Tags: Energy, Business Enterprises, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

    8. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  8. Energy industry develops nontoxic fracking fluids

    PITTSBURGH (AP) &mdash; The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it's not clear whether the new product will be widely embraced by drilling companies.
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it's not clear whether the new product will be widely embraced by drilling companies....

    Tags: Halliburton Company, Petroleum Industry, The Pennsylvania State University, Energy Resources, Environmental Pollution

    9. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Toxic flame retardant may get a reprieve

    For a class of troublesome flame retardants, this appeared to be the end of an era.
    For a class of troublesome flame retardants, this appeared to be the end of an era. After years of study, scientists in the U.S. and Europe had reached an alarming conclusion: Flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, build up...

    Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Industrial Production, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics

    10. Dec 7, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. After years of research, hog-waste disposal still reeks

    YADKINVILLE, N.C. - Google, of all companies, last year got into the business of hog poop. It joined a project started by Duke University, Duke Energy and a Yadkin County farmer to pull the potent greenhouse gas methane from swine waste and use it to...

    Tags: Google Inc., Smithfield, Duke Energy Corporation, Environmental Issues, Duke University

    11. Oct 19, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  11. Drought demands putting stress on Ogallala Aquifer

    It would be an insidious route to the end of the world, one that doesn't make quite the exciting movie plot as asteroids and super tornadoes but that could be far more of an effective apocalypse: Water overuse. There are nearly 7 billion people on the...

    Tags: Conservation, Pakistan, Natural Resources, China, New York City

    12. Oct 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Water watchdogs needed

    <em>"I give the environmental community, including myself, a C for passing new laws and regulations, and an F in making them work."</em>
    "I give the environmental community, including myself, a C for passing new laws and regulations, and an F in making them work." — Richard Klein, founder, Community & Environmental Defense Services More than 30 years ago Richard Klein, in a few...

    Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore County, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, White Marsh

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