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Clean Air Act Working, But 42 Percent of Americans Still Breathe Dangerous Air
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The American Lung Association today released their annual State of the Air report. In general, it says that the air is cleaner than it was a decade ago, thanks to the Clean Air Act.[read more]
Hong Kong Air Pollution: Restoring the Fragrant Harbour
Hong Kong air pollution
Hazardous air pollution not only continues to plague much of China, but is now also stifling Hong Kong, the vibrant city whose Chinese name means “Fragrant Harbour.”[read more]
EPA Proposes Smog Standard for Natural Gas Fracking
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering new emissions standards for natural gas fracking operations that would cut smog-forming emissions by 95% in the sector. The rules would require companies to capture leaking natural gas using “proven technology” that could be re-used and sold. The agency expects the rules could...[read more]
Is Ozonegeddon Next Up For LA?
Today, the LA Times reported on a lawsuit filed by health, environmental and environmental justice groups filed yesterday in the Los Angeles region. Later in the day, LA Times reporter Paul Whitefield took to the Opinion LA blog analyzing the comments received about that article and litigation effort, including opining...[read more]
Another climate catch-22
Now here’s an item to make you grind your molars: New Anti-Smog Restrictions Could Warm Planet: The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to tighten the ozone standard for smog will have an unfortunate side effect: Because of a quirk of atmospheric chemistry, those measures will hasten global warming. There’s no question that...[read more]
An Update on Climate Science Since IPCC
The NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) has released an important document outlining scientific updates to the IPCC since its 2007 reports stopped collecting data at the end of 2005. To grasp the urgency of action, we also need to understand how the physical consequences of global warming have progressed since 2005 and how recent...[read more]
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“I believe that the FF companies, since they have the money to do so at this time, will invest in the machine automation required to mass produce batteries and solar. The object is to extract the cheapest, most abundant sources for these new energy components.As something to think about, solar's growth averaged about 33% and as of 2012, was a whopping 78%. Now, if subsidies were reduced to where ...”
“It's pretty clear Alberta and thus Canada house certain political and financial powers that point to being the head quarters of the so-called 1%. I'm glad to finally see signs of people and organizations awakening from within the country. The only means we have to break the beast's ugly neck is to reject globalization and make ourselves as independant as we can from fossil fuels. ”