Air
Pollution is harmful contamination of the environment. Here are up-to-date articles on pollution and efforts to reduce pollution. We also include information on environmental enforcement against polluters by governmental bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and regulation to control pollution.
Alaska Lab Buys Siemens, Aircuity Systems for Air Change Efficiency
The state of Alaska's Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory will combine Siemens' Apogee building automation and laboratory control system with the OptiNet system from airside ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: TRAIN Act, Pa. Shale Ruling, Ethanol Cutbacks
The House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation that would establish an interagency committee to weigh the economic costs of any new EPA rules, and also ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: $4.5m Chevron Settlement, Supercommittee, Opening the Everglades
Chevron has reached a $4.5 million settlement with Salt Lake City and the state of Utah to pay for cleanup costs at two oil spills that polluted ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Regulation Repeals, Exxon in the Arctic, Wind Energy
The leadership of the GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives told its membership that it will seek to repeal or delay ...
Policy & Compliance Briefing: PNM Penalty, Efficient Refrigerators, Chemical Secrecy
A federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP alleging financial losses after last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday allowed most ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Raw Material Reporting, XL Go-Ahead, ConocoPhillips Sued
The EPA on Thursday said it would delay reporting rules that will require manufacturers and power plants to submit information on ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA Review
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a final version of its regulatory review plan on Tuesday to comply with President Barack Obama's ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: $3m for Hazmat Spill, Offshore Wind, Carrier and Trane Warning on HCFC-22
Klaus Genssler, chief operating officer of U.S. Oil Recovery L.P., has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a Harris County, Texas, lawsuit. The ...
EPA Resists Calls to Strengthen CO Standard
The EPA has declined to change the national air quality standards for carbon monoxide, but will require more focused monitoring in densely ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Drillers Win Exemption Case, Smog Rule on the Way
A rule revising the Land Disposal Restriction treatment standard for carbamate wastes went into effect on Aug. 12, 2011, the EPA ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Vehicle Disposal, E-Waste Strategy, Utility Calculating EPA Costs
The Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association is calling for an industry-led environmental management system for recycling and disposing of old vehicles, the Record ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Imperial Sugar, Wetlands Fill, Gas Storage
Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division says Imperial Sugar will pay $80,000 to settle charges that the company violated state clean ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Nuclear Waste, Yucca Mountain Lawsuit, Dow Chemical Penalty
A presidential Blue Ribbon Panel on Friday recommended that the U.S. take care of its nuclear waste by using a network of interim storage sites and one or more permanent geologic dumps, Reuters said. ...
Auto Manufacturers, Groups Support New Fuel Efficiency Standard
President Obama signed an agreement Friday with thirteen major automakers to pursue the next phase in the Administration’s national vehicle program, increasing fuel economy to ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA Sets Fracking Standards, Calif. Hex Goal, Caterpillar Settles
The EPA on Thursday proposed standards to cut smog-forming volatile organic compound emissions from processes and equipment used in the oil and gas industry. The standards are the first federal air rules affecting new ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rule Delay, BPA Testing, Calif. Renewables
EPA spokesman Brendan Gilfillan said Tuesday that the agency will not finalize the Clean Air Act health standard for ground level ozone, or ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Bioplastics Symbol, Climate Bonds, Energy Efficiency Pact
The U.S. Department of Energy and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers have renewed their agreement to develop ...
Will There Be Long- or Short-Term Growth in the Air Pollution Equipment Market?
Is there really long term growth for air pollution control (APC) equipment with the current volatile energy markets? With soaring energy ...
Light Pollution’s Dark Realities
Consider for a moment: What is the most obvious form of pollution? Some may think of smog, a gray band of sooty ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Study Questions ISO 14001 Value; Leaking Oil and Natgas; CERCLA Guide
A study of atmospheric pollution from 126 Spanish companies, 50 of which held ISO 14001 certification since 2001, found no significant difference in emissions between those that hold the certification and those that did not, ...
