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    Senator James Inhofe Seeks to Destroy Landmark EPA Ruling

    MAY 18, 2012 11:52AM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: environment, sen. james inhofe, sen. thomas carper, epa, mercury, congressional review act, asthma, mercury and air toxics standards, health, american academy of pediatrics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 428 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Will Bullies Win the Fight for Clean Air?

    JANUARY 21, 2012 4:00PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: environment, green, activism, moms clean air force, epa, envrionmental protection agency, lobbyists, mercury and air toxics standards, obama administration, mercury, toxic metals, koch brothers, newt gingrich, rick santorium, ron paul, clean air act, clean air

    • 1 Ratings
    • 314 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Clean Air Fight Continues In 2012

    JANUARY 2, 2012 5:30PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: clean air, lisa p. jackson, epa, environmental protection agency, smog, 2012 federal budget, jan schakowsky, donna edwards, henry waxman, barbara boxer, thomas carper, robert redford, keystone xl tar sands pipeline, moms clean air force, coal, coal fire plants, american academy of pediatrics, american lung association, epa regulations vs economy, children's national medical center, mercury and air toxics standards, mats, mercury, professor teresa clemmer, asthma, public health, children's health, environment

    • 5 Ratings
    • 432 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Mercury Ruling: Waiting For the EPA

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:13AM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: moms clean air force, epa, mercury, teresa b. clemmer, vermont law school, lisa jackson, clean air act, hazardous air pollutants, power plants, power plant regulations, health, mercury as neurotoxin, coal industry, climate crisis, ozone, particulate matter, green activism, environment

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 1329 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    National Poll Says America Wants the EPA

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 9:49PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: mom clean air force, clean air act, us chamber of commerce, american lung association, mercury, environmental justice, particulate matter, national health, american health, epa scientists, corporate polluters, natural resources defense council, asthma, national poll, latina women's vote, environment, ozone pollution standard, obama, league of women voters, league of united latin american citizens, 2012 battleground states, public policy polling, environmental protection agency, epa

    • 3 Ratings
    • 251 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    “If You Can’t Breathe, You Can’t Work”

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 2:27PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: barbara boxer, senate environmental and public work committee, frank lautenberg, ben cardin, epa, environmental protection agency, train act, hr 2401, clean air act, asthma, ickey woods, american lung association, mercury, air pollution, pollution in china, physicians for social responsibility, particulate matter air pollution, donna edwards, mercury and air toxics standard, cross-state air pollution rule, obama, presidential veto, moms clean air force, environment

    • 1 Ratings
    • 348 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Responding to the EPA Naysayers

    SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 5:23PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: rep. lois capps, koch brothers, texas and the environment, coal-fired plants, mercury, mercury and air toxics standards, the clean air interstate rule, the clean air act, gov. rick perry, emergency jobs to restore the american dream act, sustainableenergy and envrionment coalition, rep. jan schakowsky, environmental protection agency, epa, environment

    • 1 Ratings
    • 205 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Chandra Brown: Fighting Pollution in Southern Georgia

    SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 10:46PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: environment, epa, chandra brown, south georgia, environmental justice, mercury, moms clean air force, canoochee river, ogeechee river, poverty in rural georgia, rep. jack kingston, senator saxby chambliss, senator johnny isakson, h.r. 2018

    • 4 Ratings
    • 410 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Money Of Mercurius

    AUGUST 22, 2011 4:27PM

    By Surazeus


    Topics: surazeus, hermead, saturn, moneta, bank, money, epic, hermes, mercurius, mercury

    • 1 Ratings
    • 104 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Mercury and Power Plants: a punch in the gut for all parents

    AUGUST 11, 2011 8:35AM

    By Molly Rauch


    Topics: moms clean air force, clean air, environment, health, coal, mercury

    • 1 Ratings
    • 136 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Clean Air and the Baby Carriage

    AUGUST 9, 2011 11:13PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: clean air act, environmental protection agency, epa, mercury, coal-burning plants, air pollution, asthma, sergei einstein, american lung association, children's health

    • 0 Ratings
    • 108 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Sadhvi Sez: Mercury is Retrograde!

    AUGUST 8, 2011 10:25AM

    By oops50


    Topics: zodiac, virgo, planets, stars, astrology, communication, women over 50, women, glitch, retrograde, mercury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 673 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Asthma and Clean Air: One Mother’s Fight in Texas

    AUGUST 2, 2011 12:36PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: dick durbin, joe cornyn, kay bailey hutchison, erin brockovich, american lung association, hazaardous waste, barack obama, txi company, ash grove cement company, mercury, lead, midlothian george bush, texas, alexandra allred, moms clean air force, mercury and air toxics rule, epa, toxic pollution, clean air, asthma

    • 2 Ratings
    • 146 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Personal Responsibility and the Fight for Clean Air

    JULY 22, 2011 11:56PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: activism, pollution, clean air, mr. smith goes to washington, frank capra, mercury, physicians for social responsibility, dr. lynn ringenberg, mercury and air toxics standard, american electric power, rep. fred upton, daniel j. weiss, environmental protection agency, epa, moms clean air force, debt ceiling, rupert murdoch

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 791 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Space, the Final Frontier -- Looking Like a Ghost Town

    JULY 7, 2011 8:22PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: moon shot, mars explorer, spirit, telstar, sputnik, exploration, technology, cold war, space race, launch, space station, voyager, mariner, hubble, eads, india, iran, japan, china, usa, taikonaut, cosmonaut, astronaut, mir, skylab, iss, shuttle, apollo, gemini, redstone, mercury, saturn v, nasa

    • 2 Ratings
    • 153 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Clean Air: You Have to Be in It to Win It

    JUNE 24, 2011 5:22PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: environmental defense fund, toxic air emissions, coal-powered plants, mercury emissions, mercury, air quality, coal, epa, activism, clean air, moms clean air force, american electric power, envirionmental justice, asthma, respiratory illness

    • 1 Ratings
    • 676 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Michele Bachmann vows to axe EPA if elected president

    JUNE 14, 2011 4:57PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: global warming, government, radiation, arsenic, lead, climate change, carbon dioxide, mercury, pollution, clean water, clean air, regulation, environment, election 2012, presidential race, epa, michele bachmann

    • 1 Ratings
    • 181 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Struggle for Change: Activism vs. Cynicism

    MAY 21, 2011 12:21AM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: environmental defense fund, toxic air emissions, coal-powered plants, mercury emissions, mercury, air quality, coal, epa, activism, clean water, clean air, moms clean air force

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 789 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    50 years of Americans in space

    MAY 5, 2011 7:30AM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: us manned spaceflight, apollo, mercury, gemini, alan shepard, space shuttle

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 759 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    'Coal or nuclear?' is the wrong clean energy mentality

    APRIL 13, 2011 4:39PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: nuclear waste, toxins, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury, arsenic, lead, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, radiation, fukushima, flooding, mountaintop removing mining, acid mine drainage, energy consumption, power plants, energy efficiency, energy, environment, pollution, coal power plants, coal, coal power, nuclear power plants, nuclear power

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