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EPA and CEC Partners Announce Winners of the NAPECA Grant Program
2014-03-06 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
U.S. EPA, Environment Canada, and Mexico Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources awarded $1.2 million in grants under the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) program to help communities address environmental challenges. Of 18 grant recipients, 6 are from USA. Grants include efforts to support wastewater treatment, improve nutrition in local communities, and protect water quality at ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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API: New EPA Gasoline Regulations Are Costly And Counterproductive
2014-03-04 09:21:30| oilandgasonline News Articles
EPA’s new Tier 3 rule requiring the last bits of sulfur to be removed from gasoline will unnecessarily raise costs and actually increase CO2 emissions at U.S. refineries because of the energy-intensive hydro treating equipment needed to meet the new standard, according to API.
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EPA Stops Illegal Import of Vehicles That Fail to Meet Pollution Standards
2014-03-04 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
A Chinese power sports company and its related U.S. distributor have agreed to recall and replace fuel tanks that will better control gasoline vapors in approximately 1,000 vehicles and take other steps to control pollution stemming from illegal import of over 12,000 recreational vehicles and highway motorcycles. EPA alleges that these vehicles were not certified, as required by the Clean Air Act, to meet federal emission standards. Companies will pay combined civil penalty of $725,000. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EPA launches smog crackdown with new auto emission standards
2014-03-04 03:43:30| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday unveiled long-awaited vehicle emissions standards, confirming plans to slash the sulfur content of fuel and reduce smog across the country. The agency released its so-called Tier 3 emissions standards, which are due to come into effect for cars and light trucks from 2017 in line with greenhouse gas emissions standards and are designed to cover air pollution-causing tailpipe emissions. The EPA said the rules would cut sulfur emissions by...
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U.S. EPA Tightens Fuel Sulfur and Vehicle Emission Standards
2014-03-03 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule intended to reduce air pollution from passenger cars and trucks by lowering the allowable sulfur content of gasoline and setting new vehicle emissions standards. Known as Tier 3, the rule will take effect on January 1, 2017. It continues the transition that began with EPA's Tier 2 program, finalized in 2000, in which EPA treated vehicles and fuels as a system to reduceboth gasoline sulfur and vehicle emissions. The Tier 3 vehicle...
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