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- Second severe air pollution alert in Serbian town
- BELGRADE AFP — Dangerous gases that may have leaked from an ageing petrochemical plant in a Serbian town near Belgrade has triggered an alert overnight, the second such incident in little over a month. Concentrations of benzene in the air in Pancevo reached 117 micrograms per cubic meter around 11:00...
- Research articles 2006-12-29
- China says spring thawing no threat for toxic-spill hit river
- BEIJING AFP — China's top environmental official has said the thawing of ice in the spring will not repollute the Songhua River, the scene of a severe toxic chemical spill last year. "The final conclusion is that this spring, the Songhua River will not have a second incident of...
- Research articles 2006-03-11
- Dike to defend Russian city from Chinese toxic slick nearly built
- VLADIVOSTOK, Russia AFP — Authorities in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk have nearly finished building a dike to protect the city from a toxic slick released by last month's factory blast in China. "There's about 50 metres left" to build of the projected 200-metre (650-foot) long dike,...
- Research articles 2005-12-07
- Harbin residents get water back after toxic spill
- HARBIN, China AFP — Authorities in the Chinese city of Harbin restored running water to its 3.8 million residents, five days after supplies were cut off due to a massive toxic spill in the city's river, state media said. The governor of Heilongjiang province, Zhang Zuoji, took the first...
- Research articles 2005-11-26
- WWF warns of pollution after fuel tanker fire in Sardinia
- ROME AFP ? A fuel tanker that suffered an on-board explosion off the Mediterranean island of Sardinia earlier this week could cause an environmental disaster if it sank, environmental pressure group WWF said. "The consequences for the marine environment would be incalculable if the ship sank with 300 tonnes...
- Research articles 2004-01-02
- REPORT: TEXAS PLANTS GUSH EMISSIONS, ESCAPE FINES
- Over the course of three days in January, the BASF-Atofina ethylene plant in Port Arthur, Texas, released more than 65 tons of hazardous volatile organic compounds VOCs into the atmosphere. That same month, the Premcor refinery nearby released 208 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2); nearly 25 tons of VOCs and...
- Research articles 2002-11-04
- Petrochemical Firm Guilty of Hiding Pollution Violations at Texas Oil Refinery.
- By James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 10--CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas--A subsidiary of the petrochemical giant Koch Industries Inc. was convicted Monday of concealing environmental violations at its oil refinery here and assessed the most expensive criminal pollution...
- Research articles 2001-04-10
- Federal Prosecutors Compromise on Pollution Case against Kansas-Based Firm.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 3--Attempting to simplify the pollution case against Koch Industries Inc., federal prosecutors set aside 86 counts Tuesday and asked a federal judge to move forward with 11 charges. Officials hope the pared-down indictment against the petroleum giant satisfies U.S. District Judge Janis Jack...
- Research articles 2001-01-03
- Testing O'Hare's air pollution Regulators will see if planes' emissions really are excessive.(News)
- Travelers returning to O'Hare International Airport after a long trip might notice a fine layer of soot on cars parked there. City officials maintain the soot is mostly from cars - not planes - but residents who live near the airport increasingly are starting to...
- Research articles 2000-07-17
- MOTOR FUELS: UNLEADED FUEL SHOULD NOT BE TARGET OF POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGY
- Summary: The European Commission is drafting a European definition of motor fuels, as a way of preventing the sale of petrol containing harmful benzene and aromatics. The move was announced on October 27, following a series of reports in the British press warning of the health ...
- Research articles 1994-11-08
- Is air pollution worse indoors than out?
- In terms of some organic chemicals, "your home may be more of a toxic-waste hazard than Love Canal or the chemical company nearby," says Lance Wallace, an environmental scientist working at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. At the recent American Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago,...
- Research articles 1985-09-28
- Waste Generator Briefs.(Novelis Inc. sold to Hindalco Industries Ltd.)(Richard Branson and Al Gore offering prize for developing technology to tackle pollution)(Environmental Protection Agency)
- Beverage Containers Novelis sold to India firm for $6 billion An Indian multinational conglomerate plans to buy Atlanta-based Novelis Inc., one the largest U.S. recycled aluminum can consumers, for $6 billion in cash and debt assumption....
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- MOTOR FUELS: UNLEADED FUEL SHOULD NOT BE TARGET OF POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGY
- Summary: The European Commission is drafting a European definition of motor fuels, as a way of preventing the sale of petrol containing harmful benzene and aromatics. The move was announced on October 27, following a series of reports in the British prSummary: The European Commission is drafting...
- Research articles 1994-11-10
- Study: Loopholes benefit industrial plants.(News)(Environmental Integrity Project study)
- Byline: Joe Truini Accidental releases at industrial plants might not be so accidental, according to an Environmental Integrity Project study. Industrial plants are exceeding federal clean air limits through loopholes in state laws allow ...
- Research articles 2004-08-30
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- MOTOR FUELS: UNLEADED FUEL SHOULD NOT BE TARGET OF POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGY
- Summary: The European Commission is drafting a European definition of motor fuels, as a way of preventing the sale of petrol containing harmful benzene and aromatics. The move was announced on October 27, following a series of reports in the British prSummary: The European Commission is drafting...
- Research articles 1994-11-22
- Protestors blame Serbian government for deadly pollution
- BELGRADE AFP — Around 1,000 angry residents of a Serbian industrial town have staged a protest in Belgrade against government inaction after an alert caused by a gas cloud of cancer-causing pollution. The demonstration by residents of Pancevo, about 15 kilometres (10 miles) northeast of Belgrade, was organised by local...
- Research articles 2006-11-17
- Waste Disposal Firm to Pay Fine for Violating U.S. Pollution Rules.
- By Tammy Webber, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 15--An Indianapolis hazardous waste disposal company has agreed to pay $360,000 for violating federal air pollution and hazardous waste rules. Heritage Environmental Services, on the city's Westside, was ...
- Research articles 2002-10-15
- Industrial air pollution increases cancer risk in Harris County, Texas.
- By Rachel Stone, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14--A state agency reported earlier this month that industrial air pollution could pose an increased risk of cancer for residents of east Harris County, including Baytown and...
- Research articles 2005-01-14
- One Big Fracking Problem for Oil and Gas Industry
- Legislation introduced this week that targets hydraulic fracturing -- a technique used to access vast new fields for drilling -- is pitting the oil and gas industry against environmentalists in a debate over public health, federal versus state regulation and the protection of industry trade secrets. Here's what the legislation also will...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Russian region appeals for help over China toxic slick
- VLADIVOSTOK, Russia AFP — The governor of Russia's eastern province of Khabarovsk appealed to Moscow and Beijing for "exhaustive measures" to protect inhabitants from a benzene slick moving towards the Russian border from China. "The consequences of pollution in the Amur river will be long-term and it will take...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
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