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Monsanto fined for not reporting Idaho chemical releases
Monsanto Co. has agreed to pay $600,000 in fines for not reporting hundreds of uncontrolled releases of toxic chemicals at its eastern Idaho phosphate plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced the agreement involving the biotechnology company's Soda Springs facilities. Federal officials say the chemicals released are hazardous and ...
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Nalco Mobotec Announces Mercury Control Contract with Springfield, Illinois Office of Public Utilities
Nalco (NYSE: NLC) and its subsidiary Nalco Mobotec Inc., a global leader in air protection technology, today announced a contract with the City of Springfield, Ill., for mercury emission control at the city's Dallman Power Station. The one-year agreement, with two one-year options, will help the City of Springfield Office of Public Utilities, commonly known as City Water Light and Power (CWLP) ...
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Stricter monitoring requirements for combustion emissions
The new monitoring requirements being imposed on Medium Combustion Plants (MCPs) and Large Combustion Plants (LCPs) in Europe is symptomatic of environmental initiatives affecting a wide variety of industries. In the following article, Dr Andrew Dixon from Gasmet Technologies UK (formerly Quantitech) explains how instrumentation manufacturers are responding to these new challenges. The ...
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Calgon Carbon Japan Announces Activated Carbon Supply Agreement with Mitsui for Control of Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxide Air Emissions at Wisconsin Public Service Electricity Generating Unit
Calgon Carbon Japan (CCJ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) (CCC or the Company), today announced the recent finalization of contracts with Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems, Ltd. (Mitsui) to supply pelletized activated carbon. CCJ’s activated carbon products, which will be manufactured at its Fukui, Japan facility, will be distributed by Mitsui to Wisconsin ...
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Air quality co-benefits should be considered in climate policies
Measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have the additional benefit of reducing air pollutants. However, these benefits are rarely included in the design and evaluation of climate change policies. A new study suggests that considering these benefits in climate change policy could reduce the cost of such policies, and engage stakeholders who are otherwise unmotivated to tackle climate ...
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CEC examines air pollution from North America`s 3,000 fossil-fuel power plants
North America's 3,000 fossil fuel-burning power plants continue to produce two-thirds of the region's electricity and, at the same time, generate the majority of certain harmful air pollutants and emit more greenhouse gases than any other industrial sector. North American Power Plant Air Emissions, a new report and database released today by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation ...
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New Analysis: U.S. Power Sector Continues March Away from Coal
The U.S. power sector continues transitioning away from coal and toward zero-carbon energy resources, as the largest electricity producers continue to reduce air pollutant emissions and their corresponding contributions to climate change, according to a new analysis released recently (6/17) by Entergy. The analysis, Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the ...
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New Report: U.S. Power Sector Continues to Reduce Air Pollution Emissions in Advance of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
The most comprehensive analysis to date on U.S. power plant air pollution emissions shows that most of the nation’s largest electric utilities have seen significant reductions in global warming pollution in recent years. The report’s release comes as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares to finalize the Clean Power Plan to further reduce that pollution. The new report, ...
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