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pollution stories: 84 news summaries

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Aims to Take NYC Green

Plan calls for $8 fee to drive into Manhattan

Apr 23, 07 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg chose Earth Day to launch an ambitious, expensive and politically uncertain campaign to make New York City “the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city.” The most provocative proposal: charging drivers $8 a day for entering Manhattan below 86th Street. More »

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environment • New York City • pollution • environmentalism • New York • Manhattan • Earth Day • PlaNYC • congestion pricing • Michael Bloomberg

UN Report: Climate Change Will Hit Poor Hardest

Poorest will be hit hardest

Apr 6, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Expect floods, droughts, fires—and resulting starvation, conflict, and mass migration—as climate change becomes more pronounced, says a U.N. report released today. And expect the poor to get hit the hardest, as deserts get drier, deltas flood more often, and small islands are overwhelmed. More »

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China • climate change • Russia • environment • United Nations • Saudi Arabia • pollution • hunger • drought • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • science • migration • United States • flood • starvation • fossil fuel

Utilities May Profit From Ruling

Some corporations may profit off tighter greenhouse gas regulations

Apr 3, 07 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some utility  companies may actually benefit financially from the Supreme Court ruling forcing the EPA to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.  While it will cost them millions in the short-term to meet new requirements, utilities in government-regulated markets—mostly in the Southeast, Great... More »

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climate change • environment • politics • Texas • utility companies • pollution • greenhouse gases • Northeast • Southeast • Great Plains • West • Midwest • US Supreme Court • utilities

EPA Must Regulate Greenhouse Gases

Supreme Court ruling a rebuke to Bush's hands-off policy on auto emissions

Apr 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carbon dioxide must be regulated by the federal government unless it can provide a scientific reason not to, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 5-4 decision, which ordered the EPA to consider CO 2 an "air pollutant" as defined by the Clean Air Act, was a blow to the... More »

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climate change • environment • John Roberts • pollution • carbon dioxide • science • Clean Air Act • Massachusetts • Environmental Protection Agency • sea level • US Supreme Court

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