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- New Ozone Standards Will Jeopardize Economy
- WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW was disappointed that the Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Bush Administration has decided to adopt a new national ambient air quality standard NAAQS of 0.075 parts per million ppm for ozone. "With the country teetering on a recession, the Bush Administration's...
- Research articles 2008-03-14
- Air standards violated
- The Utah Department of Environmental Quality lists Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Utah, Box Elder and Tooele counties as currently in violation of the new 2008 federal eight-hour ozone standard announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. "We're going to have to figure out how we're going to meet...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Businesses ask Huntsman to fight EPA's ozone plan
- The Utah Manufacturers Association and other members of the state's business community are urging Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. to join their battle against proposed new Environmental Protection Agency ozone standards. Earlier this year, the EPA proposed to tighten its ozone pollution regulations, with new rules to take effect...
- Research articles 2007-12-04
- EPA administrator calls for tougher smog standards
- 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...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- EPA administrator calls for tougher smog standards
- 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...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- Tougher ozone standards expected from EPA
- DENVER - Proposed new ozone standards coming from the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday could have major effects on the Pikes Peak region, including the possible return of emissions testing. Tests on vehicles were discontinued here Jan. 1. The plan is expected to reduce...
- Research articles 2007-06-19
- 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
- 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
- Texas is 1 of 30 states that meet new air pollution standards.
- By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 18--Texas received a rare piece of good news Friday about its air quality. All 254 counties comply with strict new federal laws designed to cut emissions of...
- Research articles 2004-12-18
- Industry is Facing an Air Quality Pinch
- Air quality is of increasing concern. Pollutants that are sent into the air from motor vehicles and industrial operations threaten the health and lives of people not just in urban areas, but in rural areas as well. Through the 1990 Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency EPA established laws...
- Research articles 2004-08-10
- York County, S.C., Manufacturers May Face Tougher Air Pollution Standards.
- By Caroline Brustad Fossi, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 25--Now that part of York County has been labeled a poor-air quality area by federal regulators, it could mean tougher pollution standards for certain industries. ...
- Research articles 2004-04-25
- 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
- Los Angeles May Have to Wait until 2021 to Meet Proposed Ozone Standards.
- By Kerry Cavanaugh, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15-- Los Angeles -- the nation's smoggiest city -- likely will have until 2021 to meet a strict new standard for ozone emissions under a plan Environmental Protection Agency officials...
- Research articles 2004-04-15
- Some Rural Missouri, Illinois Areas May Face First Air -Quality Standards.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--Keeping tabs on the troublesome air quality in rural Jerseyville is a small plastic tube fixed high in a trailer locked behind two fences. The tube constantly tastes the air flowing through the town...
- Research articles 2004-04-15
- 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
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