Word: epa
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...EPA). On a lesser level, says John Westenberg, legal analyst and organizer of Missoulians for Clean Air: "There are colds, sore throats, burning eyes...
...reduce pollution would be to get stoves to burn at higher temperatures so they would emit less waste. Manufacturers have developed smaller, more efficient stoves. But poor burning practices abound. Homeowners sometimes toss green, moist wood into their fires, along with rubbish and newspapers. (The EPA recommends wood that has been air-dried at least a year.) Mark Loding, a chimney sweep who practices his Dickensian craft in the Charlevoix-Petoskey-Harbor Springs area of Michigan, is appalled by the fire making habits of his customers. Says he: "Chimneys are clogged with nasty stuff. People are putting in too much...
...time being, the EPA has consigned the problem to the states and affected communities. But local political action is not easy. It was only after much controversy that the Oregon legislature last June passed a bill that will require all stoves sold in the state after 1985 to meet minimal state-set emission standards, probably forcing homeowners to buy automobile-type catalytic converters (estimated cost: up to $500 each...
...Continuing its push to from the new "Defeat is Victory" program, the K-School announces the appointment of former EPA head Anne Burford and former Secretary of State Alexander Haig as fellows. With the weather turning warm, tents are put up on Kennedy St. to house a rapidly developing overflow. "Indoors is outdoors," chuckles Dean Allison, "at least sort...
Those charges grew out of allegations that Lavelle had participated in EPA decisions involving her former employer, Aerojet-General Corp. In a signed statement sent to a congressional committee a year ago, Lavelle testified that she had removed herself from any dealings with Aerojet on June 18, 1982, the day after she learned the company had dumped wastes at the Stringfellow Acid Pits near Riverside, Calif. But other EPA officials testified that Lavelle had known about her old firm's involvement three weeks earlier and had even warned the company that the EPA was looking into the matter...