Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

by Daniel Cohan, Rice University Tens of millions of Americans, including many Texans like me, live in counties that will soon be violating air pollution particle standards for the first time. It’s not that our air is getting dirtier – it’s because the U.S.

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Breezometer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed two air quality Indexes for communicating air quality to the public, the U.S In both the US AQI and the Nowcast, the higher the value, the greater the level of air pollution, and the greater the health concern. What Pollutants Does it Cover?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

California has a longstanding leadership role on transportation pollution, and the Clean Air Act grants the state the right to set strong vehicle emissions standards. Truck pollution is killing us, the planet, and it stinks. Truck pollution is a national issue, and in the absence of federal leadership, states have taken the helm.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

And not to let reality get in the way of government action, the Environmental Protection Agency had recently (but apparently no more) offered guidance on fireworks particle pollution on its website, Most people will have no reaction when exposed to.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

On February 7, the US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a significantly stronger air quality standard that will better protect America’s families, workers, and communities from the dangerous and costly health effects of fine particle pollution, also known as soot. tons of particle pollution annually.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) Do We Dare Continue to Flare? By Robert R. Turner, Jr. times or 152 percent in production areas. (24)

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