air pollution News
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UNEP and Japan announce partnership to battle air pollution
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Japan have announced a new partnership to tackle air pollution in Asia and the Pacific with 70 per cent of the estimated seven million air pollution-related premature deaths each year occurring in the region. The Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership is an initiative launched by the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in cooperation with ...
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Lack of action on London Air Pollution a `threat to public health`
National air pollution charity Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) has warned that continued inaction on air pollution will have a significant impact on the health of millions of Londoners. The charity has criticised the new London Air Quality Strategy, which it says is "not fit for purpose." London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has already admitted that the strategy will not ensure that London meets ...
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EPA – Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act
SUMMARY: This rule finalizes amendments to the General Provisions that apply to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). These amendments implement the plain language reading of the “major source” and “area source” definitions of section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and provide that a major source can be reclassified to area source status at any ...
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EU Adopts World’s First Test for Diesel Car Emissions ‘On the Road’
EU regulators have today agreed new test procedures that will, for the first time, measure the ‘real world’ emissions of diesel cars under the Euro 6 air quality standard. It will require vehicles to be tested on roads rather than in laboratories, overcoming obsolete tests and ‘cycle beating’ techniques used by carmakers to achieve results in tests many times lower than ...
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EPA appoints new head of Independent Clean Air Science Advisory Panel
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today announced the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Samet, an expert on human health effects of air pollutants, as chair of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). 'Dr. Samet brings tremendous expertise and insight to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee,' said Johnson. 'As a respected scientist, having studied internal medicine and the ...
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EPA Seeks Additional Toxic Emissions Reductions
To provide incentives for reduced air toxic emissions, EPA is proposing to amend what are known as the 'General Provisions' to its air toxics standards. The proposed amendment would encourage industrial facilities to reduce air toxics emissions so they are no longer considered a 'major source' of air pollution. Major sources have the potential to emit more than 10 tons per year of a single ...
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Ralcorp commercial bakery in Lodi to pay more than $1.3 million for air violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District today announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Ralcorp’s Cottage Bakery in Lodi, Calif. after the facility failed to obtain permits and install proper air pollution controls. The company will pay a penalty of $625,000. In addition, the company paid $750,000 to install and operate a thermal ...
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Hopewell, Va., Company to Pay $175,000 Penalty to Settle Clean Air Act Violations at Manufacturing Facility
According to the United States' complaint, Hercules allegedly failed to adequately demonstrate compliance with the national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants for cellulose products manufacturing and violated related regulations on leak detection and repair. Cellulose fiber is the main raw material used in the manufacturing processes conducted at the facility, located at 1111 ...
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Cargill, Inc., Agrees to Settle Clean Air Act Violations at Vitamin E Manufacturing Facility in Eddyville, Iowa
Cargill, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has reached an administrative civil settlement with EPA over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its Vitamin E manufacturing facility in Eddyville, Iowa. Cargill’s Eddyville facility uses the hazardous air pollutants methanol, methyl tertiary butyl ether, and formaldehyde to produce Vitamin E and similar compounds from soybean byproducts. ...
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Air Quality Monitors in India Need Calibration
NPL has now asked the country’s central pollution watchdog, CPCB, and the pollution control boards of all states to calibrate their instruments with the standard fixed by them. Lack of calibration of pollution-measuring instruments has been hampering efforts of the country’s pollution watchdog to come out with accurate data on air pollution. When Delhi experimented with car rationing ...
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Beijing game for clean air challenge
With the Olympic Games in sight, the Chinese Government is committed to improving the air quality in Beijing, and has had measures in place since 1998 which have already made a difference. However, there is still some way to go to meet national air quality standards in the Chinese capital, according to Professor Wang Wen-Xing and his team from the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental ...
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Stringent air pollution norms boost adoption of air pollution control equipment
The industrial growth and the infrastructure boom in India has vitalized several industries such as steel, cement and electricity. The electricity vertical has been especially invigorated, with utilities adding capacities to their plant to close the gap between demand and supply. These developments across verticals have fueled demand for air pollution control equipment (APCE) in India. New ...
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EPA reaches agreement with Wisconsin plating on clean-air violations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Wisconsin Plating of Racine (formerly Racine Plating Co.) on alleged Clean Air Act violations at the company's facility at 620 Stannard St., Racine, Wis. The agreement, which includes a $30,000 penalty, resolves EPA allegations that Wisconsin Plating violated EPA regulations regarding control of hazardous air pollutant ...
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US makes progress toward cleaner air
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making the most recent data available on the state of the nation’s air quality. Air pollution impacts public health, the environment, and the Earth’s climate, and understanding these impacts are important priorities for the agency. EPA regulatory actions and voluntary efforts have led to cleaner cars, industries and consumer products, that in turn ...
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Printing Company and EPA reach settlement for alleged clean air violations in agawam, mass.
A printing company near Springfield, Mass. has paid a penalty of $118,600 to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated the federal Clean Air Act. Suddekor, Inc., which is owned by a German company, is an international manufacturer of décor printed papers in Agawam, Mass. At its Agawam facility, paper is printed with inks containing hazardous air pollutants. ...
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Statement by EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson on the ozone national ambient air quality standards
Since day one, under President Obama’s leadership, EPA has worked to ensure health protections for the American people, and has made tremendous progress to ensure that Clean Air Act standards protect all Americans by reducing our exposures to harmful air pollution like mercury, arsenic and carbon dioxide. This Administration has put in place some of the most important standards and ...
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Statements on EPA`s updated, achievable air pollution standards for oil and natural gas
In response to a court deadline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized standards to reduce harmful air pollution associated with oil and natural gas production. The updated standards, required by the Clean Air Act, were informed by the important feedback from a range of stakeholders including the public, public health groups, states and industry. As a result, the final ...
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Oregon construction equipment manufacturer exceeds federal air pollution limits, pays EPA penalty
Johnson Crushers International, a construction equipment manufacturer based in Eugene, Oregon, released air pollutants into the environment in excess of federal limits, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice. The company has agreed to pay a $147,788 fine for the Clean Air Act violations, as well as $27,212 in past permit fees. ...
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Abolishing the western extension zone would increase London`s illegal air pollution levels
The Mayor of London's proposal to remove the Western Extension of the Congestion Charging Zone (WEZ) is condemned by air quality, transport and environment groups [1], who say, among other things, it would increase air pollution and could result in European air quality laws being broken. Transport for London (TfL) acknowledges that levels of two of the worst air pollutants, dangerous airborne ...
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Epa begins study of air pollution near HOVENSA Oil Refinery in ST. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun a three-month study of air pollution from the HOVENSA oil refinery and other sources of air pollution near the facility in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. HOVENSA is the second largest oil refinery in the United States. EPA has installed air monitoring equipment at three locations where the biggest impacts of air pollution from HOVENSA and ...
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