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Environmental

Sep. 29, 2012

Environmental groups sue EPA, seeking tougher air pollution limits

California environmentalists sued the federal government Thursday alleging it is failing to protect people living near the state's 21 oil refineries by not setting tougher limits on toxic air pollutants


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer

California environmentalists sued the federal government Thursday alleging it is failing to protect people living near the state's 21 oil refineries by not setting tougher limits on toxic air pollutants.

The groups, based in heavy industrial areas including Wilmington and Torrance, want to force the Environmental Protection Agency to take a new look at whether current pollution standards are...

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