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Texas is the energy capital of the nation. Yet, Texans not only produce energy; Texans are enormous consumers of energy, the largest in the US. It is not surprising that the state suffers from a pollution problem, with some of the worst air and water quality in US. To combat the pollution, Texas is taking steps towards “green” through the use clean energy and the creation of more green jobs. Read More... IT’S DISTURBING that Business Editor Drew Voros is so biased in favor of the petroleum industry. Read More... WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama today announced that the Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 28 percent by 2020. Reducing and reporting GHG pollution, as called for in Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability, will ensure that the Federal Government leads by example in building the clean energy economy. Actions taken under this Executive Order will spur clean energy investments that create new private-sector jobs, drive long-term savings, build local market capacity, and foster innovation and entrepreneurship in clean energy industries. Read More... Enlarge Legal news for Kansas attorneys. The EPA and Westar Energy settle violations, which amounted to $500 million. Read More... Plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles can help clear Arizona’s air. And the benefits will increase with more on the road, and with utilities developing renewable energy sources, leaders of an environmental group say. Read More... PORT ARTHUR, Texas – As much as 450,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in a southeast Texas port on Saturday after two vessels collided, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Read More... SCOTTSDALE – Electric and hybrid vehicles, along with renewable energy sources developed by utilities, can help clear Arizona’s air, leaders of an environmental group said Thursday. Read More... A new study by Environment America finds that electric vehicles (EVs) could do a lot to fight global warming and clean up the urban smog that contributes to respiratory and heart problems. But, the report concludes, changes in public policy are needed to make the switch from internal combustion to all electric vehicles on a mass scale. Read More... DALLAS – (Business Wire) Increasing America’s use of plug-in electric and plug in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb our dependence on oil, according to a new white paper released today by Environment Texas. Read More... A short list of the likely pathogens in car exhaust: A new report by a Special Panel of the Health Effects Institute (HEI) has found there is sufficient evidence that exposures to traffic-related air pollution cause asthma exacerbation in children and suggestive evidence that they might cause other health effects. Read More... THURSDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter standards for smog, which has been linked to a variety of health problems, including aggravated asthma and premature death from heart and lung disease. Read More... Basalt police officer Mike Taylor said Friday he has been unable to check in on the health of the couple, who were found unconscious in their bed Thursday morning, rushed to Aspen Valley Hospital and airlifted to a Denver hospital. The last he had heard they would be OK. Read More... The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. Read More... The Advanced Research Projects Agency for energy put out its second call for new ideas, and this time, the agency has narrowed its focused to three research fields. Read More... In some hardscrabble East Bay neighborhoods, people die of heart disease and cancer at three times the rates found just a few miles away in more well-to-do communities. Read More... A small town in Maryland is setting a precedent in eco-friendly road construction, breaking ground this week on one of the greenest streets in the nation. Although we all are familiar with air pollution, and know it is a very real |
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