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Garfield County air quality brochure now available
Rifle :: CO :: USA | 1 day ago
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Colorado — As part of an ongoing effort to keep track of air quality in Garfield County, the county's environmental health department has produced a brochure to educate residents about the issue. Titled “A Citizen's Guide to Air Quality Management in...
Tags: air quality, health department, Rada, Garfield County, gas industry, Rifle, Environment, Air pollution, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Aromatic compounds, Fuels, Volatile organic compound, Chemical engineering, Smog, Benzene
Hawaii getting $420,000 for volcanic monitoring
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Department of the Interior has awarded the state $420,000 in grant funding to modernize the monitoring of Hawaii's volcanic sites. The money will be used to upgrade equipment and analyze data from recent eruptions. With the improvements, more reliable...
Tags: University of Hawaii, D-Hawaii, Honolulu, Environment, Kￄﾫlauea, Plate tectonics, Vog, Igneous rocks, Mazie Hirono, Hawaii, Smog, Volcanology
Controversial economist probing cost of proposed new air pollution rule
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Bush and has battled environmentalists for years on issues such as climate change and smog, has been examining the economic impact of federal rules at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...While Lutter's job portfolio remains unclear, documents...
Tags: sulfur dioxide, EPA, More Climate Change News, air pollution, dioxide emissions, Washington, Environment, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Carbon finance, Climate change, Emission standards, Chemical engineering, Smog, Kyoto Protocol
A great plan for older cars
Napa :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Dear editor, a few weeks ago I took my 1988 Thunderbird in for a smog check and my car failed...Well, a friend that I work with put me in touch with CAP (Consumer Assistance Program). I applied and got $1,000 from the same junk yard that was only going...
Tags: Napa, Air pollution, Smog
Air Board site provides data on cleanest cars
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility It ranks vehicles according to their emission characteristics and includes online tools to compare models. Last year, California adopted a regulation requiring auto manufacturers to affix an Environmental Performance Label to showroom vehicles to indicate...
Tags: California, CSU, Lexington, Yahoo!, Technology Internet, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Business Finance, Education, Environment, Climate change in the United States, California Air Resources Board, Transport economics, Firefighter, Pension, California State University Chico, Butte County California, Employment compensation, Emission standards, Financial services, Environment of California, Smog, California State University, Investment, Pollution, Hypertext, Social Issues, Automotive industry, New encyclopedism, Labor, Air pollution
Valley fireplace use down; bad air still on rise
Fresno :: CA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility It's an odd twist because the wood-burning bans have improved air quality around Thanksgiving and the winter holidays in Fresno and Bakersfield. Yet the year-round average level of the microscopic debris -- called PM-2.5, which is linked with lung problems,...
Tags: Valley, air officials, officials say, ammonium nitrate, Fresno, Environment, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Air pollution, Smoke, Wildfire, Wood fuel, Chemical engineering, Smog, Disaster Accident, Air dispersion modeling
UN hails success of 30-year-old air pollution pact
Geneva :: FL :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Countries in the northern hemisphere have significantly cut air pollution thanks in part to a 1979 treaty, highlighting the potential for a broader climate change pact to be negotiated next month in Copenhagen, a U.N. body said Tuesday. Levels of sulfur...
Tags: acid rain, Geneva, Environment, Air pollution, Multi-effect Protocol, Climate change, Global warming, Chemical engineering, Smog, Pollution
Hong Kong authorities issue health warning as smog blankets city
Hong Kong :: China | 11 days ago
Credibility The Hong Kong government Wednesday warned people with respiratory illnesses to limit their time outdoors as air pollution in the city soared to potentially dangerous levels. Pollution readings at roadside monitors recorded very high levels Wednesday morning...
Tags: Hong Kong, China, Environment, Air pollution, Air pollution in Hong Kong, Clear the Air, Chemical engineering, Smog, Pollution
Tired of Exhaust
Santa Barbara :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility While bicycle ridership may be up, Santa Barbarans still have to breathe toxic exhaust fumes from the great number of older, highly polluting klunker vehicles that are on our streets. I must take evasive action every time one of those killer-klunkers...
Tags: Santa Barbara, Air pollution, Cycling, Exhaust gas, Hospitality Recreation, Vehicles, Exhaust system, Road transport, Smog, Sustainable transport
EPA proposes sulfur dioxide limits for first time since 1971
Buffalo :: NY :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility The new rule, which was proposed this month, would be the first time since 1971 that the EPA has tightened controls on sulfur dioxide to protect the public health. "This would be an important step to ensure the health of the American public," said Dr....
Tags: sulfur dioxide, EPA, Physicians for Social Responsibility, coals pollutant, fossil fuel, power plants, Buffalo, Environment, Air pollution, Acid rain, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Climate change, Chemical engineering, Smog, Pollution, Air dispersion modeling
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