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Sulfuric Acid Manufacturer Agrees to Spend $30 Million to Resolve Clean Air Violations

Under a settlement filed today in federal court in New Orleans , Mosaic will install state-of-the-art pollution control equipment, upgrade existing controls and make multiple modifications to its operating procedures to meet new, lower sulfur dioxide emission limits at its Uncle Sam facility.

$25 million in Recovery Act Funding to California Communities to Reduce Diesel Emissions and Create Jobs

Over 100 applications requesting $500 million to fund clean diesel emissions projects. Awards today chosen to maximize economic impact and emissions reductions…

University of Michigan to Research Health Effects of Roadway Pollution on Children

researchers study types of pollutants common near roadways, how people are exposed to them, the extent of exposures, and the types and severity of health effects…

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Air and Water Pollution an Increasing Threat to Human Life: While substantial progress has been made, our worldwide population continues to grow, putting added pressures on the planet. The earth’s population has doubled from 3.3 billion to 6.7 billion in the last 40 years, and is expected to reach 9 million by the year 2040.

Acid Rain and It’s Effects: acid rain can occur via natural sources like volcanoes but it is mainly caused by the release of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide during fossil fuel combustion. These acids then disperse over large areas because of wind patterns and fall back to the ground as acid rain or other forms of precipitation…

Storm Water Effects and What You Can Do: stormwater runoff occurs when precipitation from rain or snowmelt flows over the ground. Impervious surfaces like driveways, sidewalks, and streets prevent stormwater runoff from naturally soaking into the ground. Stormwater can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants and flow into a storm sewer system or directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland, or coastal water…

What is The Ozone Hole: the Springtime Antarctic ozone hole is a new phenomenon that appeared in the early 1980s. The ozone hole is formed each year when there is a sharp decline (currently up to 60%) in the total ozone over most of Antarctica for a period of about three months…

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EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps

EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps ordered by data value. The rankings cover energy production, consumption, and price, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants, as follows:
Total Energy Production
Crude Oil Production
Natural Gas Marketed Production
Coal Production
Total Net Electricity Generation
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Producers
Total Energy [...]

Experts Look For Ways to Save Lake Chad

The Food and Agriculture Organization held a special event Friday to raise awareness and mobilize funds to save Lake Chad, which was once one of the world’s largest fresh water lakes…

U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast

Agency selects cleanup remedy for Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup strategy for the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site, where a large area on the ocean floor off the Palos Verdes peninsula is contaminated with DDT and PCBs.
The site, off the coast of Los Angeles , stretches from [...]

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Utility Solar Assessment Study (pdf)

American utilities can reach 10% solar by 2025 (June 2008)

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