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- American Lung Association of New England Says Stronger Air Quality Standards Urgently Needed
- Healthy Air Initiative Launched As Summer Begins WALTHAM, Mass. -- To protect the public from the "invisible menace" of ozone poisoning this summer, the American Lung Association of New England ALANE is calling for more stringent air quality standards. Today, the organization announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- EPA runs around White House
- The analysis divisions and continuous emissions monitoring system professionals in the automation space, as well as pollution controls engineers, pay heed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA limited the allowable amount of pollution-forming ozone in the air to 75 parts per billion ppb in March, a level significantly higher than...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- EPA tightens quality standards for Ozone: move could spike demand for nonwoven pollution technologies
- A controversial decision to tighten federal air quality standards for ozone could increase demand for certain nonwoven products. Indeed, on March 12, 2008, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson announced the agency is revising its air quality standards for ground-level ozone--a primary component in smog--which is linked...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- New EPA smog standard falls short, critics say
- The federal Environmental Protection Agency tightened the public health standard for smog Tuesday, but many environmentalists and California officials said the change does not go far enough to protect children, the sick and the elderly from air pollution. However, pollution regulators predicted the new national standard should...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- New EPA smog standard falls short, critics say
- The federal Environmental Protection Agency tightened the public health standard for smog Tuesday, but many environmentalists and California officials said the change does not go far enough to protect children, the sick and the elderly from air pollution. However, pollution regulators predicted the new national standard should...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- Critics decry new EPA smog standard
- The federal Environmental Protection Agency tightened the public health standard for smog Tuesday, but many environmentalists and California officials said the change does not go far enough to protect children, the sick and the elderly from air pollution. However, pollution regulators predicted the new national standard should...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- New EPA smog standard falls short, critics say
- The federal Environmental Protection Agency tightened the public health standard for smog Tuesday, but many environmentalists and California officials said the change does not go far enough to protect children, the sick and the elderly from air pollution. However, pollution regulators predicted the new national standard should...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- Bush administration tightens air pollution standards
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it is tightening federal air pollution standards by setting more stringent ozone limits for the first time since 1997. "EPA today met its requirements of the Clean Air Act by signing the most stringent eight-hour standard ever for ozone,...
- Research articles 2008-03-12
- Rethink the Air Quality Planning Process: Favor Public Health over Paperwork, According to Environmental Attorney, Jed Anderson
- HOUSTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of once again requiring states to develop air quality plans that will fail to achieve the national air quality standards. EPA will soon release its likely recommendation to lower the ground-level ozone standard--triggering the development of more State Implementation Plans...
- Research articles 2007-10-31
- Editorial | Curbing Pollution
- It was a report card that any savvy third grader would feed to his dog, rather than suffer the consequences of presenting it to his parents. In this case, the American Lung Association awarded the five-county Philadelphia region an F for ozone pollution in the group's 2007 "State of the...
- Research articles 2007-08-30
- Central Valley town owns nation's dirtiest air
- ARVIN -- Ana Maria Corona was driving home in June when she felt faint and began gasping for air. She prayed she wouldn't get into an accident. "I asked God, 'Let me see my daughters one last time,'" a tearful Corona, 43, recalled in a recent interview...
- Research articles 2007-08-10
- Current pollution standards too weak, EPA chief admits
- WASHINGTON -- Pollution standards are too weak to protect people from the air they breathe, the EPA's chief declared Thursday. He recommended tougher limits on the smog that makes children cough and asthmatics wheeze from Los Angeles to Houston to New York. Still, under pressure from big business,...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- Feds consider tightening regulations on smog limits
- Federal air quality regulators are about to decide whether to propose a stricter health standard for smog -- an action that would push the Bay Area and many regions across the nation to do more to clean up their air. Facing growing scientific evidence that the current...
- Research articles 2007-06-14
- Air pollution easing in East, EPA says
- WASHINGTON -- Ozone levels are falling sharply in Eastern states where smog has been a recurring summer problem, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. The improvement in air quality for a third of the nation's population is due to fewer emissions of nitrogen oxides from hundreds of coal-burning...
- Research articles 2006-09-14
- The health benefits of reduced tropospheric ozone in California.
- ABSTRACT Californians are exposed daily to concentrations of ozone ([O.sub.3]) that are among the highest in the United States. Recently, the state adopted a new 8-hr ambient standard of 0.070 ppm, more stringent than the current federal standard. The new standard is...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- 28 California Counties Fail American Lung Association's Annual State of the Air Clean Air Test; Kern, Riverside Counties Top Bad Air Lists Nationwide; Salinas on Cleanest List; Diesel Trains and Boats Contribute to Dangerous Ozone, Particle Pollution Leve
- Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., April 27 AScribe Newswire -- California cities and counties continue to dominate the list of places with the highest number of days with high air pollution in the American Lung Association State of the Air 2006 report released...
- Research articles 2006-04-27
- Science
- Scientists collect samples of air, water, soil, plants, and tissue to detect and monitor pollution. Pollutants are most often extracted from samples, then isolated by a technique called chromatography and analyzed by appropriate detection methods. Many pollutants are identified by their spectral fingerprints, unique patterns of absorbed or emitted radiation...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- Clean air, dirty tricks.(State of the Scare)(Book Review)
- Joel Schwartz, "State of the Scare," Tech Central Station, May 3, 2005 (techcentralstation.com) Every year, the American Lung Association ALA issues a State of the Mr report warning Americans that air quality is harming their health. Every year, AEI scholar Joel Schwartz issues...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Coal-fired power in a restructured electricity market.(Environmental Regulation, Energy, and Market Entry)
- The last decade has seen a series of fierce, protracted battles over the regulation of air pollution from coal-fired power plants in the United States. These battles have been and are being waged by electric utilities, environmental groups, and the last two presidential administrations, among others,...
- Research articles 2005-03-22
- Ohio Would Dump Federal Tailpipe Test
- COLUMBUS, Ohio ENS — --> The Ohio EPA has recommended ending the federal tailpipe emissions E-Check program in the Cincinnati and Dayton areas on December 31, 2005. The state says it is taking the opportunity of ending the unpopular emissions testing program when its 10 year contract with Envirotest...
- Research articles 2005-02-28
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