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Snow Soaks Up Pollutants, Says New Study from Montreal

2016-01-21 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Snow. Is it paying for our environmental sins? That is, like all things next to roadways and in urban environments, snowflakes are picking up pollutants from the air in cities. But they're doing it in a particularly efficient way, like a pollution sink, says a recent study. In fact, those findings from snow-capital Montreal, Canada indicate that, while "snow ice cream" and downing a part of the potential snowman are both appealing, snow is not for eating. That is, the study team found that...

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New York AG Announces Pact with Clinton Landfill Over Pollutants

2015-11-16 15:02:00| Waste Age

Pantagraph.com A controversial Central Illinois landfill will be prohibited from accepting certain kinds of chemical wastes without first obtaining a green light from local governments under a long-awaited settlement unveiled Thursday. read more

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Air pollutants the topic of Intel air quality hearing

2015-10-30 08:54:38| Waste Management - Topix.net

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is giving the public an opportunity to comment and ask questions about Intel's proposed air quality permit during a Thursday, Nov. 5 public hearing. The hearing will be held at the Hillsboro Civic Center, 150 E. Main St. , from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The state proposes to approve an expansion of Intel's semiconductor manufacturing facilities at the company's Aloha and Ronler Acres campuses and approve higher emission limits for air pollutants because of the expansion, according to a 121-page department document available on the department's website .

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Rice University study of lung cells suggests anthropogenic carbon nanotubes are common pollutants

2015-10-21 12:55:31| Green Car Congress

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EPA Limits Toxic Pollutants from steam electric power plants.

2015-10-07 14:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Based on readily available technologies used in industry, final Steam Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines reinforce ongoing trend towards cleaner, more modern plants. Standards provide flexibility in implementation via phased-in approach. This finalized rule by U.S. EPA will reduce discharge of mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium into America's waterways from steam electric power plants by 1.4 billion pounds annually as well as reduce water withdrawal by 57 billion gallons per year.

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