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

Microsensing: Air Pollution Measurements In The Palm Of Your Hand	19.6.2013	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
By Elena Craft, PhD The science behind air pollution in urban areas is clear: smog has been linked to premature deaths, increased asthma attacks and breathing problems, and increased hospital visits. But most of us have no way of knowing about the pollutants that we’re exposed to on a daily basis. Expressways, waste facilities, and dry cleaners create highly-localized pollution that may not be detected by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regional air monitoring data. Larger-scale air monitoring isn't designed to capture these types of traditional pollution sources, nor does it record local effects of unconventional emissions sources associated with oil and gas development. We have no real way to know when our local air pollution hits dangerous levels, and no way to avoid hazardous air in our communities. Both Houston and Dallas rank among the most polluted cities in the United States, according to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2013 . With well over 12 million ...
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UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling wins Blue Planet Prize	19.6.2013	LA Times: Environment
Daniel Sperling, a UC Davis civil engineering professor and international transportation expert, has won the Blue Planet Prize .
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The Terror Diaspora	18.6.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Nick Turse The Gulf of Guinea. He said it without a hint of irony or embarrassment. This was one of U.S. Africa Command’s big success stories. The Gulf... of Guinea. A French sniper carries his weapon at the Mali air force base near Bamako January 19, 2013. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard) read more
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The Terror Diaspora	18.6.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Nick Turse The Gulf of Guinea. He said it without a hint of irony or embarrassment. This was one of U.S. Africa Command’s big success stories. The Gulf... of Guinea. A French sniper carries his weapon at the Mali air force base near Bamako January 19, 2013. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard) read more
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Nick Turse: The Terror Diaspora	18.6.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Ten years after Washington began pouring taxpayer dollars into counterterrorism and stability efforts across Africa, the continent has experienced profound changes, just not those the U.S. sought.
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We have the right to know what is in the air we breathe - A guest blog from Dominic Pierceall	18.6.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
Diane Bailey, Senior Scientist, San Francisco: This past semester I had the good fortune of working with a group of students through a “Service Learning Project” in a class on Environmental Justice at the University of California Berkeley. The work focused on Community Air Monitoring, exploring...
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Military women moving into jobs closer to combat	18.6.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
1948 - Law passed making women a permanent part of the U.S. military services
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History of women in the military moving into jobs closer to combat	18.6.2013	Star Tribune: Politics

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Military women moving into jobs closer to combat	18.6.2013	Yahoo: Politics
1948 — Law passed making women a permanent part of the U.S. military services
Syrian Strife Draws In Neighbors, Global Players	16.6.2013	NPR News
Iran, Israel, Russia and Saudi Arabia are among the key global stakeholders in the conflict that has taken an estimated 93,000 lives. Here's a look at what some of them stand to gain — or lose.
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Green diary rescue: Wolves under the gun, eyeballing damselflies & mapping the polar cyclone	16.6.2013	Daily Kos
Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 230 of these spotlighting more than 12,964 eco-diaries. Below are categorized links and excerpts to 50 more that appeared in the past seven days. That makes for lots of good reading during the spare moments of your weekend. [ Disclaimer: Inclusion of a diary in the rescue does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.] Green Diary of the Week Wolves: "Mission Accomplished" —by Agathena : "The original mission was wolf recovery begun in 1994 because of expiration (local extinction) of the grey wolf in many areas. Recovery goals of an equitably distributed wolf population containing at least 300 wolves and 30 breeding pairs in 3 recovery areas within Montana (MT), Idaho (ID), and Wyoming (WY) for at least 3 consecutive years were ...
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ESA Policy News: June 14	15.6.2013	EcoTone
ESA Policy News: June 14
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Court overturns part of LA port's trucking plan	14.6.2013	Yahoo: Politics
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday partially overturned a Port of Los Angeles anti-smog program that replaced thousands of aging trucks with cleaner-burning models and forced trucking companies to sign agreements to meet other regulations.
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Garbage burning emits significant amounts of toxic pollutants, particulates	13.6.2013	MinnPost
Hennepin County is moving ahead with a plan to increase burning by 20 percent at the downtown Minneapolis incinerator. Shawn Lawrence Otto's recent Community Voices commentary attacking "urban liberals and left leaning environmental groups" misrepresents basic scientific and political fact. His missive in support of garbage burning repeats 40-year-old discredited industry talking points, and paints an inaccurate picture of incineration opponents. With regard to air pollutants, Otto claims that incinerators emit "near zero" air emissions. In fact, incinerators account for significant emissions of some of the most toxic air pollutants on the planet. Incinerators are a major emitter of fine particulates and add climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently identified 118 point sources of criteria pollutants in the city of Minneapolis. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines these pollutants as having significant ...
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State panel backs clean-car plan as a smog solution	13.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 12, 2013 05:08PM MDT The state’s policy-setting Air Quality Board gave its endorsement Wednesday to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to clean up vehicles and the gasoline they use. In a telephonic meeting, the panel voted 5-0 to send a letter to EPA voicing strong support for the new standards, which would be phased in beginning in 2017. Utah’s air-pollution hot spots stand to benefit more than anywhere else in the nation from a federal clean-car proposal. And the board noted that the so-called T... ...
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Utah leaders fear new EPA smog rules	12.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 12, 2013 11:34AM MDT Washington • Utah officials worry the Environmental Protection Agency may set an unachievable smog standard that would choke the economy more than it would clean the air. Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, led a hearing of the House’s environment subcommittee Wednesday where he said federal regulators should to take into account naturally occurring ozone that tends to be far higher in Western states than in the rest of the county. The EPA has set an acceptable ozone standard at 75 parts per billion and... ...
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Opinionator: Giving up Tuna? Breathing Is Next	12.6.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Opinionator: Giving up Tuna? Breathing Is Next
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Monitoring Abuses by White House Office	12.6.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
John Walke, Clean Air Director/ Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C.: This week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is holding a confirmation hearing on one of the most important White House positions you’ve never heard of. The committee will consider President Obama's nomination of Howard Shelanski to serve as Administrator of the...
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How the U.S. Clean Air Act Brought the Rains Down in Africa	11.6.2013	Greenlight \| OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC
By Jason Bittel You know how the story goes: a hypothetical butterfly flaps its wings. The air pressure changes ever so slightly. Winds shift. Fronts collide. And the next thing you know, a hurricane kicks up halfway around the world. We fall back on the “butterfly effect” every time we mean to say that all life is connected, or that small actions can have enormous consequences. It’s what showed George Bailey the light in It’s a Wonderful Life, and it’s what Dr. Ian Malcolm was stuttering about in Jurassic Park . But new research reminds us that the theory is far more than a Hollywood trope. In a paper published Friday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters , a team of researchers from the University of Washington shows that decades of drought in Africa were caused, at least in part, by pollutants emitted by the United States and Europe. Throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s, coal-burning factories spewed sulfate-laden aerosols into the atmosphere with reckless abandon. These tiny ...
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Grass-roots group tripped up in fight against Sigurd power plant	11.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT Dick Cumiskey isn’t exactly sure what’s next, now that the state’s top environmental regulator snubbed his group’s latest effort to derail a power plant planned for Sigurd. He’s certain about one thing, though. His Sevier Citizens for Clean Air and Water is not about to quit fighting the Sevier Power Plant. To Cumiskey, a boat designer who retired to Sevier County, it’s beyond ridiculous for state regulators to sign off on a massive industrial facility — such as the 580-megawatt gas-fired power ... ...
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