Tag: Sierra
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RIVER ROUGE: SIerra Club: DTE power plant needs to close or embrace … – Southgate News Herald
RIVER ROUGE: SIerra Club: DTE power plant needs to close or embrace …Southgate News HeraldCiting environmental contamination and a contribution to physical ailments such as asthma in the local population, several representatives of the club spoke to members of the media Thursday morning at Belanger Park and also offered a short tour of DTE …Sierra…
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Sierra Club calls on DTE to end use of coal in producing energy at River Rouge … – Detroit Free Press
Sierra Club calls on DTE to end use of coal in producing energy at River Rouge …Detroit Free PressThe group cites a 2004 report by the Boston-based Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit group dedicated to reducing pollution, that blames the River Rouge plant for several deaths, heart attacks and asthma attacks over the years.…
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Sierra Clubs in Maine, NH, Call for Stricter Pollution Controls on Schiller Plant – MPBN News
MPBN News Sierra Clubs in Maine, NH, Call for Stricter Pollution Controls on Schiller PlantMPBN NewsCorkery says in particular, sulfur dioxide–or SO2–has been linked to asthma attacks, cardiac distress, and respiratory problems. She says in 2010, Schiller emitted over 3000 tons of SO2. That amount falls within current federal standards, …and more » View full post…
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Sierra Club releases ad featuring asthmatic children – State Journal
Sierra Club releases ad featuring asthmatic childrenState JournalBy Taylor Kuykendall, Reporter – email An advertisement from national environmentalists groups he asks the question what "if every polluter's lobbyist was suddenly replaced by asthmatic children." The commercial, posted to YouTube, proposes that the …If Polluter Lobbyists Were Asthmatic Children (VIDEO)CleanTechnicaNew Ad: What If Polluter Lobbyists in…
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Sierra Club: More Cities Should Imitate Duluth to Help Asthma Sufferers – FOX 21 Online
Sierra Club: More Cities Should Imitate Duluth to Help Asthma SufferersFOX 21 OnlineThe second reason is more than 400000 Minnesotans suffer from asthma. Doctors say many attacks come on because of air pollution. “One of the scariest things we have to do in rural emergency rooms is put a child or an adult with asthma…
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In Sierra Leone, Free Health Care for Asthma and Hypertension Patients – Awareness Times
In Sierra Leone, Free Health Care for Asthma and Hypertension PatientsAwareness TimesA beneficiary of the programme, Mrs. Mary Scott, who spoke to this reporter, revealed that she was diagnosed with asthma and stroke in 2002. …and more » View full post on asthma – Google News