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Salton Sea Authority to weigh Perez's Salton Sea's Assembly bills
COACHELLA — Reacting quickly to Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez’s, D-Coachella, slate of Salton Sea restoration bills announced Wednesday, the Salton Sea Authority will vote on a recommendation to support Assembly Bill 71 and consider support of...
Tags: Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Renovation, Energy Resources, Natural Resources
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Assemblyman Perez's Save Our Sea campaign includes three bills
SACRAMENTO — Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella, announced recently that he has launched a multi-level campaign to kick start Salton Sea restoration. Titled the Save Our Sea campaign, Perez introduced Assembly Bill 71, the Salton Sea...Tags: Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Renovation, Elections, Environmental Pollution
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Air quality agency issues Southland no-burn alert
L.A. NOWMuch of Los Angeles is being asked to hold off lighting wood-burning fireplaces or open pits starting at midnight Saturday and continuing for 24 hours to avoid releasing unhealthy soot that becomes trapped in the air by a wintertime weather...... -
Air quality officials say DWP responsible for Owens Lake dust storms
L.A. NOWThe California Air Resource Board ruled Monday that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is solely responsible for controlling the choking dust storms that arise from the dry Owens Lake bed. The board said the DWP must take...... -
Imperial Valley to benefit from Salton Sea air monitoring stations
Staff WriterIf all goes according to plan, two air monitoring stations will be measuring hydrogen sulfide levels at the Salton Sea late this summer and sharing the data with the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District. The South Coast Air Quality Management...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Energy experts say oil/gas drilling can be made cleaner
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. About 800 miles away on the plains of north Texas, there's a drilling boom, too, but some air pollution levels have declined....
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Resources, Environmental Politics, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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China pollution results in factory closures, flight cancellations
BEIJING -- A prolonged spell of air pollution across a large area of China has led to the cancellation of flights and sporting activities and the closure of highways, factories and construction sites. From Beijing to Guiyang, 1,400 miles to the...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Environmental Pollution, Beijing (China), Plant Closings, Environmental Issues
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Life expectancy rises as fine particle air pollution drops
A new study links even small reductions in fine particle air pollution to increased life expectancy. Researchers who compared data from 545 counties across the U.S., including many in California, found that a drop in fine particulate matter, known as...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Standards, Environmental Pollution, Health and Safety at School
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Wood touted as 'new' renewable fuel
Lee Richardson is a pioneer of sorts in taking a new look at a very old energy source.
The Wicomico County poultry farmer just finished installing a commercial-sized wood pellet stove to heat one of his chicken houses in Willards, east of Salisbury. When...Tags: Energy Saving, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Annapolis, Carroll County (Virginia), Sales
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Is there too much dust on Wheeler?
Now that the desert season is here and everyone is complaining about the dust, is the county going to have a water truck out on Wheeler Road every day over the holiday weekend and at night, too? The dust is so bad out there from the road you can’t...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Holidays, Environmental Issues, Highway Transportation
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Clearing Beijing's air
Ever wonder what life in the United States would be like without a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency? The people of China have gotten a whiff of what happens when there are minimal pollution controls, and they are choking on it. That the air in...Tags: Heart Attack, Fiction, Health Organizations, Environmental Pollution, National Government
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No-burn alert in effect in areas of Orange and Los Angeles counties
L.A. NOWPeople in certain areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties are being advised not to burn wood or fire logs in indoor or outdoor fireplaces as part of a no-burn alert in effect until midnight Wednesday. The area stretches from......
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