First Water-borne Clear Coat WBCC that Beats EPA Standards LENEXA, Kan., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Kansas companies, Premier Paint 2000, Inc. & C3 Technology, LLC., along with Tech Line Coatings, Inc. in California are proud to introduce the first water-borne clear coat on the automotive paint market....
Climate change regulations could force 750,000 farms, businesses and schools into bankruptcy. At least that's what the Western Business Roundtable, headquartered in Lakewood, wrote in a letter sent to Stephen Johnson, administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. As the agency considers greenhouse gas regulations based...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA is amending the current Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries (40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60, Subpart J), and is finalizing other performance standards (40 CFR, Part 60, Subpart Ja) for new, modified or reconstructed process units at refineries. The latter include emission...
BURNHAM, N.M. -- In a corner of the Navajo Nation burdened by old and heavily polluting coal-fired power plants, it matters little to many tribal elders that another facility promises to be the most efficient and cleanest of all. With two plants already a dozen miles away, the...
Talk of fuel efficiency and reduced engine emissions largely displaced glitz and chrome at center stage at the nation's largest truck equipment show. LOUISVILLE, Ky. With $4-a-gallon diesel prices ravaging trucking companies and shippers pressing carriers for greener supply chains, equipment manufacturers at the Mid-America Trucking Show here...
Byline: AMY HUNT THE banks of the Tyne are no longer black and smog-ridden skies above the North East are a thing of the past. This is largely down to a team of Environment Agency staff which monitors major industry such as power stations, oil refineries, paper mills...
The Stihl BR 500 delivers an ideal combination of low emissions and low noise in a backpack blower with the power pros need for productivity. Specially designed for reduced sound, this clean-running, fuel-efficient blower boasts a 65-dBA rating, measured per ANSI standard B175.2. Its patented Stihl 4-MIX 64.8-cc engine offers...
On January 14, 2008, the NWPPA Environmental Task Force met in Seattle, Wash., to discuss Environmental Protection Agency EPA developments; and climate change legislative and regulatory initiatives, including NWPPA member responses to the California, Washington, and Oregon legislative initiatives. The Task Force is likely the first...
WASHINGTON AFP — A US appeals court Friday struck down a policy by the Bush administration that exempted power plants from regulations on hazardous emissions, ordering the government to set up new standards. The federal appeals court in Washington said Environmental Protection Administration "was unlawful" in exemption coal- and...
Look for a major fight to break out in the Senate over the issue of corporate reporting to the SEC on greenhouse gas GHG emissions. The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee was expected to clear a bipartisan bill (S. 2191) in December that would go to the floor after...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed regulations to reduce emissions from the large diesel marine engines that power container ships, cruise lines, tankers and bulk carriers. The proposal would require the use of new technology and lower sulfur diesel fuels to reduce nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from emissions. ...
Environmental credit trading is a market-based approach to complying with environmental regulations that could achieve pollution abatement goals at lower costs to society. Environmental regulations often require firms that emit pollutants to limit emissions to a set level or to install specific emission-reducing technologies. While fairly straightforward, this command-and-control...
The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting regulations that may help reduce air pollution from greenhouse-gas emissions, EPA administrator Steven L. Johnson said Thursday. Johnson made the announcement during the "Water Policies and Planning in the West" meeting at the Sheraton City Centre, sponsored by the Western Governors' Association...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Under those pretty OPE engine shrouds and shields, there has been a lot of changing going on in the past 10 years, and more changes are on the way. Without a doubt, the single most important factor driving these changes is and will remain emissions regulations. The...
Plum Creek offers a full-color trifold brochure for its Glacier Green and Glacier Clear lines of low-emitting medium and high-density fiberboard. The products incorporate EcoBind Resin Technologies from Hexion Specialty Chemicals to reduce formaldehyde emission to ultra low levels, the company says. Information on current environmental standards and green building...
We should start this forecast with a quick look back at the 2007 engines, which are the starting point for meeting the challenges of the coming EPA 2010 requirements. The 2007 engines represent the first-ever mass introduction of diesel particulate filter DPF technology on heavy- and medium-duty diesel engines, ranging...
face=+Italic; There are often five stages to enacting major legislative reforms: Initial enthusiasm, a sobering recognition of the complex issues to be solved, excruciating negotiations over those issues, hand-to-hand combat with supporters of the status quo, and resignation that the final product only deals with part of the problem. Congress...
At the April 23, 2007, meeting of the NWPPA Environmental Task Force (held in Tacoma, Wash.), one issue dominated the meeting: the laws and regulations for greenhouse gases GHG. The April 2, 2007, U.S. Supreme Court 5 to 4 decision recognizing the Environmental Protection Agency's EPA...
FOR EVERY UNSEASONABLY warm day this year, the noose around manufacturers' necks to produce environmentally friendly products gets tighter and tighter. Need evidence? Consider this: In 2004 the business sector shouldered 65% of environmental regulatory costs, with manufacturers paying an average of...
THE TWO RECENT JUDGEMENTS HAVE LIMITED SHORT TERM IMPACT ON TURBINE PROJECTS, BUT INDICATE LONG TERM TRENDS In April 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on two important Clean Air Act cases - Environmental Defense Fund v. Duke Energy, which addressed the NSR "emissions increase" issue...
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