je.st
news
Tag: air pollution
U.S. air pollution authority faces Supreme Court tests
2013-11-24 09:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. government's authority to regulate air pollution nationwide, often against the wishes of Republican-leaning states, could face new curbs when the Supreme Court takes on two high-stakes cases in coming months. The cases focus on the broad-ranging power wielded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the landmark Clean Air Act, first enacted in 1970. The law was envisioned as a cooperative effort between the federal government and states in which the EPA sets standards but...
Tags: air
court
tests
authority
How China's action on air pollution is slowing its carbon emissions
2013-11-21 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It's been a week of mostly bad news for the planet but there may be a small glimmer of hope as new research shows the growth of emissions from China, the world's biggest emitter, may be slowing due to its efforts to clean up the air pollution problem in many of its cities. The United Nations climate change talks in Warsaw are so far not making sufficient progress to ensure the agreed goal of keeping global temperature increases to below 2C and new research shows that global CO2 emissions from...
Tags: action
air
carbon
pollution
Proposed Colorado air pollution regs clamp down on oil, gas emissions
2013-11-19 04:45:45| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Weld County is leading a state boom in oil and gas drilling. Colorado now has more than 50,000 oil and gas wells.
China's air pollution blamed for 8-year-old's lung-cancer
2013-11-07 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An eight-year-old girl becomes China's 'youngest' lung-cancer patient as doctors say high levels of air pollution responsible for her condition Share Tweet this Email A pedestrian is picked out of gloom in his red jacket on a smoggy day in Jilin in China. Concern is growing over air quality in Chinese cities as the density of airborne particles is several times above World Health Organisation recommended limits. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters From cancer villages to lung-choking pollution, the impacts...
Tags: air
pollution
air pollution
blamed
Houston air pollution: Preview for Pennsylvania
2013-10-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Allegheny Front: The largest chemical hub in the Americas courses through this city in a seemingly unending line of plants that produce about a quarter of the countrys petrochemicals. These plants have helped fuel the citys economic rise. But they also have added to its poor air quality, with emissions that have been linked to asthma, cancer, and heart attacks. In recent years, Houston has found ways to reduce air pollution, in part by zeroing in on chemical plant emissions. Experts say Houstons experience...
Tags: air
pennsylvania
preview
houston
Sites : [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] next »