NetQuantum :: Regional :: Asia :: India :: Society_and_Culture :: Organisations :: Environmental ::

• N.Y. adopts clean air rules stricter than EPA's
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York environmental regulators adopted stricter air pollution rules on Tuesday to prevent power plants and factories from belching out more smog and soot. Under rules adopted by the New York State Environmental Board, new industrial ...
• Budget Cuts Threaten Egmont Key, Say Environmental Groups
TAMPA - Geographically, Egmont Key is hardly significant; a speck of an island dwarfed by nearby Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. But Egmont's diverse wildlife, sandy beaches and rich history make the square-mile island one of the area's treasures ...
• TV Trash a Concern for North Texas Cities
Worth's Environmental Services Division. Hazardous materials like lead and mercury don't necessarily pose a threat when they're enclosed inside the TV, but if the set is crushed in a landfill those compounds can be released. That's why the City of Ft ...
• Bush leaves fuel economy rules for Obama
Environmental groups and their allies in Congress, who had been critical of Bush's past opposition to higher fuel economy standards, had responded favorably to the administration's plan. In the past, automakers have fiercely opposed increases in fuel ...
• Tenn. gov. pledges more oversight of ash ponds
... no complaints with the cleanup process by Tennessee Valley Authority, which operates the Kingston power plant where a pond burst last week and poured a mix of fly ash and water over 300 acres and into a river. But Bredesen vowed state environmental ...