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S. Phila. refinery creates toxic air as well as jobs
2015-04-13 14:49:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
NICOLE JONIEC'S biggest regret, five years after moving into a century-old rowhouse in South Philadelphia with her husband and their two cats, is that she didn't zoom out a little more when she had checked out her new address on Google Maps. Joniec, 37, who works at the Free Library, said she now feels "silly" that she didn't realize how close they would live to the ancient, sprawling refinery on the banks of the Schuylkill, then owned by Sunoco and which today - with a new owner, Philadelphia Energy Solutions - is booming with crude oil fracked in North Dakota.
S. Phila. refinery creates toxic air as well as jobs
2015-04-13 14:05:01| Energy - Topix.net
NICOLE JONIEC'S biggest regret, five years after moving into a century-old rowhouse in South Philadelphia with her husband and their two cats, is that she didn't zoom out a little more when she had checked out her new address on Google Maps. Joniec, 37, who works at the Free Library, said she now feels "silly" that she didn't realize how close they would live to the ancient, sprawling refinery on the banks of the Schuylkill, then owned by Sunoco and which today - with a new owner, Philadelphia Energy Solutions - is booming with crude oil fracked in North Dakota.
United Kingdom: Toxic smog and air pollution trigger health alert
2015-03-19 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Professor Sir Malcolm Green, the founder of the British Lung Foundation, says people with lung and heart problems may need to take greater care due to a health alert triggered by a cloud of toxic smog along with air pollution from Europe. This week, local pollution is combining with a cloud of smog that has moved over from Europe, where milder weather has also caused traffic pollution to build up, causing levels to soar above average. People with lung and heart problems are advised to minimise...
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Chinas Toxic Air Could Kill a Population the Size of Orlando
2015-02-06 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateDesk: The country`s pollution could contribute to 257,000 deaths over the next decade. If nothing is done to slash the levels of toxic smog in China`s air, some 257,000 Chinese people could die over the next decade from pollution-related diseases, according to a new study released this week by Peking University and Greenpeace. That really is a lot of people; it`s roughly equal to the population of Orlando, Fla., or Buffalo, N.Y. The researchers analyzed the 2013 levels of what`s known as PM2.5 pollutants--tiny...
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EPA to Congress: Toxic Air Pollution Has Dropped Dramatically
2014-08-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency has made substantial progress in reducing toxic air pollution since 1990, reducing many pollutants by more than half, regulators told Congress Thursday. On a national basis, reductions include a 66 percent drop in benzene, a nearly 60 percent reduction in mercury from man-made sources and an 84 percent drop in lead. The Thursday report is the second and final update required under the 1990 updates to the Clean Air Act, which mandated that the EPA work to...
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