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Smog and fog envelops the Rajpath, the ceremonial boulevard, behind as a police man, center, controls traffic in the morning in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014.On bad days in India’s congested capital, the air is so murky it slows traffic to a crawl because visibility is so poor. Conversations are punctuated with rasping coughs. Weak bands of sunlight filter through a grainy sky. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Energy and Environment

Delhi, Beijing both polluted, but who’s on the up?

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, a sea of stacks, pipes and storage tanks are amassed along the Houston ship channel in Houston. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave Texas on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, authority over greenhouse gas permitting ending a lengthy, often bitter battle between the Lone Star State and the federal agency. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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EPA shifts greenhouse gas permitting to Texas

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Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral, but exposure to it can cause cancer in humans. (Photo: Connecticut Department of Public Health website.) 
Energy and Environment

Appeals court upholds 10-year prison sentence for contractor over asbestos removal

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President Obama speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a battery plant in Holland, Mich., in July 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Energy and Environment

Obama stresses US position as climate leader

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Federal law requires the EPA to review standards for ozone pollution, which occurs when hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide from power plants, fuel exhausts and other sources combine with sunlight, every five years.
Energy and Environment

Environmental groups file court motion seeking EPA action on ozone standard

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EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard is pressing for member states to settle on a general direction for climate policy in time for a Sept. 23 summit, where U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is seeking pledges that can underpin a treaty limiting emissions to be approved in 2015. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
Energy and Environment

Europe dividing over most ambitious limits: Carbon & climate

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Germany’s planned clean-energy aid cuts hurt turbine makers
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Germany’s planned clean-energy aid cuts hurt turbine makers

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New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has withdrawn a shareholder proposal at FirstEnergy with the utility agreeing to report on its plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP/Mike Groll)
Energy and Environment

New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli pulls FirstEnergy shareholder proposal

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Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid, left, and others attend a pro-coal rally in front of the state Capitol, in Denver, Wednesday Oct. 30, 2013. Various industry groups came together for the protest Wednesday, while nearby the Environmental Protection Agency held hearings on future rules to stem emissions from existing power plants, in one of 11 meetings being held across the country. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Campaigns

Parties push opposing energy, climate paths as elections near

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Obama climate policies needed to meet emissions goal, State Department report says
Energy and Environment

Obama climate policies needed to meet emissions goal, State Department report says

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