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Morning round-up
9:34 am
Thu September 13, 2012

Morning headlines: Thursday, September 13, 2012

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New report: "vast improvements" at John Cochran VA Medical Center

A new government report says the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has made "vast improvements" after an earlier report noted problems.

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EPA-Air Pollution
1:42 pm
Tue August 21, 2012

Court vacates EPA rule limiting cross-state power plant pollution

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EPA map showing how air pollution moves between states.
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Updated 4 p.m.

A federal appeals court has vacated an EPA rule that would have limited the amount of power plant pollution that drifts across state lines. The impact of the ruling by the three-judge panel will be felt in Missouri.

The EPA passed the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule last summer.

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Pollution Cleanup
5:36 pm
Thu May 24, 2012

St. Louis to get $400,000 from EPA to clean up polluted sites

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Some of the EPA funding will go toward the cleanup of underground storage tanks, like this one at 4266 McRee Ave. in St. Louis. This cleanup was undertaken by the Garden District Commission with funding from the EPA and the Brownfields Cleanup Fund.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $400,000 in grants to the St. Louis Development Corporation. The funds will be used to assess and plan for cleaning up hazardous substances.

EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks says the Agency has a long history of working with the SLDC to clean up contaminated properties, also known as brownfields.

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