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CITGO Agrees to Reduce Air Pollution and Pay Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations at ...
2013-09-19 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As announced by Department of Justice and U.S. EPA, Houston-based CITGO Petroleum Corp (CITGO) agreed to pay $737,000 civil penalty and to implement projects to reduce harmful air pollution. This resolves alleged violations of Clean Air Act (CAA) at CITGO's petroleum refining facilities located in Lemont, IL and Lake Charles (Westlake), LA. Additionally, settlement requires CITGO to implement projects expected to reduce emissions of VOCs, including toxics, by >100 tons over next 5 years. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
FLSmidth wins contract to supply air pollution control technology to Shenzhen Energy in China
2013-09-19 01:00:00| Power Technology
FLSmidth's air pollution control business unit has won a contract from Shenzhen Energy for its air pollution control technology to be installed at the Shajiao-B and Mawan coal-fired power plants in Shenzhen, China.
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Tribunal finds Ecuador released Chevron from pollution liability
2013-09-18 23:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In a dispute stemming from a lengthy legal battle over Amazon rain forest pollution, arbitrators ruled that Chevron had already settled claims for damages in agreements with Ecuador despite a $19 billion award against the oil company. The international tribunal, acting under The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration, said in a ruling on Tuesday that Ecuador opted not to pursue damages beyond the country's 1995 and 1998 release agreements with Texaco - a company bought by Chevron in 2001. Those...
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The era of unlimited carbon pollution is over
2013-09-17 04:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The EPA is ready to roll out an updated version of proposed federal limits on how much carbon pollution can be released into the sky by future power plants. Already, critics say this pollution prevention initiative will ban construction of new coal-fired power plants. But if they can't build one without dumping unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into the air -- from the view of our economy and our health -- that's not a bad thing. We've also heard this argument before. The auto industry once...
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EPA Marks Pollution Prevention (P2) Week with Renewed Emphasis on Reducing Carbon Pollution
2013-09-16 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
During Pollution Prevention (P2) Week (September 16–22), U.S. EPA encourages Americans to reduce carbon pollution by looking for Energy Star® label to find energy efficient electronics and appliances as well as using EPA's Green Vehicle Guide to choose more fuel efficient car. Additionally, P2 Week promotes water conservation, selection of safer products via EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) Safer Product Label, and proper use of pesticides. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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