Air Quality Regulations News
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What will changes in emission legislation mean for the pollution monitoring industry?
The current calm in the pollution monitoring industry belies the challenges ahead. Requirements for reducing the emissions of air pollution have been evolving since middle of the 20th century and are currently a complex medley of limits, targets and caps. Sources must not only comply with rigid emission limits but must also provide emissions data to a number of different agencies and bodies to ...
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Over 50 per cent cut in GHGs needed by 2050 to limit warming by 2 °C
Although there is no safe level for increased temperatures caused by climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change has concluded that we need to limit a temperature rise to no more than 2 °C (relative to pre-industrial 1900 levels) in order to avoid the irreversible effects of climate change. The total amount of CO2 emitted from fossil fuel sources and land use changes affect the ...
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Masdar and Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) sign agreement on carbon capture and greenhouse gas emission reduction at Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone (KPIZ)
Masdar, the multi-faceted initiative by the Abu Dhabi Government, through the Mubadala Development Company, to promote advanced energy and sustainability, has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), the master developer of ports, industrial zones, trade and logistics zones, to explore carbon dioxide capture and greenhouse gas reduction initiatives at Khalifa Port and Industrial ...
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China in action on climate change
Climate change is a serious challenge to humanity and sustainable development, which requires both proactive responses and concerted effort by the international community. China attaches great importance to tackling climate change. In 2007, it established the National Leading Group on Climate Change (NLGCC), headed by Premier Wen Jiabao. That same year, China issued its National Climate Change ...
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US must pull up its Sox and Nox
While the Administration and most of the Congressional leadership have been pouring their attention and political capital into cobbling together a coalition to support a carbon cap and trade mechanism, the one existing such system for air pollution has been coming undone. For the past several years, the Environmental Protection Administration has operated a market in allowances for power plants ...
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EU greenhouse gas emissions from waste decrease
European Union greenhouse gas emissions emitted from waste have fallen by more than one third, new figures from the European Environment Agency show. The EEA published a report on 29 May called Annual European Community Greenhouse Gas inventory 1990-2007. Figures from the EEA show that between 1990 and 2007 waste emissions had fallen from 38.9 per cent. By contrast, emissions from transport ...
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World Environment Day: calls for greater ambition in talks on new global agreement
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas called for greater urgency and ambition in international negotiations on a new global climate agreement, warning that it represents the world’s last chance to prevent climate change from reaching dangerous levels. Commissioner Dimas made the remarks in a statement to mark World Environment Day, which had climate change as its theme. Commissioner Dimas's ...
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Action on climate change also good for business, says Ban
Doing the right thing for the climate is also the smart thing for business, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, as he congratulated the International Chamber of Commerce on its 90th anniversary. In a video message to the anniversary dinner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mr. Ban said the group is playing a key role on climate change, which he has previously referred to as “the defining challenge of ...
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Discussions on negotiating texts on pact to combat global warming kick off – UN
Delegates from 182 nations are gathering in Bonn, Germany, today to initiate discussions on negotiating texts which could form the basis of an ambitious United Nations-backed climate change deal, to slash greenhouse gas emissions, expected to be clinched in December. The two-week Bonn talks, the second round of UN climate change talks this year, are expected to draw over 4,000 participants, ...
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Large mercury control market just around the corner
The U.S., which was behind Europe in reducing SO2 from power plants, took the lead in mercury reduction with its Clean Air Mercury Rule. This rule would have guaranteed a large near-term market for mercury control technologies and chemicals. Since this rule promulgation, there have been two developments which promise to make the market even bigger. But, ironically, they have also caused ...
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Greenhouse accounts show emissions growth in Australia
The latest National Greenhouse Accounts released this week demonstrate the need to turn Australia's emissions around, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said today. 'The underlying trends show Australia's carbon pollution is increasing - particularly in the energy sector,' Senator Wong said. Over the four quarters to the December quarter of 2008, Australia's national ...
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EPA proposes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, area source standards for paints and allied products manufacturing
EPA proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the paints and allied products manufacturing area source category. 74 Fed. Reg. 26142. The proposed emissions standards for new and existing sources are based on EPA’s proposed determination as to what constitutes the generally available control technology or management practices (GACT) for the area source ...
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Climate change talks mustn`t forget fisheries
Saying that vulnerable fishing and coastal communities around the world will bear the brunt of climate change's impacts, a group of 16 international organizations today have urged climate negotiators to ensure that fisheries and aquaculture are not neglected in ongoing discussions regarding a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. In a policy brief issued today in advance of UNFCC talks in Bonn, ...
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African environment ministers reach significant climate change accord
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a landmark agreement reached by over 30 African ministers to mainstream climate change adaptation measures into national and regional development plans, policies and strategies. The Nairobi Declaration adopted at the Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) aims to ensure adequate adaptation to ...
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Weak performance of climate reviewers, reveals WWF
The evaluation of climate offset projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is inefficient and offten of poor quality, a new WWF rating of project evaluators which certify offset projects under the Kyoto Protocol's mechanism reveals. The new report commissioned by WWF and produced by Öko-Institut, analyses whether the Designed Operational Entities (DOEs) validate, verify and certify ...
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Post 2012 Carbon Credit Fund - Project Developers aim to lock in their future carbon credit revenues now
Creating certainty for project developers while a post-2012 agreement has not yet been accomplished, the Fund’s investors affirm their commitment to the carbon credit market. At the Carbon Expo in Barcelona the Fund announces continued interest among project developers as uncertainty over a post-2012 agreement persists. In the last few weeks alone, the Fund has signed two ERPAs and several ...
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EC welcomes fall in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions for third consecutive year
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has welcomed the news that EU greenhouse gas emissions have fallen for the third consecutive year. The emissions inventory compiled by the European Environment Agency for 2007, the latest year for which complete data is available, shows that EU-15 emissions dropped by 1.6% from 2006 while the economy grew by 2.7 %. The reduction takes EU-15 ...
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United States files clean air lawsuit against engine importer
The United States has filed a civil complaint against PowerTrain Inc., Wood Sales Co. Inc., and Tool Mart Inc., all based in Golden, Miss., alleging that they imported and sold more than 78,000 Chinese-made engines that do not meet federal air pollution standards, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department announced. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, ...
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Baker & McKenzie writes world-first climate change law guide
Baker & McKenzie is delighted to announce the launch of the world's first online service for climate change law. Published by CCH and written by lawyers from across the Baker & McKenzie global network, the Global Climate Change Law Guide provide a unique information tool for those trading in carbon products, managing climate change-related risks, and implementing and managing climate ...
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Capturing carbon straight from the air: what are the costs?
Carbon capture from power plants has gained much attention as a means to decrease greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). A recent study assesses an alternative method that directly removes carbon dioxide from the air. The findings indicate that this method is comparable in costs to the mitigation costs estimated by the IPCC and the Stern report. Targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions have been ...
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