Category: World News

West Cost Fires ‘Airpocalypse’

  See how new air pollution sensors and apps are informing the public about their local air quality as wildfires rage across the West Coast. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/12/air-quality-apps-purpleair-airnow-iqair-essential-in-western-us.html?MvBriefArticleId=50723
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Lawsuit says outdated EPA flaring rules have led to more pollution

A lawsuit against the EPA is focused on regulations that target flaring at petrochemical facilities, gasoline terminals, natural gas processing plants, compressor stations and solid waste landfills.   Ten environmental organizations, including Air Alliance Houston and Environment Texas, recently sued the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming that it failed to bolster flaring rules.   The suit […]
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Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises?

Harvard Business School professor Hirotaka Takeuchi, explains why Japanese Companies fair better during times of crisis. They are dedicated to responding to the needs of employees and the community first, all with the moral purpose of serving the common good. Less important for these companies, he says, was pursuing layoffs and other cost-cutting measures in […]
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EPA Finalizes First Ever Rule to Promote Transparency

“Today’s action is perhaps the biggest change in administrative procedures in a generation and one of the five pillars of EPA reform under President Trump,” said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in his final rule of President Trump’s Executive Order 13891, Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents. “This historic rule guarantees the transparency the public deserves […]
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NEW EPA RULE COULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO LIMIT AIR POLLUTION

The Trump administration on Wednesday finalized a rule that could prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from strengthening measures to combat airpollution and the climate crisis in the future. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Wednesday that the agency’s action ensures it is “consistent in evaluating costs and benefits when developing broad-reaching policies that affect the American […]
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EPA Proposes More Stringent Toxic Emission Standards for Certain Types of Industrial Boilers

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing amendments to the 2013 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters. These amendments would further reduce toxic emissions from certain types of units and represent continued clean air progress made by the Trump Administration. This rule – known […]
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