Tag Archives: Air Toxics

Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals

Posted on August 28, 2018 by John Blair

August 28, 2108 – by Damian Carrington and Lily Kuo in the Guardian Impact of high levels of toxic air ‘is equivalent to having lost a year of education’ Air pollution causes a “huge” reduction in intelligence, according to new … Continue reading →

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Judge dismisses lawsuit against TVA over coal plant closing

Posted on February 10, 2015 by John Blair

February 10. 2015 – by Dave Flessner in the Times Free Press A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the coal industry against the Tennessee Valley Authority that tried to block TVA’s plans to shut down two of … Continue reading →

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John Blair testifies at USEPA’s Air Toxics hearing in Chicago regarding toxic pollution in the tri-state

Posted on May 27, 2011 by John Blair

May 24, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Twenty-one years after the US Congress ordered EPA to develop rules to control the release of toxic chemicals from coal and oil fired power plants, EPA proposed a rule to do so in … Continue reading →

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