NewsRack: 'Air Pollution' news in 'Air and Climate-National' topic for user flenvcenter

Moench: Big Utah polluters can cut emissions	25.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Moench Published May 25, 2013 01:01AM MDT The Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment has launched a campaign that every Utah resident should be able to endorse: “Clean Air, Clean Energy, Clean Future.” The relationship between the three is obvious. Meanwhile, the Utah Division of Air Quality recently announced that the state implementation plan, their strategy to reduce our severe winter particulate pollution, won’t do anywhere near enough. Then, DAQ announced that virtually the entire state has a serious problem with elevated ozone ... ...
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Albuquerque issues alert due to bad air (Cached)	25.5.2013	Durango Herald
ALBUQUERQUE x2013 A combination of wildfire smoke, dust from windy conditions and higher humidity is combining to produce haze and poor air quality in Albuquerque and areas north and south of the city.Albuquerque issued a health alert for poor air quality Friday morning due to wildfire smoke. Contributing sources include fires in...
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Moffett Field: Air National Guard's heroism goes uncelebrated	24.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Opinion
Col. Steven J. Butow takes the opportunity of Memorial Day to spotlight the work of the 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett, whose mission is saving lives overseas and here at home.
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Fire pits get new scrutiny in quest for clean air	24.5.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: News
People who are sensitive to wood smoke have long been concerned about backyard burning, but the growing trend of fire pits and chimineas has now caught the attention of state environmental regulators, who say wood smoke is becoming a bigger contributor to Minnesota's air pollution.
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Coal Pollution in North Omaha, Nebraska: "Kids Deserve Better Than This"	24.5.2013	TreeHugger
Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now.
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Timothy Beardson: Action Needed on the Environment	24.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
China's environmental problems are immense, not least those connected to its voracious and inefficient use of coal. In 2011, for example, the country used almost half of global coal consumption, although its economy is still around half the size of the U.S.
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China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act?	24.5.2013	NPR: Morning Edition
There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil companies have also resisted pressure to produce cleaner-burning fuel.
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Republican Bills Would Obstruct Enforcement of Environmental Laws	24.5.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
John Walke, Clean Air Director/ Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C.: The following was originally published on RegBlog on May 20, 2013. Congressional Republicans have attacked the Obama administration by accusing federal agencies of engaging in collusive litigation practices with public interest groups (pejoratively dubbed “sue-and-settle”). Republicans in both the 112th and...
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Groups ask for big picture look at NW coal ports	23.5.2013	Seattle Times: Local
Environmental groups and a public health organization want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the big picture - from mining in Wyoming to air pollution in China - before allowing development of three Northwest ports to ship up to 100 million metric tons of coal a year to Asia.
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Holly refinery cuts pollution in updated expansion plan	23.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 22, 2013 03:27PM MDT Utahns will be asked soon to weigh in on HollyFrontier Corp.’s latest plans to expand its Woods Cross refinery — plans that include more pollution controls. The Utah Division of Air Quality is revisiting Holly’s expansion application, which this time includes new electric-powered compressor motors instead of natural gas-powered ones. The change, which Dallas-based Holly says will cut key air pollutants by 172 tons a year, is expected to be put out for public review beginning next month. “We are ... ...
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Sharks forward TJ Galiardi has harsh words for Kings' goalie Jonathan Quick	23.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Local News
Galiardi accuses Quick of being guilty of 'a little embellishment' to try and draw penalties on the San Jose Sharks
Possible pipe bomb at San Carlos waste facility, police say	23.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Local News
Authorities evacuated part of the South Bay Waste Authority facility Wednesday while they investigated a possible pipe bomb a driver spotted in a garbage truck.
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Chamber of Commerce Attacks Health Safeguards, Law Enforcement	23.5.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
John Walke, Clean Air Director/ Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C.: The Chamber of Commerce has joined leagues with Congressional extremists to urge obstructing the enforcement of federal health, environmental and financial safeguards that have proven too popular to weaken by direct amendment. The Chamber is carrying the water of Congressional...
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United restarts 787 flights after grounding	22.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: National News
United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them. The flight from Houston to Chicago was just the kind of 787 flight that airlines are hoping for: uneventful
NH DES: no air pollution violations in resort fire	22.5.2013	Boston Globe: New Hampshire
NH DES: no air pollution violations in resort fire
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Los Gatos shorts: Teacher of the Year named	21.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: San Jose/Valley
Monte Sereno recruits youthStudents who are entering grades 8- 12 this fall can apply now for an appointment to the Monte Sereno Youth Commission.
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Los Gatos: Plein Air 2013 art show returning to town	21.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: San Jose/Valley
Painter Ed Lucey wins 'Over 60 Competition,' moves on to Los Gatos Plein Air competition.
Shell's preliminary ozone monitoring near Hayden detects no violation of federal standards	21.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
Routt County Environmental Health Director Mike Zopf said he would make a 2013 budget request that the county seek a cost-share with the city of Steamboat Springs for an ozone monitoring program. The program is estimated to cost $175,000 for three years.
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Finalize Tier 3 Tailpipe Standards -- For Our Kids, Our Health, and Our Future	21.5.2013	TreeHugger
New vehicle emission and fuel standards proposed by the EPa will reduce pollution, save gas, protect public health, and create jobs.
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The Not-So-Strange Bedfellows on Tier 3 Clean Car Standards	20.5.2013	Climate 411 - Environmental Defense Fund
Most Americans rely on cars every day — cars that transport us to work and school, but that emit harmful soot, smog, and other dangerous air pollutants that impact human health. We’ve posted before about a new way to clean up that pollution – the Tier 3 standards. EPA has introduced these modern clean air [...]
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