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		<title><![CDATA[Waste Generator Briefs.(Novelis Inc. sold to Hindalco Industries Ltd.)(Richard Branson and Al Gore offering prize for developing technology to tackle pollution)(Environmental Protection Agency)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beverage Containers       Novelis sold to India firm for $6 billion       An Indian multinational conglomerate plans to buy Atlanta-based  Novelis Inc., one the largest U.S. recycled aluminum can consumers, for  $6 billion in cash and debt assumption....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Second severe air pollution alert in Serbian town]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELGRADE AFP &#8212; Dangerous gases that may have leaked from an ageing petrochemical plant in a Serbian town near Belgrade has triggered an alert overnight, the second such incident in little over a month. Concentrations of benzene in the air in Pancevo reached 117 micrograms per cubic meter around 11:00...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China says spring thawing no threat for toxic-spill hit river]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200603/ai_n16100420]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING AFP &#8212; China's top environmental official has said the thawing of ice in the spring will not repollute the Songhua River, the scene of a severe toxic chemical spill last year.  "The final conclusion is that this spring, the Songhua River will not have a second incident of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dike to defend Russian city from Chinese toxic slick nearly built]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200512/ai_n15886374]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[VLADIVOSTOK, Russia AFP &#8212; Authorities in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk have nearly finished building a dike to protect the city from a toxic slick released by last month's factory blast in China.  "There's about 50 metres left" to build of the projected 200-metre (650-foot) long dike,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harbin residents get water back after toxic spill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARBIN, China AFP &#8212; Authorities in the Chinese city of Harbin restored running water to its 3.8 million residents, five days after supplies were cut off due to a massive toxic spill in the city's river, state media said.  The governor of Heilongjiang province, Zhang Zuoji, took the first...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: Loopholes benefit industrial plants.(News)(Environmental Integrity Project study)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5060/is_200408/ai_n18431930]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Joe Truini       Accidental releases at industrial plants might not be so  accidental, according to an Environmental Integrity Project study.       Industrial plants are exceeding federal clean air limits through  loopholes in state laws allow  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WWF warns of pollution after fuel tanker fire in Sardinia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME AFP ? A fuel tanker that suffered an on-board explosion off the Mediterranean island of Sardinia earlier this week could cause an environmental disaster if it sank, environmental pressure group WWF said.  "The consequences for the marine environment would be incalculable if the ship sank with 300 tonnes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[REPORT: TEXAS PLANTS GUSH EMISSIONS, ESCAPE FINES]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of three days in January, the BASF-Atofina ethylene plant in Port Arthur, Texas, released more than 65 tons of hazardous volatile organic compounds VOCs into the atmosphere. That same month, the Premcor refinery nearby released 208 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2); nearly 25 tons of VOCs and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Petrochemical Firm Guilty of Hiding Pollution Violations at Texas Oil Refinery.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Apr. 10--CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas--A subsidiary of the petrochemical  giant  Koch Industries Inc. was convicted Monday of concealing  environmental  violations at its oil refinery here and assessed the most  expensive criminal  pollution...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal Prosecutors Compromise on Pollution Case against Kansas-Based Firm.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 3--Attempting to simplify the pollution case against Koch  Industries Inc., federal prosecutors set aside 86 counts Tuesday and  asked a federal judge to move forward with 11 charges.    Officials hope the pared-down indictment against the petroleum  giant satisfies U.S. District Judge Janis Jack...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2001 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Testing O'Hare's air pollution Regulators will see if planes' emissions really are excessive.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travelers returning to O'Hare International Airport after a  long trip might notice a fine layer of soot on cars parked there.    City officials maintain the soot is mostly from cars - not planes -  but residents who live near the airport increasingly are starting to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MOTOR FUELS: UNLEADED FUEL SHOULD NOT BE TARGET OF POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGY]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6638/is_199411/ai_n26530670]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary: The European Commission is drafting a European definition of  motor fuels, as a way of preventing the sale of petrol containing  harmful benzene and aromatics. The move was announced on October 27,  following a series of reports in the British prSummary: The European Commission is drafting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 1994 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MOTOR FUELS: UNLEADED FUEL SHOULD NOT BE TARGET OF POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGY]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6637/is_199411/ai_n26522667]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary: The European Commission is drafting a European definition of  motor fuels, as a way of preventing the sale of petrol containing  harmful benzene and aromatics. The move was announced on October 27,  following a series of reports in the British press warning of the health ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 1994 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is air pollution worse indoors than out?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_v128/ai_3952268]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In terms of some organic chemicals, "your home may be more of a toxic-waste hazard than Love Canal or the chemical company nearby," says Lance Wallace, an environmental scientist working at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.  At the recent American Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 1985 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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