Yucca Mtn Cost Soars
The planned U.S. nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada will cost billions more than previously estimated.
Source: Reuters, 08/06/2008
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New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects
EPA reviews its health-based standard for NO2 as an air pollutant, and has issued a science assessment of health effects.
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States Shift Work Schedules to Save Energy
Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced that state agencies will move to a four-day workweek (10 hours/day, with mandatory three-day weekends) in order to save energy, reduce vehicle miles traveled in the state, and address climate change and air pollution.
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EPA Proposes Water Efficiency Standard
EPA is developing a voluntary water efficiency standard for new single-family homes and townhomes.
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EPA Beach Contamination Data Online
EPA announced May 29, 2008, that its assembled data on beach closings in 2007 is available online. You can look up beaches in the Great Lakes, along the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and for five US territories.
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