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...Gore licking his chops. Texas leads the country in a frightening array of toxin- and carcinogen-release statistics, and last year Houston passed Los Angeles for the dubious distinction of America's smoggiest city. Though some emission levels have declined in recent years, four metro areas are flunking EPA clean-air standards. To achieve compliance, Houston will have to reduce nitrous-oxide emissions as much as 90%. Faced with this crisis--and the presidential race--Texas officials are moving quickly to draw up new plans to reduce emissions. And Bush has asked his regulators to consider adopting California's strict...
...Each cup of grease, motor oil or fertilizer we can keep out of the river brings us closer to our goal," said the EPA's New England administrator John P. DeVillars in the release...
...Miller, a spokesperson for the EPA, praised the Cambridge DPW for spotting the pollution source. Cleaning up the Eliot Street storm drain will not make a significant difference in the Charles' cleanliness, she said, but more discoveries of such sources will...
...EPA is aiming to make the Charles clean enough to swim...
...Environmental Protection Agency are announcing tough new emissions standards that will apply not only to cars but also to the ubiquitous family of Explorers, Expeditions, Range Rovers and the like. The institution of these new standards, to be required in all 2004 models, will be helped along by the EPA's strict new directive to refiners: Reduce the sulfur content in gasoline by 90 percent. This two-prong approach is critical, because cars using gas with lower sulfur levels produce less pollution - and make automakers' anti-smog adjustments more effective...