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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging Americans to take action against asthma by learning more about the disease and how it affects their families and communities. Nearly 26 million Americans, including more than 7 million children, are affected by this chronic respiratory disease, including low income and minority populations at the highest […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Linda Lingle has announced that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to make changes to proposed rules on emission standards for liquid fired process heaters and boilers that reflect the unique circumstances of Hawaii’s two island-based oil refineries. The EPA will create a regulatory subcategory that will appropriately reflect the industrial […]

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