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Feds: fireworks boost air pollution on the Fourth
2015-07-03 01:36:16| Waste Management - Topix.net
Oh, say can you see, or smell, the smoke and haze from fireworks on the Fourth of July? Absolutely, say people we talked to. "It bothers me with my kids," said Ashley Magis of Boise.
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Heathrow expansion risks deepening London's air pollution crisis
2015-07-01 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK governments Airports Commission has recommended that a new runway at Heathrow should go ahead, but only with a legally binding commitment to control air and noise pollution. If the government decides to act on Howard Davies recommendation (and doing so would be a political minefield) Londoners will be forgiven for treating any air quality guarantees with a heavy pinch of salt. Even before Wednesday mornings announcement, Londons air quality was so bad that the government did not...
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US Supreme Court blocks air pollution rules for power plants
2015-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Supreme Court has blocked Obama administration rules designed to sharply limit the hazardous air pollutants that spew from the nation's power plants. The justices by a 5-4 vote agreed with the coal industry and Republican-led states that said the forced cutbacks were too costly and could lead to power outages. Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking for the majority, said it was not reasonable for the Environmental Protection Agency to proceed with the new rules without weighing their cost, estimated...
Supreme Court invalidates Obama administration mercury air pollution rule
2015-06-29 16:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled the Obama administration should have considered compliance cost when it decided to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants, a setback for the government that leaves the legal status of the regulation in limbo. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision, with its five conservative justices in the majority, against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rule stays in effect for the time being, with...
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Global Fine Particulate Air Pollution on the Rise Despite Regional Improvements
2015-06-24 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Air pollution from fine particulate matter has decreased significantly in North America and western Europe over the past two decades, but increases in East and South Asia have more than made up for those improvements, as these maps based on NASA satellite data show. Fine particulate pollution (PM 2.5) is released into the atmosphere through fossil fuel combustion and the burning of forests and agricultural land, and it can easily infiltrate human respiratory and circulatory systems, contributing...
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