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- Tennant introduces WearGuard-CRU 250
- Tennant Company has reformulated its WearGuard-CRU (chemical-resistant urethane) topcoats to meet the strict VOC requirements of the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium LADCO, the Ozone Transport Commission OTC and the Chemicals Control Branch of Environment Canada. While the original WearGuard-CRU coatings have always met EPA VOC regulations, the reformulated coatings,...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Blowing Foam For Insulation Goes Eco-Friendly
- What do a can of deodorant and a modern refrigerated trailer have in common? A bit of chemistry and more than a few pages of clean-air regulations, that's what. Back when aerosol spray was blamed for blowing a continent-size hole in the ozone layer of the atmosphere, governments around the...
- Research articles 2008-01-21
- Association of Central Oklahoma Governments working on plan to
- The Oklahoma City metropolitan area will likely break federal clean air standards this year, so the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments is already preparing a plan to keep ozone pollution at manageable levels, officials said. The voluntary plan involves an Environmental Protection Agency program referred to as 8-Hour...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- California Ordered to Regulate Ozone Producing Pesticides
- LAKE RIDGE, Va. -- In the first such Clean Air Act ruling of its kind, a U.S. court has found that the state's baseline for minimizing pesticide-inducing smog is flawed, and that current requirements to reformulate agricultural and structural pesticides to reduce VOC contents are not enough. The state must...
- Research articles 2006-05-23
- FBI: Pimp in magazine is defendant
- Matthew Thompkins wasn't shy about his profession as a high-rolling pimp. For one thing, he apparently won a contest for people in that line of work. When the FBI took down his operation last month, it said, agents found two trophies proclaiming him "Pimp of the Year." That's...
- Research articles 2006-01-30
- Emissions decisions
- Now and then, if you're lucky, you get in a room with a bunch of really, really smart people. That's what happened to me last month in our nation's capital, at a Climate-Tech 2005 afternoon event honoring this year's recipients of the EPA's annual Climate and Ozone Protection Awards. ...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Wales Receives Additional Funding for Fridge Recycling Efforts.
- Letsrecycle.com recently reported that the U.K. government has allocated 2.83 million pounds (approximately $5.4 million) to the Wales Assembly to help support local refrigerator recycling efforts. According to the website, ozone-depleting substances found in refrigerators, such as chlorofluorocarbons CFCs, must be properly disposed...
- Research articles 2005-02-25
- Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the Editor)
- More good reasons to clean up our air For more than a year, our Clean Air Counts program has successfully recruited businesses to voluntarily reduce air pollution. On Dec. 17, the federal Environmental Protection Agency doubled the reasons for joining our cause. On that...
- Research articles 2005-01-26
- RFA: GA'S RFG WAIVER REQUEST 'FAILS TO SATISFY' REQUIREMENTS
- Georgia's petition to EPA requesting a waiver of RFG standards for the Atlanta region "fails to satisfy the legal or scientific requirements," the Renewable Fuels Association RFA said.Georgia environmental officials petitioned EPA in mid-August for a waiver of RFG regulations, which is effective Jan. 1,2005 (see RFN, 8/23/04, p10). The...
- Research articles 2004-09-27
- Wales to Provide Additional Funding for Fridge Disposal.(Brief Article)
- Welsh minister for the environment Carwyn Jones recently announced that the Welsh Assembly Government plans to provide local authorities with an extra 1.75 million pounds (about $2.2 million) this financial year to help them meet European Commission EC requirements on domestic refrigerator disposal. ...
- Research articles 2004-02-11
- RAL Commends EC's Amendment of ODS Regulations.(European Commission, ozone depleting substances)(Brief Article)
- The RAL Quality Assurance Association for the Demanufacture of Refrigeration Equipment Containing Chlorofluorocarbons CFCs recently commended the European Commission's EC amendment of regulations concerning the safe removal and proper disposal of ozone depleting substances ODS contained in refrigerators and freezers. According to RAL,...
- Research articles 2003-11-24
- Bakery to pay penalty for refrigerant leak.(industry news)(Earthgrains Baking Companies)
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Justice DO J and the Environmental Protection Agency EPA have announced a settlement that resolves significant ozone-depletion violations, related to refrigerant leaks, which were brought against Earthgrains. The consent decree settles violations of Title VI of the Clean...
- Research articles 2003-08-11
- Refrigerant issue could cost SLBG more than $10 million
- Sara Lee Bakery Group entered into a $5.25 million consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding processing equipment that uses cooling refrigerants. In addition to the civil penalty, the agreement also requires the St. Louis-based group to retrofit, retire or replace 264 pieces of ozone-depleting refrigerant-using...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- North Carolina Officials Battle Rising Ozone Levels.
- By Amanda Young, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 30--A simple idea, such as promoting flexible work schedules to avoid traffic congestion, could be one of many strategies to reduce ozone levels in the region. Local...
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Commentary: Environmental pests
- As business people, we must regrettably deal with environmental pests. The federal Environmental Protection Agency, with help from our own state's Department of Natural Resources regulators, set up in 1991 strict clean-air standards, which they thought could never be met. These nonattainment strictures were so skewed toward failure that even...
- Research articles 2003-06-11
- PHILIPPINES PLANS TO CONVERT OIL FIRED PLANTS INTO GAS: DOE.
- MANILA, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - Filipinos could still hope for a cleaner environment as opposition Sen. Teresa Aquino Oreta today urged the government to push through with the Department of Energy DOE plan to convert oil-fired plants into gas-powered facilities. Oreta, in supporting the proposal of Energy...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Ships, Courts Hurt Houston Clean Air Fight
- The perilous effort being conducted by state and local officials to enable the eight-county Houston-Galveston metropolitan area to attain the 1-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground-level ozone by November 2007 is facing severe impediments from two primary sources, both of which involve problems with the law. The Dallas-Fort...
- Research articles 2002-07-26
- Hampton, Va., Researcher Wins $500,000 Government Grant for Atmosphere Work.
- By Michael Hines, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 12--HAMPTON, Va.--A local researcher will receive the highest government honor for young scientists today to recognize his work on understanding what amounts to the atmosphere's all-purpose cleanser. ...
- Research articles 2002-07-12
- Sainsbury unveils Envisat mission to explore planet Earth.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2002-UK Government: Sainsbury unveils Envisat mission to explore planet Earth C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022002 State-of-the-art observation satellite launches new era in environmental monitoring British engineering know-how is set to push forward the boundaries of...
- Research articles 2002-02-20
- Fluorocarbon Industry Adapting to Regulations.(environmental regulations)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- THE FLUOROCARBON market still shows signs of growth despite the current economic downturn, an unseasonably cool summer for the most part and environmental regulations. In early September, fluorine chemical producer Solvay Fluor will start building a plant in Tavaux, France to...
- Research articles 2001-09-10
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