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Archive for March, 2009

EPA to monitor air pollution near Chicago school (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

CHICAGO (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to monitor air pollution near a Catholic elementary school on Chicago’s North Side.

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EPA to monitor air pollution near Chicago school (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

CHICAGO (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to monitor air pollution near a Catholic elementary school on Chicago’s North Side.

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Bid To Reverse Bush-Era Environmental Policies (NPR)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

The Obama administration is trying to reverse some of the Bush administration’s environmental policies. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department have already begun to make changes in addressing climate change, air and water pollution, endangered species and pesticides.

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Air pollution monitors may be coming to your local school yard (FOX 19 Cincinnati)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three Ashland, Kentucky, elementary schools are among schools in 22 states that will be receiving air pollution monitors in their school yards.

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Domestic Violence, Pollution Bills Pass Md. Senate (WBOC Salisbury)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

ANNAPOLIS , Md. (AP)- The Maryland Senate approved legislation Monday to protect victims of domestic abuse, and senators barely pushed through a highly contentious bill to fight Chesapeake Bay pollution by requiring sewage system upgrades for homeowners who live near it.

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‘First Economical Process’ For Making Biodiesel Fuel From Algae

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Chemists are reporting development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to US independence from petroleum as a fuel.

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‘First Economical Process’ For Making Biodiesel Fuel From Algae

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

Chemists are reporting development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to US independence from petroleum as a fuel.

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Tougher pollution controls sought at Simplot plant (AG Weekly)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Federal environmental regulators are pressing for additional pollution control measures at the Pocatello fertilizer plant operated by the J.R. Simplot Co.

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Tougher pollution controls sought at Simplot plant (AG Weekly)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Federal environmental regulators are pressing for additional pollution control measures at the Pocatello fertilizer plant operated by the J.R. Simplot Co.

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Ships being singled out, now, for tougher pollution controls (The Trucker)

Posted on March 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution

NEWARK , New Jersey — Not that it makes trucking’s emissions standards any less strict, but now ships are being singled out for tougher pollution controls says the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

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