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CountryMark Refining And Logistics, LLC To Install $18M In Pollution Controls To Resolve Clean Air Act Violations At Indiana Refinery
2013-03-01 03:23:50| oilandgasonline News Articles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC has agreed to pay a $167,000 civil penalty, perform environmental projects totaling more than $180,000, and spend $18M on new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations at its refinery, located in Mount Vernon, Ind.
China: Sandstorm pushes Beijing pollution off the charts
2013-02-28 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Beijing and other parts of northern China were stung by hazardous air pollution levels Thursday as strong winds blew a sandstorm through the region. Air in the capital turned a yellowish hue as sand from China's arid northwest blew in, turning the sky into a noxious soup of smog and dust. At 6 a.m. local time, the U.S. Embassy's air quality index showed a reading of 516 for particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. Known as PM2.5, such particles are considered particularly dangerous...
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Jury hears statements in pollution case against Tonawanda Coke
2013-02-28 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Federal prosecutors on Wednesday kicked off its case in western New York against Tonawanda Coke Corp, which is accused of illegally polluting the air for years and trying to cover up violations of federal clean air laws. The trial in U.S. District Court comes after local residents reported high rates of cancer and other ailments and complained about air quality near the smoke stacks at the Tonawanda factory, which produces the coal-based steel additive known as coke. A state Department of Health...
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Key component of China's pollution problem: Scale of nitrogen's effect on people and ecosystems reveal
2013-02-27 02:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: It's no secret that China is faced with some of the world's worst pollution. Until now, however, information on the magnitude, scope and impacts of a major contributor to that pollution -- human-caused nitrogen emissions -- was lacking. A new study co-authored by Stanford Woods Institute biologist Peter Vitousek reveals that amounts of nitrogen (from industry, cars and fertilizer) deposited on land and water in China by way of rain, dust and other carriers increased by 60 percent annually from...
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Chinese pollution study 'blocked on grounds of state secrecy'
2013-02-26 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: China's leading environmental watchdog has refused to disclose the results of a major national soil pollution study on grounds of state secrecy, according to a lawyer who requested the report's disclosure. The news comes amid growing public concern about the impact of years of turbo-charged growth on the environment and people's health, thanks in large part to the winter's terrible air pollution in Beijing and other areas of the country. Public awareness of the widespread problems is soaring....
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