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EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Iunderstand the Environmental Protection Agency recently took steps to limit pollution from…

EarthTalk® E - The Environmental MagazineDear EarthTalk: Diesel exhaust from trucks, buses, large ships and farm equipment is especially unhealthy. What…

New EPA rules would control air pollution coming from wells being drilled by the oil and natural gas industries. The rules are a result of a lawsuit by an environmental group that sued the agency to clean up the drilling industry after communities in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming complained about air pollution.

The federal rules announced Wednesday will, among other things, soon require oil and natural gas drillers to limit air pollution from drilling operations. Though the requirements stand to save companies money long term, producers say pollution regulations should be left to the states.

The Nobel Prize-winning chemist made the link between man-made chemicals used in spray cans and the depletion of the Earth-insulating ozone later. His scientific work and advocacy for a ban on these chemicals, called CFCs, led to a public appreciation for humans' impact on the planet. He was 84.

EarthTalk® E - The Environmental MagazineDear EarthTalk: I was in Los Angeles recently and the smog was not nearly as bad as when I visited 15 years ago.…

EarthTalk® E - The Environmental MagazineDear EarthTalk: How is it that Latino communities are among those hardest hit by air pollution? -- Miguel…

EarthTalk® E - The Environmental MagazineDear EarthTalk: I was horrified to read recently that our oceans are actually becoming acidic, that the continued…

The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have some of the dirtiest air, thanks to thousands of old diesel cargo trucks that pass through each day. But new emissions standards just went into effect banning those old trucks. Neighboring communities are breathing a sigh of relief, but the restrictions are taking a toll on low-wage truck drivers.

EarthTalk® E - The Environmental MagazineDear EarthTalk: I understand that some Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic U.S. states have banded together to reduce…