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Bus rapid transit project to cut greenhouse gas emissions in PRC
Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), will receive a $150 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to help set up a sustainable urban transport system that will reduce transport time and costs, and cut harmful emissions of greenhouse gases. The ADB Board of Directors approved the loan for the Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project. The centerpiece ...
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St. Croix Fossil Fuel Power Plant to Comply with Clean Air Act
Under a legal agreement announced today by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) will come into compliance with air pollution control requirements in the federal Clean Air Act at its Estate Richmond Generating Facility on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. These air pollution controls will reduce emissions of ...
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EPA proposes to expand the lead monitoring network
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to expand the lead air quality monitoring network to ensure that the most vulnerable Americans are protected from exposure to lead. Even at low levels, exposure to lead can impair a child’s IQ, learning capabilities, memory and behavior. EPA is proposing to require air quality monitoring around sources that emit a half ton or more of lead a ...
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Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Signs Legal Agreement with EPA and U.S. Department of Justice to Reduce Air Pollution at Two Power Plants
Under an agreement announced today by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) will come into compliance with the federal Clean Air Act at its Krum Bay facility on St. Thomas and Cruz Bay facility on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The settlement resolves numerous violations of the Clean Air Act, including ...
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EU ship emissions directive improves air quality in harbours
To reduce air pollution levels in harbours, EU Directive 2005/33/EC requires all anchored ships to use fuels with low sulphur content. A recent study of air quality in Mediterranean harbours shows that levels of sulphur dioxide have decreased significantly since the Directive was implemented in 2010. Ships are a major source of harmful air pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen ...
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RegScan Announces New CEMS Checklists
RegScan, Inc., a Williamsport, Pa.-based company, proudly announces the expansion of its CheckPointR Audit System to include Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) protocols. These new refinery-centric checklists are available now for all users of the CheckpointR Federal Environmental Audit Checklists. The checklists provide users with the ability to make sure that their ...
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UK’S LEADING COMPANIES DELIVER A STATE OF THE ART AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR GIBRALTAR
In February 2005, two market leaders in the air quality services and technology fields - Enviro Technology & the National Environmental Technology Centre (Netcen) - joined forces to deliver an intelligent air monitoring and data management system to the Government of Gibraltar. Enviro Technology and Netcen, an operating division of AEA Technology Environment, recently installed two ...
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Hess Corporation to install $45 million in pollution controls and pay $850,000 penalty to resolve clean air act violations at New Jersey refinery
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Hess Corporation has agreed to pay an $850,000 civil penalty and spend more than $45 million in new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Port Reading, N.J., refinery. Once fully implemented, the controls required by the settlement are estimated to reduce emissions of nitrogen ...
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US Air Force seeking remediation technologies for worldwide operations
The US Air Force is looking for technologies to reduce environmental impacts from current and past operations at installations worldwide. The key focus of this effort is to further develop field-tested remediation, contaminated site characterization and monitoring, and pollution prevention technologies and methodologies that serve as an innovative means to save money and time while achieving ...
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Tourist cruise ships increase atmospheric pollution in the Arctic
Levels of air pollution significantly increase on the island of Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic when tourist cruise ships are present, according to a recent study. With shipping levels rising in the region, the researchers recommend that stricter emissions regulations are introduced in order to limit the impact of pollution on the Arctic environment. Ship traffic is a major source of pollution ...
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New water-quality station is a step forward for Baltimore water pollution clean-up
In a first for Baltimore and the nation, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency will soon be installing a suite of sensors that will provide the public and scientists with the first comprehensive, real time look at water quality in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and the urban rivers that flow into it are important sources of water to ...
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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 ...
By ENVEA
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New report finds investments to clean and modernize U.S. power plants will create significant U.S. job growth
Air pollution rules being proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the electric power sector will provide economic benefits and jobs across much of the United States, concentrated especially in the next five years, according to a new report from Ceres announced today at the 2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference. The report, “New Jobs-Cleaner Air: Employment ...
By 3BL Media
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