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Smog Over Moscow Worsens as Fires Rage
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Aug 7) -- Dense smog choked Moscow today, grounding planes and forcing residents to don thick multi-layered masks as smoke from peat and forest fires hung over the Russian capital. The heat and smoke have entered almost every aspect of life. Smoke has penetrated the city's subway system, and The State Historical Museum on the city's mammoth Red Square closed down because it couldn't' stop its smoke alarms from going off. The cloud of smoke is so large it can even be seen from space. A record heat wave has gripped Moscow and the surrounding regions for weeks, killing at least 52 ...
EPA Proposes Stricter Smog Standards
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed lowering limits for smog set during the Bush administration, a move the New York Times reports would cost manufacturers, oil refiners and utilities billions of dollars. The new standard would lower ground-level ozone limit from 0.075 parts per million to 0.070 and then to 0.060 parts per million over the next 20 years. Heavy smog areas, like most of California, Chicago, and Houston, would be given longer to adopt the new limits. The Bush administration standard has been challenged in court as too weak to protect public health. The ...
Bush's EPA Sued Over Smog Regs
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyHealth and environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for its (meaning, the Bush administration's) refusal to adopt stronger ozone standards.The public interest law firm Earthjustice filed the intent to sue with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on behalf of the American Lung Association, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Environmental Defense Fund, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), and Appalachian Mountain Club. The groups say the EPA standards adopted in March for ozone pollution - "smog" - are too weak and put public ...
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