EPA air quality News
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17 states seek federal court review of EPA air quality rules
Seventeen states are asking a federal judge to review a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency move to force more cuts in carbon emissions from power plants. The petition, filed Tuesday in a federal appeals court in Washington, charges the EPA with illegally invalidating the states' air quality protection plans. EPA sets national air standards and identifies pollutants that pose public health ...
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EPA Welcomes St. Rita Elementary School in Caledonia to Air Quality Flag Program to Protect Children’s Health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman today welcomed St. Rita Elementary School in Caledonia, Wisconsin, to the Agency’s School Flag Program which alerts faculty, parents and students to the local air quality forecast to protect children’s health, especially children with asthma. Principal Diana Lesnjak and students joined Hedman to raise a green ...
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New EPA Tool Helps Answer Air Quality Questions
(Washington, D.C.) AirCompare, a new EPA-developed air quality tool, provides local air quality information to help people make informed decisions about moving, vacationing or living in different areas of the country. 'From people getting ready to retire to vacationers or those changing jobs, Americans are increasingly considering air quality as they make their plans,' said Bill Wehrum, EPA's ...
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EPA Welcomes North Elementary School in Godfrey to Air Quality Flag Program to Protect Children’s Health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency welcomed North Elementary School in Godfrey, Illinois, to the Agency’s School Flag Program on Oct. 16. The program alerts faculty, parents and students to the local air quality forecast to protect children’s health, especially children with asthma. North Elementary is part of the Alton School District. “By flying one of EPA’s brightly ...
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10:00 AM EDT TODAY: EPA To Provide Update Following Recent Volkswagen Announcement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a media call at 10:00 a.m. EDT today, Friday, September 25, to provide an update following the agency’s recent Volkswagen announcement. WHAT: EPA officials provide update and take questions regarding the agency’s recent Volkswagen announcement. WHO: Acting Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe, EPA Office of Air & ...
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EPA Announces Air Quality Awareness Week
Cochrane & Associates has dedicated its services to companies that work to help create healthy environments and clean indoor air quality (IAQ). Just yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a news release about Air Quality Awareness Week. The EPA release states the following: EPA, state and local air agencies across the country are marking Air Quality Awareness Week by ...
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Regional-to-local scale air quality modelling for Ireland
The Irish Environmental Protection Agency has contracted CERC to undertake regional-to-local scale air quality modelling for Ireland in order to generate air quality maps for the whole country. The project will couple regional and local scale models using CERC's ADMS-Urban Regional Model Link. This will combine regional modelling undertaken by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology using the ...
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RTI wins US$19m contract for EPA air quality monitoring, modeling and research
RTI International, in collaboration with a group of leading environmental research companies, has been awarded a contract to provide a wide range of research and technical support services to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS). The research team led by RTI includes Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG); Neptune and Company, Atmospheric ...
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EPA strengthens air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This new one-hour standard will protect millions of Americans from peak short-term exposures, which primarily occur near major roads. Short-term exposures to NO2 have been linked to impaired lung function and increased respiratory infections, especially in people with asthma. ...
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US school districts get top grades for indoor air in classrooms
Eight school districts that are leading the way to prevent and solve indoor air quality problems in schools will be honored at the EPA’s Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools National Symposium in Washington, D.C., from Dec. 4-6, 2008. Indoor air quality (IAQ) problems in schools can lead to a range of health problems, including allergy symptoms and asthma attacks. Students and staff exposed to ...
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EPA proposes stronger air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide
For the first time in more than 35 years, EPA has proposed to strengthen the nation’s nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air quality standard that protects public health. The proposed changes reflect the latest science on the health effects of exposure to NO2, which is formed by emissions from cars, trucks, buses, power plants, and industrial facilities and can lead to respiratory disease. “We’re updating ...
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EPA Selects Portland Oregon School District for 2006 “Tools for Schools” Excellence Award
(Portland, Ore.) -- The Portland Public School District is among three school districts selected to receive the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) 2006 Excellence Award for their efforts to improve indoor air quality in our nation’s schools. According to EPA, indoor pollutants in schools can be associated with a variety of health risks, ...
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Final EPA Staff Paper Recommends Stronger Standards for Airborne Lead
(Washington, D.C. - Nov. 1, 2007) A key document in EPA's review of national air quality standards for lead recommends the agency strengthen the current lead standards to better protect children. The 'Final Staff Paper' does not change current air quality standards. It does, however, contain EPA staff recommendations for the administrator to consider in upcoming decisions about revising the ...
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EPA recognizes Maryland School districts with indoor air quality excellence awards (MD)
“We commend the management and staff at Baltimore and Fredrick County Public School Districts for achieving these awards,” said EPA’s mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. “Their efforts in ensuring healthy indoor air will help improve their students’ well-being, learning and development.” The two Maryland school districts and other awardees ...
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Indoor Air Quality Issues and People’s Health in Puerto Rico
Last month, USA Today published the article, “Is your home or office affecting your health?” One of the areas of focus in the column was the importance of indoor air quality (IAQ) and minimizing indoor pollution. Indoor air quality was addressed from both the perspective of better health and from the business perspective of how it can increase productivity and decrease sick days. ...
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EPA monitors air quality in cleanup from Iowa floods
The US Environmental Protection Agency is conducting air sampling for asbestos and air monitoring for particulates as Iowa communities clean up from recent floods. EPA on-scene coordinators will assess air quality by using fixed monitoring equipment situated at key points throughout the flood-damaged area. The initial locations for sampling and monitoring activities include the cities of Cedar ...
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Air & Waste Management Association presents conference on air quality models
The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will present ”Guideline on Air Quality Models: Next Generation of Models,” October 28-30, 2009, in Raleigh, NC. This conference will discuss the proposed revisions to the U.S. EPA’s Guideline on Air Quality Models, the guideline that is required for use in the preparation of state implementation plans, federal construction permits, and state ...
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U.S. Conference Of Mayors President Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter Commends Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson
U.S. Conference of Mayors President Philadelphia Michael Nutter today issued the following statement about the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson: "On behalf of the nation's mayors, I commend EPA Administrator Jackson's service to the cities of America and their residents. She has been a strong and tireless advocate for improving the environment. In ...
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Is your janitorial service green?
One of the absolute worst greenwashing offenders are janitorial services. They are not alone in this misdirection because greenwashing is popular in many businesses. There has been no way to establish a metric or measurement for Green in nearly any business. How many companies have installed CFL bulbs and advertised the next day that they have “Gone Green”? Yet, janitorial services ...
By 3BL Media
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US EPA - New Air Quality Index on our SaaS platform
Already indexed to Citeair, the European Air Quality index, our environmental data management platform EcomSaaS now embeds the US EPA index.The platform users can easily switch from an index to another and compare measurement data of air quality at both European and American level. Our US customers can visualize their air quality measurements to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) ...
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