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Air pollution monitoring: a solution for cost effective measurements
Air pollution is one of the main environmental problems to be addressed by cities worldwide. In order to foster sustainable development and mitigate climate change, it is therefore important to provide national and regional authorities with appropriate measures to reduce criteria pollutants (PM 10, PM2.5, O3, CO, SO2 and NOx) concentrations in ambient air. Many cities are not able of meeting ...
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District of Columbia agrees to establish improved air pollution monitoring at D.C. General Health Campus
The District of Columbia has agreed to implement an enhanced air monitoring system at the D.C. General Health Campus, 1900 Massachusetts Ave., to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The district will also pay a $14,900 penalty. The district operates the health campus, which was formerly known as the D.C. General Hospital. ...
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EPA to reconsider monitoring requirements for airborne lead
To ensure the most vulnerable Americans are adequately protected from exposure to lead from the air, EPA will reconsider some of its lead air pollution monitoring requirements, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced. Even at low levels, lead exposures can damage a child’s IQ, learning and memory. “We have a fundamental responsibility to protect every child from environmental threats, ...
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Court strikes down Bush administration pollution monitoring loophole
A federal appeals court has struck down an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempted major industrial polluters from accurately measuring dangerous emissions. The court held that EPA violated the Clean Air Act in allowing the largest air pollution sources to avoid monitoring, recording and recordkeeping of air pollution emissions needed to assure compliance with clean air laws. The EPA ...
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Australian bushfires cloud air pollution problem, monitoring shows
In a presentation to the GREENHOUSE 2009 conference in Perth this week, CSIRO’s Dr Mick Meyer said measurements taken at the Bayside Air Quality Station in Melbourne’s south-east during the 2003 and 2006 bushfires provided a guide to what could be experienced as the climate changes. “While air quality standards generally appear to be improving, a future issue will be quality during times of ...
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Saint Regis Mohawk First Tribe Approved for Clean Air Plan
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe has become the first tribe nationally to receive approval of its plan to protect air quality on its territory under the federal Clean Air Act. The tribe's territory is located in northern New York state and is bisected by the United States-Canada border. The plan, formally known as a Tribal Implementation Plan, TIP, is a set of federally enforceable regulatory ...
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New Yakima Valley air monitor measures particulate pollution
The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency will begin operating a new air quality monitor to measure fine particulate matter in the Sunnyside region of the Yakima Valley. The monitor, which will gather data on particulate matter for a year, will allow regulatory agencies to develop effective strategies to protect air quality in the Yakima Valley and inform burn ban decisions. The monitor is located at ...
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Harmful traffic pollution falls within Munich low emission zone
Low emissions zones (LEZs) can substantially reduce local levels of traffic-based air pollution, a new study has shown. Monitoring air pollution in Munich, Germany, researchers found that particulate matter from traffic sources dropped by 60% after implementation of an LEZ. Traffic exhaust is a major source of fine particulate matter, a type of air pollution that has been linked to respiratory ...
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Nine Calif. Areas Meet National Air Quality Standard for Smog
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that nine areas in California have met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone, within their regulatory deadlines. These areas are: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne, and Ventura counties, as well as portions of Kern, Nevada and Sutter counties. "Reducing smog is a major step ...
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Shutdown of Scottish oil refinery could have environmental impacts
The shutdown of Scotland's oil refinery in Grangemouth is progressing according to Ineos's plan. Several plant areas have already been taken out of commission including the plastics plant and the two ethylene crackers. Ineos have confirmed that the effluent treatment plant will be operational during the period of the strike. Thus the risk of an incident involving an oil release to the River ...
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New study shows how EPA clean air rules boost the economy and create jobs
A new study details the positive impacts on the economy and job creation resulting from companies’ investments in emission control technology in response to new air pollution rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report, New Jobs – Cleaner Air Part II: An Investment in American Businesses and American Jobs, released today by Ceres in collaboration with the ...
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Fouling California Air Costs Giant Pulp Mill $5 Million
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 2, 2007 (ENS) - The largest unbleached kraft pulp mill in North America - Evergreen Pulp, Inc. - will spend $5 million to settle state and federal charges of air pollution from its wood pulp mill in Eureka, California. The mill spewed forth particulate matter and hazardous air pollutants that were 230 percent above the federal emission standard, the government ...
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Questions and Answers on the new European air quality directive
Questions and Answers on the new directive on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe 1) What is the issue? Air pollution is caused by the emission to the atmosphere of certain substances which, alone or through chemical reaction, can damage human health and/or the environment. Air pollution is both a local and a transboundary problem as emissions from one country can travel large ...
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