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• What's Most Polluting: Heating or Cooling Your Home?

  Published: August 30, 2007, 4:33 pm

  Tags: Air Pollution, Coal, Greenhouse Gases, Solar

  I was a little surprised by the answer, according to this NPR story. But it all really depends on the weather, now doesn't it? [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Labor Day: Time To Reflect on How America Works- Or Doesn't

  Published: September 2, 2007, 1:41 pm

  Tags: Global Warming, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Utah, Big Oil, Coal, Renewable Energy, Al Gore, Sprawl, Robert Murray

  A new study shows that Americans are about the laziest workers in the world. Seems odd given that generations of us have grown up believing America... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• People vs. Bush: Ignoring Supreme Court in Permitting New Coal Plant

  Published: September 4, 2007, 10:11 am

  Tags: Air Pollution, Sierra Club, Utah, Utes, Inversion, Coal, Renewable Energy, Greenhouse Gases

  The new coal plant proposed for eastern Utah got approved with no environmental curbs despite the U.S. Supreme Court's upholding of greenhouse gas... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Lead contamination report finds 'litany of failures'

  Published: September 5, 2007, 11:19 pm

  Tags: Mining, Maritime Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Management, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, State Parliament, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Nationals, Democrats, Greens, One Nation, Minor Parties, Esperance 6450

  The State Government has apologised to the people of Esperance after a parliamentry committee attacked several agencies for allowing lead contamination in the town.

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• China Pollution Improves Bush Example; Lying But At Least Pretending to Care

  Published: September 6, 2007, 11:04 am

  Tags: Cheney, Bush, Air Pollution, China, Climate Change, Big Oil, Coal, Greenhouse Gases, Environment

  The good news is China knows what it's doing is wrong. They've put standards in place and tell everyone they're enforcing them. The bad news is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• University of Utah Video Gets Students on TRAX

  Published: September 11, 2007, 6:37 pm

  Tags: Air Pollution, Utah, Inversion, Salt Lake City, Trax, Greenhouse Gases, Green Cities

  Being in web video, I love seeing how effective it can be used in telling a story, putting out valuable information and reaching the intended... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Dirty Energy Makes Us Sick: Do We Really Need More Proof?

  Published: September 13, 2007, 4:37 pm

  Tags: Mining, Air Pollution, Utah, Inversion, Coal, Renewable Energy

  This study adds to the pile of evidence that burning coal is a stupid, costly and deadly enterprise. It served its purpose now it's days are over.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Utah Has Best Economy in Country: Too Bad You Can't Breathe Money

  Published: September 18, 2007, 7:47 pm

  Tags: Air Pollution, Wasatch Front, Inversion, Pm2 5

  I hate to rain on the parade of those bragging about how low our unemployment rate and how strong our economy are. But if this is the satisfaction we... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Solar Car Racing's Capital

  Published: September 20, 2007, 11:49 am

  Tags: Air Pollution, University, Traffic, Utah, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Solar, Great Salt Lake

  You might not know that the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats are in western Utah. They're part of the vast basin that was Lake Bonneville only 10,000... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Bush to Utah: Choke On It; Congress Charges EPA Broke Law Over Utah Coal Plant

  Published: September 21, 2007, 10:41 am

  Tags: Bush, Air Pollution, Inversion, Big Energy, Epa, Coal

  An investigation is now underway into the EPA's approval of an expansion of the Bonanza coal plant without required environmental protections. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Remember Acid Rain? This Coal-Burning Plant Does Now

  Published: September 21, 2007, 10:15 am

  Tags: Mining, Air Pollution, Acid Rain, Coal

  $11.4 million is what this company in Kentucky is paying to settle its dispute over whether it pumped 20,000 tons of illegal pollution into the air... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Are Deliberate Polluters Murderers? Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Attacks, Strokes

  Published: September 23, 2007, 3:15 pm

  Tags: Ozone, Air Pollution, Wasatch Front, Inversion, Pm2 5

  Let's see: if this report is true, does that make knowingly spewing particulate and other harmful chemicals into the air attempted homicide or... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Killing Funds for Air Monitoring Shows Utah Legislators Still Don't Care

  Published: September 25, 2007, 7:31 pm

  Tags: Air Pollution, Deq, Inversion, Pm2 5

  IT'S SIMPLE: UTAH'S REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS DON'T CARE IF YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN BREATHE THIS AND IT KILLS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. ANY... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Bush Holds Polluter Summit: Maps Strategy for Future Assaults

  Published: September 27, 2007, 8:58 am

  Tags: Global Warming, Bush, Air Pollution, Climate Change

  If Bush's demonstrated skills at building coalitions are at work during the Polluter Summit starting today, he'll have the other 15 top polluting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Polluters Summit: Obsessing Over Climate Change, Missing Bigger Problems

  Published: September 28, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Cheney, Rice, Bush, Air Pollution, India, China, Big Oil, Water

  The American president told us his Polluters Summit was about global warming. But W is lying yet again and, even worse, he's missing the bigger, more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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