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Scientists Relate Urban Population To Air Pollution
2013-08-26 07:20:16| pollutiononline News Articles
Live in a large city like New York, London, Beijing or Mumbai, and you are likely exposed to more air pollution than people in smaller cities in surrounding areas. But exactly how a city's pollution relates to the size of its population has never been measured, until now
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Debate over easing pollution rules on Ga. hog farm
2013-08-25 20:00:38| Agriculture - Topix.net
Members of the state Board of Natural Resources on Monday are to discuss the proposal, which would raise the threshold at which farmers must comply with tougher and more expensive environmental rules from 7,500 pigs to 12,500 pigs for animals weighing 55 pounds or more.
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Study finds power law scaling relationship between urban population and NO2 pollution
2013-08-25 16:30:15| Green Car Congress
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Fracking health project puts numbers to debate, suggests air pollution may be bigger concern
2013-08-25 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A project examining the local health impacts from natural gas drilling is providing some of the first preliminary numbers about people who may be affected, and the results challenge the industry position that no one suffers but also suggest the problems may not be as widespread as some critics claim. The Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has been trying to help people who feel they've been sickened by natural gas drilling or processing for about 18 months in one county south...
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EPA orders air pollution controls for fracked gas wells
2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: Air pollution from thousands of natural gas wells that are fracked every year will be reduced under regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency issued on Wednesday. Its the first time the EPA has required air pollution controls at hydraulically fractured, or fracked, wells. The new rule targets smog-forming volatile organic compounds and air toxics that increase cancer risks. The same equipment also would trap methane, a potent heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere. President Barack Obama...
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