Archive for the 'Air Pollution' Category
Air Quality Improvements Over The Past Ten Years May Be A Factor In Fewer Ear Infections
Posted on October 12, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Environmental Problem, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
Strides in improving the nation’s air quality over the last decade may be a factor in fewer cases of ear infections (otitis media) in children. These results are according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San Diego, CA.
The study, [...]
Air Pollutants From Abroad a Growing Concern: Report
Posted on October 1, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution | Leave a Comment
Plumes of harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents — from Asia to the United States and from the United States to Europe — and have a negative impact on air quality far from their original sources, says a new report by the National Research Council. Although degraded air quality is nearly [...]
Burning Leaves is Bad News
Posted on September 28, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Environmental Problem | Leave a Comment
Remember the smell of burning fall leaves wafting through the air? Good memories, indeed, but best that they remain just memories. Burning leaves is bad news.
This practice is now illegal — or at least highly discouraged — in most areas. Burning leaves releases airborne particulates like dust and soot, mold, and other allergens that were [...]
Australia Leads World in New Greenhouse Gas Pollution Index: Study
Posted on September 14, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, environment, environmental issue | Leave a Comment
A new study has shown that Australians have overtaken Americans as the world’s highest per capita carbon dioxide polluters.
The global pollution report has been compiled by a British company, Maplecroft. Using U.S. Energy Department data it calculated that Australia’s per capita output of carbon dioxide at 18.66 metric tons a year, four percent higher [...]
Airlines Pledge Carbon-Neutral Growth by 2020: IATA
Posted on June 8, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, environment | Leave a Comment
The world’s airlines have committed themselves to a global cap on emissions in 2020, even allowing for a return to growth after the worldwide economic slump, the industry body said.
The fuel-hungry air travel industry, which has been under attack from environmentalists for its contribution to global warming, faces estimated losses of 20 billion dollars in [...]
China: Rich Nations Must Cut Emissions by 40 Percent
Posted on May 23, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, environment | Leave a Comment
Wealthy nations, as history’s biggest polluters, should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, China says in a policy document on climate change. The government also rolled out fresh help for solar power and other “green energy.”
The reductions China is calling for are based on the principles of “historical responsibility [...]
US Climate Change Denier James Inhofe Joins Al Gore in Fight Against Soot
Posted on May 6, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Climate, Global Warming, environment | Leave a Comment
In a surprise U-turn, the Republican senator has put forward a bill to review the dangers of black carbon to health and the environment.
He has called global warming a hoax, compared the Environmental Protection Agency with the Gestapo, and over the years dismissed Al Gore as desperate and “full of crap”. So it was startling [...]
Proposed Federal Acid Rain and Mercury Control Act
Posted on May 3, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, environment | Leave a Comment
A Central New York congressman, seeing an opportunity that may never come again, has introduced a bill requiring the most drastic cuts in U.S. history to the pollution responsible for acid rain.
Rep. John McHugh said he wants to tie his “Acid Rain and Mercury Control Act” into a landmark energy and climate [...]
BLM, Forest Service Sued Over Air Pollution
Posted on May 1, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution | Leave a Comment
Environmentalists are taking aim again at the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, accusing the agencies in a lawsuit of failing to curb air pollution in the San Juan Basin – one of the largest natural gas fields in the nation.
WildEarth Guardians, Dine CARE and Carson Forest Watch filed their lawsuit in [...]
Shell Settles Air Pollution Accusations
Posted on April 25, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution | Leave a Comment
The oil company Royal Dutch Shell said that it had reached a $5.8 million settlement over claims of air pollution at its Deer Park refinery near Houston.
The proposed settlement would require Shell to reduce emissions from air pollutants from its plant by 80 percent within three years, upgrade chemical units and reduce gas flaring.
The agreement [...]
