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Dominion Energy Must Pay $14 Million for Air Pollution
2013-04-02 06:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Dominion Energy has agreed to pay a $3.4 million civil penalty and spend $9.75 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve Clean Air Act violations at coal-fired power plants in three states. The U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the settlement will result in reductions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter by more than 70,000 tons per year. The affected power plants are in Kincaid, Illinois, State Line, Indiana,...
Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Deaths in China
2013-04-02 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death worldwide. Figured another way, the researchers said, Chinas toll from pollution was the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population. The data on which the analysis is based was first presented in the ambitious 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study, which was published in December...
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Deadly effects of certain kinds of household air pollution lead to call for biomarker studies
2013-04-02 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Almost four million people die each year from household air pollution (HAP) caused by exposure to the combustion of biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, and dung), kerosene, or coal. These individuals are among the tens of millions who rely on such products to cook their meals, heat their rooms, and light their homes. Those in lower and middle income countries are among the hardest hit by the effects of HAP exposure, which also causes childhood respiratory infection, chronic lung disease,...
EPA researchers find deaths from air pollution falling over time, but many sectors continue to pose a risk
2013-04-01 21:30:20| Green Car Congress
Justices reject challenge to EPA air pollution rule
2013-04-01 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by the oil lobby disputing a Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rule. Various industry groups, including the American Petroleum Institute, originally challenged the 2010 regulation, which set a tighter Clean Air Act standard for short-term spikes in nitrogen dioxide pollution near roads. The Supreme Court's decision not to take the case means the rule remains intact. The agency said the new rule was justified due to scientific data...
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