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Chinese products and pollution

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 28 September 2008 in Earth Violators

In China's rush to become the factory for the world, they forgot to protect their own people and the rest of us who live in the pollution offshoots they create and who often unwittingly are buying and using Chinese made products. Now we learn from the LA Times, Oct 14th article by John M. Glionna th...

US Court of Appeals Says Bush Administration Wrong on Air Pollution Monitoring

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 27 August 2008 in Earth Violators

A Bush Administration ruling barring states and local governments from requiring more air-pollution monitoring is illegal according to a ruling by the US Court of Appeals District of Columbia. "We can't have strong enforcement of our clean air laws unless we know what polluters are putting into the ...

Four Homebuilders Fined for Runoff

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 12 June 2008 in Earth Violators

Source Associated Press-June 12 2008, Four Homebuilders Fined for Runoff MDC Holdings Inc, Denver, CO; Centex Corp, Dallas, Texas, KB Home of Los Angeles, California and Pulte Homes Inc. of Broomfield Hills, Michigan have agreed to pay $4.3 million in fines for failing to control runoff at construc...

Agriculture Blamed for Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" Growth

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 07 June 2008 in Earth Violators

The St Louis Post-Dispatch article by Sarah Lohman (June 11, 08) was really frightening. She reports that scientists predict the biggest ever dead zone of 10,000 square miles!!!!!! This is oxygen deprived water in which algae consumes oxygen forcing life to flee or die. The Midwestern corn grown fo...