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The EPA has proposed lowering the amount of soot from 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air to somewhere between 9 and 10. The agency said that could save about 4,200 lives every year.

The EPA has proposed lowering the amount of soot from 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air to somewhere between 9 and 10. The agency said that could save about 4,200 lives every year.

It's a lively week for rare books and manuscripts auctions; here's the rundown.

Churches often become historical representatives of the community in which they were organized.

Dive Brief: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized a rule that narrows what studies it will consider in future rulemakings, based on whether the underlying data is public. EPA said it will now give greater consideration to scientific studies that provide public data when considering how a particular pollutant or contaminant impacts human health and the environment, in an effort to be more "transparent." Critics of the rule, including former EPA officials, environmentalist...

Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Smog in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: Gary Todd/Flickr Smog hovering over Washington. Gary Todd/Flickr As the mother of five asthmatic children, Charday Urey knows the drill. When an EPA air quality index tips into the "unhealthy" zone, she closes the windows, turns on the air conditioner and keeps her kids indoors. "In the summertime, I dont even have a life," said Urey, a lifelong Washington, D.C., resident who ties some of her familys health problems...

>> well, thank you so much for coming. can you all hear me in the last row? yes? good. it always feels a little bit like coming home coming to our terms garden. i am going to begin telling you a little bit about how i came to write this book because i was born in india. i am german, and i live in london. some people might wonder how i dare to write about the american founding fathers, but there is logic of it. bear with me. i came to write this book by accident when i was researching a...

good morning. high-stakes push. despite growing opposition from both republicans and democrats, president obama gets set to make his case for health care reform in a prime-time appearance. is this the issue that will make or break his presidency? more questions. investigators ask for another interview with the doctor who was with michael jackson when he died. this morning, the response from dr. conrad murrays attorney, amid new reports of the pop stars bizarre behavior and demands in...