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A win for clean water in South Carolina coal ash storage lawsuit
A clean-water advocacy group has reached a settlement with South Carolina Electric & Gas that will require the company to clean up coal ash impoundments at its Wateree plant in Richland County,...
View ArticleEPA sued over air pollution standards
A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed suit last week against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to toughen the national standard for particulate matter pollution...
View ArticleEPA lets companies withhold info on toxic releases
Speaking of boneheaded moves by federal authorities who are supposed to protect public health, the U.S.read more
View ArticleOur toxic South
A Facing South analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2005 toxic release inventory data for states across the region offers some good news and some bad news: While air pollution emitted by...
View ArticleFriday Earth Day Roundup
We've been covering a lot of environmental issues here at Facing South lately (especially Sue Sturgis, our resident environmental reporter).read more
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Gulf Watch: Congressional watchdog faults EPA's Katrina response
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View ArticleFederal court upholds breaks for polluting factory farms
In early 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered a sweet deal to some decidedly not-so-sweet polluters: industrial-scale livestock farms.read more
View ArticleN.C. enviros rally against not-so-clean energy bill
A broad coalition of environmental advocacy groups held a rally today outside the North Carolina General Assembly to vent their anger over big utilities' hijacking of legislation originally drafted to...
View ArticleA double blow for cleaner air
Two decisions handed down last week, one by a federal court and the other by a federal agency, will have critical implications for our nation's environmental health -- and for the Bush administration's...
View ArticleFriday dogblogging: Commonly used pesticides present serious health risks for...
One of my dogs recently had her regular check-up at our veterinarian's office, where despite my oft-stated concerns over pesticide safety I was convinced to buy an expensive product to keep fleas,...
View ArticleLawsuit seeks information on pesticides implicated in bee die-offs
The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit this week seeking the release of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency test data for a relatively new class of pesticides that might be playing a...
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'Dirty South' lawmakers working to kill new power plant pollution rule
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a new rule this week requiring power plants in 27 states in the eastern half of the U.S.read more
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Tropical storm leaves behind oily mystery in Mississippi
After Tropical Storm Lee's floodwaters receded, people living miles inland from Mississippi's beaches reported finding what looks like crude oil in their drainage ditches. After initially blaming the...
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Accidents continue to plague Louisiana's oil refineries
A new report tallies a disturbing number of accidents at the state's oil refineries in 2010 -- and offers recommendations for addressing the problem.Image: Facing South Appreciate this post? Please...
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ALEC fights coal ash protections on polluters' behalf
Embroiled in controversy for its role in passing "Stand Your Ground", the American Legislative Exchange Council also worked to block federal regulation of toxic power plant waste that's contaminating...
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INSTITUTE INDEX: The real obscenity of mountaintop removal
Mountaintop removal activist Maria Gunnoe of West Virginia was questioned about child porn by U.S. Capitol Police after submitting a photo of a child bathing in mine-polluted water to a House committee...
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Federal court rejects Virginia attorney general's effort to block climate action
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington rejects Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the EPA's finding that unregulated greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to human health and safety. Cuccinelli, who's...
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Who's behind petition opposing coal ash regulation with hundreds of bogus...
An analysis of Chinese names on a petition urging the Obama administration to oppose strict regulations for toxic coal ash reveals hundreds of bogus monikers including "Big Steamed Bun" and "Come to...
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Southern states lack adequate disclosure of fracking's chemical hazards
A new report from OMB Watch finds that most of the states that do not require public disclosure of toxic chemicals used in fracking are in the South, and Southern states are also among those with weak...
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