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Savannah River Pilgrimage Highlights Corporate Pollution (UPDATE 1)

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(APN) TYBEE ISLAND, Georgia — The “Source to Sea” Savannah River Pilgrimage started on March 08, 2015, at Whiteside Mountain, North Carolina, and ended April 11, 2015, 439 miles later on the bank of Tybee Island.   The purpose of the pilgrimage was to raise awareness of environmental damage to the ecosystem from pollutants that flow into the river from […]

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(IPS) US Limits Mercury Pollution as Big Coal Retreats

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This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106301. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 23, 2011 (IPS) – Environmental advocates praised a recent new rule limiting pollution of mercury and other air toxins announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one of several new air pollution standards set under the Barack Obama administration. Advocates also celebrated the announcement that after […]

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