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Activists say California fighting pollution globally but not locally
2014-07-01 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Anchorage Daily News: In the San Francisco Bay Area oil port city of Martinez, where a colossal Shell refinery has long tainted the air, the landmark California law that requires polluters to ease their carbon footprint seemed to some to promise new relief. But one big move by Shell to comply with rules on greenhouse gas emissions won't do much for Martinez. It will instead give a boost to the environment in the pristine Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where the oil company is helping preserve a 200,000-acre forest. ...
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EPA Proposes Updates to Reduce Methane, Other Harmful Pollution from New Landfills
2014-07-01 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, U.S. EPA is proposing updates to its air standards for new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. This proposal would require certain landfills to capture 2/3 of their methane and air toxics emissions by 2023 – 13% more than required currently. Also, EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking public feedback on how and whether to update guidelines for existing landfills. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Kukamas abandon hunger strike over Peruvian Amazon oil pollution
2014-06-30 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Peruvian ministers have met with representatives of hundreds of indigenous people from the countrys Amazon rainforest after they threatened to go on hunger strike in protest at what they say is government failure to aid communities affected by oil contamination. For almost two weeks, around 500 Kukamas have been camped in a square in Iquitos the biggest city in Perus Amazon after travelling from their homes along the River Maraón, by boat and on foot. The lives of our children are at...
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Ambient Pollution Monitoring Stations For Smelter Plants
2014-06-30 11:03:14| pollutiononline Home Page
Environnement S.A is pleased to announce a neworder from NALCO India (National Aluminium Company Ltd) for the supply of 3 complete AQMS stations including analyzers such as AF22M (for SO2 monitoring) / AC32M (for NO, NO2, NOx) / CO12M (for CO and CO2 monitoring)/ MP101M particulate monitors (for PM10 / PM2.5) for air pollution monitoring of a Smelter Plant located in Angul (Orissa region)
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CU-Boulder And NCAR Researchers Seek To Reduce Deadly Air Pollution From Cooking Emissions
2014-06-30 10:49:43| pollutiononline Home Page
A $1.5 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will help researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research measure pollution from residential cooking and better understand a problem that kills millions of women and children each year in the developing world
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