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Few criminal cases target big air polluters

By Chris Hamby and Ronnie Greene

November 9, 2011

Prosecution level at its lowest among environmental cases

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Where regulators failed, citizens took action — testing their own air

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November 10, 2011

5 questions for William Ruckelshaus

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November 16, 2011

Why Americans still breathe known hazards decades after ‘clean air’ law

By Jim Morris and Corbin Hiar

November 16, 2011

Q&A: Former Bush official touts ‘market-based’ air toxics regulation

By Corbin Hiar

December 22, 2011

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