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- COUNTY SQUEAKS BY SMOG STANDARD
- The air in El Paso County is below new smog standards issued Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- but just barely. The EPA standard is 75 parts per billion for ozone. There are two monitoring stations here, and the three-year average at the one in...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- La. Dept. of Environmental Quality: More parishes to fail air
- The number of parishes that fail to meet federal air quality standards will probably increase this week when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces a new, nationwide ozone standard. Under the tighter guidelines, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John and St. Tammany parishes will...
- Research articles 2008-03-12
- It's Air Quality Awareness Week: Keep an Eye on the AQI
- To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORSContact: Dennis Feltgen of NOAA, +1-301-713-0622 ext. 127; or John Millett of EPA, +1-202-564-7842 WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- May marks the beginning of ozone season in most areas of the country -- a good time to make sure that you check your daily Air Quality Index and...
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- TCEQ Update.(Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
- By Liz Moucka Where Texas stands in air quality compliance. The EPA realizes that Texas is making tremendous improvements in air and water quality as compared to other states, even as we are growing far faster in population...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Consistency of ozone and nitrogen oxides standards at tropospherically relevant mixing ratios.(TECHNICAL PAPER)
- ABSTRACT The absolute accuracy and long-term precision of atmospheric measurements hinge on the quality of the instrumentation and calibration standards. To assess the consistency of the ozone ([O.sub.3]) and nitrogen oxides (N[O.sub.x]) standards maintained at the National Institute of Standards and...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Clearing the Air in Texas
- From the Editor Believe it or not, it's hard not to write about Texas these days. Last month, this space was devoted to a discussion of the numerous environmental violations - thousands of them actually - at an American Electric Power generating plant near the east Texas town...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- U.S. agency gives southeast Michigan motorists pass on vehicle-emissions test.
- By Hugh McDiarmid Jr., Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 17--Vehicle emissions testing won't be required of southeast Michigan motorists, federal officials announced Thursday. In return, the state has promised to clean up smog emissions more quickly than...
- Research articles 2004-09-17
- New Englanders Offered Free Smog Forecasts and Alerts
- BOSTON, Massachusetts ENS ? To help the public prepare if there is poor air quality this summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA is offering free air quality forecasts and alerts. Current air quality conditions and next day forecasts are available each day at the agency?s website at: http://www.epa.gov/region1/airquality/smogalrt.html....
- Research articles 2004-05-10
- Suburbs fail federal smog tests State officials predict region will meet standards within next 3 years, before deadline.(News)
- Byline: Stacy St. Clair Daily Herald Staff Writer The Chicago suburbs fail federal smog tests, but state officials say they soon will earn passing marks. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited the Chicago region Thursday for violating new, more protective regulations. The...
- Research articles 2004-04-16
- More Protective Clean Air Standards to be Announced
- News Advisory: EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt will announce the implementation of new, more protective ozone standards, following the agency's notification to states of communities required to take additional steps to meet the new standards. WHO: EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt and EPA Office of Air and Radiation Officials WHAT: Announcement of...
- Research articles 2004-04-14
- Macon, Ga., Gains Head Start in Fixing Air Pollution.
- By S. Heather Duncan, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 16--Macon is ahead of the game in cleaning up its bad air, say state environmental officials. Because Macon has too much ozone, the primary component of smog, ...
- Research articles 2004-04-16
- Group Seeks to Improve Air in Houston County, Ga.
- By Stephen Elkins, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--WARNER ROBINS, Ga. -- The 21st Century Partnership is studying ways to improve air quality in Houston County and is not focusing exclusively on lobbying efforts to keep the county...
- Research articles 2004-01-08
- Energy Bill Could Give Southeast Texas Room to Meet Clean Air Standards.
- By Christopher Clausen, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--The federal energy bill could give Southeast Texas breathing room to meet Clean Air Act standards by preventing the region from being punished for air pollution that drifts in from...
- Research articles 2003-11-22
- 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
- Cherry Blossoms
- Eight-Hour Ozone, Fine Particulate Standards Upheld Not that this is really big news - given the history of the case - but the D. C. Circuit Court completed action to uphold the authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine...
- Research articles 2002-03-31
- American Lung Association Praises Court of Appeals Decision Upholding Clean Air Standards
- WASHINGTON, March 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Lung Association hailed today's D.C. Court of Appeals decision upholding the Environmental Protection Agency's National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine soot particles (PM2.5) and ozone smog. "The Court of Appeals rejected every industry challenge. It is high time that polluting...
- Research articles 2002-03-26
- INDUSTRY GROUP SCRUTINIZES SCIENCE OF OZONE, PM AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
- The science supporting the Clean Air Act CAA will come under additional scrutiny in coming months, as will the scientific basis for enacting multi-pollutant legislation, a specialist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce predicted. The business group will keep the debate alive as EPA approaches a new round of revisions...
- Research articles 2002-03-04
- Comprehensive Monitoring of Cabin Air Needed To Assure Safety
- Data needed particularly on abnormal cabin air events The potential health risks of air quality on pressurized aircraft have not been addressed adequately, and better monitoring and regulation are needed to assure the safety and health of flightcrews and passengers. Adequate progress on needed programs has not...
- Research articles 2001-12-17
- EPA defends ozone rule.(Brief Article)
- EPA has told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that its controversial 1997 revised air quality standard for ground-level ozone should not be loosened, citing the expected health benefits. EPA is responding to portions of a lawsuit filed by industries to overturn...
- Research articles 2001-11-21
- The Decade of Refrigerant Chaos -- and Change.(air conditioning, heating and refrigeration history in the 1990s)
- Recycling Rules, Certification, and Ozone Depletion Stirred Debate. Thanks to what happened just prior to the start of the 1990s, cooling was a hot and heavy subject debated throughout the entire world this past decade. In 1987, 24 countries signed an historic...
- Research articles 2001-04-30
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