"EPA Commits To Set Air Pollution Rules by 2011"
"Oil- and coal-fired power plants would be forced to reduce mercury emissions under a deal that ends a long-standing suit by environmentalists."
Source: LA Times, 10/27/2009
Air
Anything related to air quality, air pollution, or the atmosphere
"EPA Proposal To Cut Great Lakes Ship Emissions Stirs the Waters"
"An Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would compel [Great Lakes] vessels to burn cleaner fuel and upgrade their engines has sparked a furious behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign that has come to a head this week, pitting congressional Democrats against a Democratic administration as lawmakers allied with Midwestern and Alaskan shippers pressure the EPA to back down and protect jobs."
Source: Wash Post, 10/23/2009
"State Gives Coal Plants 6 Years To Reduce Mercury Emissions"
"Michigan’s 19 coal-fired power plants will need to install technology to reduce mercury emissions by 2015, according to new rules finalized this week."
Source: Michigan Messenger, 10/22/2009
"EPA Proposes Withdrawal of Bush-Era Air Toxics Assessment"
"U.S. EPA has proposed withdrawing part of a George W. Bush-era air toxics regulation, saying the rule may not accurately characterize the risk posed by petroleum refinery emissions."
Source: NYTimes, 10/22/2009
"Long Beach Port Settles Truckers Suit Over Clean Air Plan"
"The port agrees to remove requirements not directly related to the push to allow only newer, less-polluting trucks at the complex, including a demand that trucking firms file financial reports."
Source: LA Times, 10/21/2009
"Obama's EPA Cracks Down, Orders More Tests For BP Refinery"
"The Obama administration is cracking down on BP as the oil company overhauls its massive refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the largest sources of air pollution in the Chicago area."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 10/21/2009
"Controversy Heats up as Cities Look To Incinerators"
"Groups argue over whether benefits of green technology outweigh the possible health effects associated with burning garbage."
Source: Canwest, 10/20/2009
EPA Names 31 Areas Not Meeting Fine Particulate Air Standards
These communities will have to come up with plans for reducing fine particle pollution. Is yours one of them?
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New York To Ban Use of Coal Ash at Cement Plant
"The state is poised to ban the use of mercury-tainted coal fly ash at a Ravena cement plant that is the state's second largest source of airborne mercury pollution."
Source: Albany Times-Union, 10/15/2009
"Study Finds Danger in the Air Around Tonawanda Coke"
Cancer stories "are numbingly familiar to people who live in the vicinity of Tonawanda Coke Corp. The coke foundry recently was found by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to be emitting benzene, a carcinogen, up to 75 times higher than recommended guidelines. Those levels were up to 2ù times more than what the company reported to regulators."
Source: Buffalo News, 10/12/2009
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