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Environmental Groups, Window Makers Face Off in Energy-Efficiency Standard Debate

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/03/2010

When Congress expanded a tax break cap to $1,500 to encourage homeowners to make energy-efficiency improvements, it also raised the eligibility requirements for product to qualify, which a group of window makers said shuts out the U.S. market, reports The Hill. AGC Flat Glass North America said t ...

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Railway Fined $4M for Chlorine Spill

Posted by Environmental Leader on 10/03/2010

Norfolk Southern Railway will pay a $4 million penalty over a 2005 chlorine spill in Graniteville, S.C.The penalty, for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and hazardous materials laws, was reached March 8 by the railway, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, acco ...

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Companies Skirt Clean Water Act

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/03/2010

Due to Supreme Court rulings that cause some uncertainty in terms of which waterways should be regulated by the Clean Water Act, thousands of the largest water polluters say that the law no longer applies to them, according to EPA and state regulators, reports the New York Times.As a result, wate ...

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EPA Delays Regulating GHGs of Stationary Sources

Posted by Environmental Leader on 23/02/2010

Facing widespread opposition and several lawsuits over the endangerment finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top official announced that any regulation of greenhouse gases would be phased in gradually, reports the New York Times.In ...

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Cummins Penalized $2.1M for Clean Air Act Violations

Posted by Environmental Leader on 23/02/2010

Cummins will pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 engines after a settlement was reached over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.From 1998-2006, Cummins shipped more than 570,000 heavy duty diesel engines to vehicle equipment manufacturers without after-treatment devices (ATDs) that are ...

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