Environment

Nine Calif. Areas Meet National Air Quality Standard for Smog

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that nine areas in California have met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone, within their regulatory deadlines.

Summer 2012 expected to be wettest in 100 years

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Advocates Argue Appeal for Clean Air at Kansas Supreme Court

Earthjustice, representing the Kansas chapter of the Sierra Club, argued before the Kansas Supreme Court that the Court should overturn an air pollution permit the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued to Sunflower Electric...

U.S. Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves

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"No state or federal agency can put itself above national laws that protect America’s natural...