Recent Air Pollution Articles page 10

Oregonian - Global warming is expected to make frequent, large fires more common in the West, adding air pollution to other concerns that already surround climate change. The scientists calculated that Oregon wildfires released an average of about 2.8 tons of ...

AZCentral.com - Maricopa County collected $256,000 in air-pollution settlements (mostly dust violations) last month. But it's impossible to have construction in this state without dust being created. Businesses are unfairly paying for all the dust we breath. I live ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - DENVER -- Regulators said Thursday that tougher air pollution rules for Colorado's booming oil and gas industry appear to be making a difference, even though part of the Front Range likely will be found in violation of federal ozone standards anyway ...

Forbes - Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) and the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) will hold a telephone press conference on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 1:30 PM to announce legal action to stop egregious air pollution from the Bruce ...

Reuters UK - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union regulators initiated legal action against five member states on Wednesday for having air pollution levels that exceed EU limits and which can cause health problems. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's ...

Forbes - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that indoor air pollution can cost businesses up to $60 billion a year due to lost productivity and illness. The conference will tackle these issues with interactive workshops and presentations ...

MSNBC - In addition, in air pollution experiments using 6-inch (15-centimeter) modified poplars in sealed containers, the plants were better at taking up gaseous trichloroethylene and benzene, a pollutant associated with petroleum. "It is the first time that ...