November 11, 2010
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Air & Climate Newsletter November 11, 2010 |
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EPA works with U.S. customs and border protection to enforce the clean air act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are collaborating to ensure that all imported vehicles and engines comply with the Clean Air Act requirements. In the past year, more than $6.5 million worth of vehicles including motorcycles, dirt bikes, tractors, and generators were imported into the U.S. and found to be in violation of the Clean Air Act, according to EPA records. “Importing vehicles and engines without proper pollution controls is bad for human health and the environment, and unfair to those companies that play by the ... |
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EPA finalizes greenhouse gas reporting requirements for petroleum and natural gas industry/reporting targets methane, a potent greenhouse gas and valuable fuel
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting requirements for the petroleum and natural gas industries as part of the mandatory reporting program. The petroleum and natural gas industries emit methane, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and are one of the largest human related sources of methane in the United States. Annual methane emissions from intentional venting and equipment leaks from these industries are comparable to annual emissions from more than 40 million passenger cars. The data collected through the reporting program will ... |
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