air modeling News
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EPA releases final report on toxic air pollution near manhattan i.s. 143 school finds pollutants below levels of concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that a two-month study of toxic air pollution outside Intermediate School 143, a Manhattan, New York middle school at 511 West 182nd Street, did not find levels of significant concern. During April and May 2010, EPA monitored for 1,3-butadiene and benzene, which are air pollutants commonly associated with cars, trucks, buses and other ...
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Better estimates of worldwide mercury pollution
Original story at MIT News Once mercury is emitted into the atmosphere from the smokestacks of power plants, the pollutant has a complicated trajectory; even after it settles onto land and sinks into oceans, mercury can be re-emitted back into the atmosphere repeatedly. This so-called “grasshopper effect” keeps the highly toxic substance circulating as “legacy emissions” ...
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New England Experienced More Smog Days During Recent Summer, But Long-Term Trend is Still Toward Cleaner Air
(Boston, Mass. – Oct. 1, 2007) – As the 2007 summer ozone season comes to an end, EPA today confirmed that New Englanders experienced a modest increase in the number of poor air quality days this year, compared to 2006. The increase in number of days with reduced air quality is related to hot weather experienced throughout the region during the summer. Based on preliminary data collected between ...
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Hot New England summer meant more smog days, but long-term trend is toward cleaner air (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
As the 2010 summer ozone season comes to an end, EPA today confirmed that New Englanders experienced an increase in the number of poor air quality days this year, compared to 2009. Based on preliminary data collected between April and September, there were 28 days when ozone monitors in New England recorded concentrations above the standard. By contrast, in 2009 there were 11 days over the ...
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NRDC Analysis: `Gang of Eight` Utilities Spent Millions Lobbying and Litigating Against EPA Action While Pollution Contributes to Over 10,000 Deaths
On Eve of Inhofe Vote to Repeal EPA Mercury Standards, "Price of Pollution Politics" Links Emissions to Lobbying Efforts by AEP, Ameren, DTE Energy, Energy Future Holdings, FirstEnergy, GenOn, PPL and Southern Company – Headquarters in GA, IL, MI, OH, PA and TX. WASHINGTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --As eight leading U.S. utilities spent millions of dollars lobbying and ...
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