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NY adopts clean air rules, stricter than EPA’s

By MARY ESCH, Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York environmental regulators adopted stricter air pollution rules on Tuesday to prevent power plants and factories from belching out more smog and soot.
Under rules adopted by the New York State Environmental Board, new industrial plants — as well as existing ones that modify operations in [...]

Bush’s Last Climate Obstruction Hurrah Must Not Stop Obama

It is reported President Bush is closing off some of President-Elect Obama’s immediate climate policy alternatives [ark] with last minute “midnight” environmental regulations. These include barring the Environmental Protection Agency from considering the effects of climate change on protected species [search], and forbidding the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act [...]

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