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July 2010
EPA to Toughen Air Pollution Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency this week announced a proposed rule to dramatically cut air pollution in 31 eastern states and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma.
Gulf Spill Galvanizes Activist Community
Original source: The Atlanta Progressive News NEW ORLEANS, Jun 30, 2010 (IPS) - With the U.S .government and oil giant British Petroleum under fire for their handling of the more than two-month-old Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, environmental and community activists across the country are taking matters into their own hands.
EPA Urges Reduction in Dispersants on Gulf Coast
Responding to growing alarm about health hazards to humans and wildlife resulting from BP's oil spill, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson ordered the company last May to reduce its usage of dispersants by 75 percent.
Labor Dept. Launches Aid for Workers Displaced by BP's Oil Spill
The U.S. Department of Labor this week announced an award of $27 million in National Emergency Grants to four key Gulf Coast states to assist workers displaced by BP's ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
