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AFPM Responds To EPA Proposal To Update The Toxic Air Pollution Standards For U.S. Refineries
2014-05-19 09:11:26| pollutiononline Home Page
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna responds to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to update the toxic air pollution standards for petroleum refineries.
EPA to clamp down on deadly oil refinery pollution
2014-05-16 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The millions of Americans who risk cancer every day by breathing in toxic pollution belched out by oil refineries could soon be breathing a little bit easier. The EPA proposed overdue new rules on Thursday that would force about 150 refineries in 30 states to rein in their air pollution, and to do a better job of monitoring it. Here`s the Natural Resources Defense Council`s John Walke with an overview of the proposal: EPA has proposed for the first time to require fenceline monitoring for carcinogenic...
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United Kingdom: Nanotech poster absorbs pollution
2014-05-15 12:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A scientist and an award winning poet, both at the University of Sheffield, have made a giant poster that uses nanotechnology to gobble up pollution. It can absorb the poisonous compounds from around 20 cars each day if you put it by a busy road. Prof Tony Ryan (the science expert) and Prof Simon Armitage (the words expert) came up with the idea to highlight one possible way to cut disease and save lives by taking poisonous compounds from the air in our towns and cities. First the science...
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Ask EPA set national limits pollution from oil and gas production
2014-05-14 03:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Colorado communities looking to regulate the toxic and dangerous impacts of oil and gas drilling may not get any help from Gov. John Hickenlooper, but they may get some backup from a huge coalition of environmental groups that have petitioned the EPA for limits on oil and gas wells and associated equipment in population centers around the U.S. As thousands of new wells are drilled across the U.S. every day, some studies suggest that at least 100,000 tons per year of hazardous air pollution from...
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Pollution plagues China's Baoding despite bid clean up act
2014-05-14 00:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Seven years ago, the Chinese city of Baoding launched an ambitious "low-carbon" plan using renewables like solar power to light its streets and heat residential buildings, putting it at the forefront of the country's battle to cut pollution. In 2013, Baoding was still the third most polluted city in the country, with levels of harmful particles in the air more than 40 percent above those in the nearby capital Beijing. Baoding's failure to clean up its act underlines the scale of the challenge...
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