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Clarity Movement’s Sean Wihera Appointed to serve on the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)
What is the ETTAC? We are very excited that our very own Sean Wihera, Vice President, Business Development and Partnerships, has been appointed to the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo as a representative of the air pollution monitoring and control segment of the U.S. environmental technology industry. The ETTAC is a ...
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Nepal, Bhutan to closely monitor air pollutants
The Himalayan countries of Nepal and Bhutan will, in 2013, have two permanent air monitoring observatories set up by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) as part of a programme to reduce black carbon and other short-lived climate-forcing pollutants (SLCPs). There has been increasing international attention on SLCPs – small particles and gases like black ...
By SciDev.Net
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A Tale of Two Cities' Black Carbon Measurement
Advanced photoacoustic measurement of black carbon particles, using equipment available via UK-based Enviro Technology, has led to a better understanding of pollution in Los Angeles and Mexico City. PAX (Photoacoustic Extinctiometer) Black Carbon Monitors have been deployed to deliver a more accurate picture of daily black carbon trends in these two similarly densely-populated cities. The ...
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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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