The city would give incentives to developers to clean up the kind of sites that fell in the light to mid-range of the pollution spectrum and thus languished in state and federal clean-up programs for their lack of severity: if developers complied with environmental guidelines and submitted to oversight, they would be spared the specter of future liability.

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have formally announced their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for model year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light-duty trucks.

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Homebase says it works "very closely with suppliers and in-store colleagues to ensure that customers are informed about how to reduce light pollution and considerate lighting when they purchase outdoor lighting".

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The national park applied to the International Dark Sky Association to earn the status, a process that involved having its light pollution levels strictly monitored, and shielding outdoor lighting to make it more dark-sky friendly.

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