Archive for May, 2009
To what extent can environmental pollutants and alcohol affect GI health? (EurekAlert!)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
New research quantifies the precise effects of environmental pollutants and alcohol intake on gastrointestinal (GI) health. Both studies being presented this week during Digestive Disease Week 2009 offer concrete evidence that the environment and alcohol intake can affect GI health and share important insights into new directions for future research.
Read More..>>Macleans leads way in school heating
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
School is out for polluting coal-fired boilers.
The old heating systems have made way for cleaner-burning, wood-fuelled boilers at 31 schools where students’ chilly fingers will be warmed with heat from small pellets of dust and…
Read More..>>Conectiv wants to ease pollution curbs on Edgemoor coal-fired plant (The Delaware Business Ledger)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
DNREC’s Air Quality Management Section will hold a public hearing beginning at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26 on a proposed amendment to Delaware’s Air Pollution Regulation for industrial electric generating units. The meeting will be held at DNREC’s Pricilla Building, 156 S. State St. in Dover.
Read More..>>Dubai Airport Freezone wins Best Environmental Initiative Award (MENAFN)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Dubai Airport Freezone wins Best Environmental Initiative Award
Read More..>>Manhole covers may help educate public about pollution prevention (Montgomery Advertiser)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
While Montgomery officials search for ways to clean up pol lutants in a portion of Catoma Creek, they hope that a new edu cational program that uses man hole covers as the messenger will help prevent similar prob lems in the future.
Read More..>>Eye on the Environment: New rules in place to reduce pollution from storm runoff (Ventura County Star)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
The state has adopted new rules for Ventura County that position the county and its 10 cities on the leading edge of protecting water quality from stormwater pollution.
Read More..>>Eye on the Environment: New rules in place to reduce pollution from storm runoff (Ventura County Star)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
The state has adopted new rules for Ventura County that position the county and its 10 cities on the leading edge of protecting water quality from stormwater pollution.
Read More..>>Timeline: Pollution and conservation on the Sudbury River (The MetroWest Daily News)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Early 1900s - Reservoirs built along the Sudbury River in the 1800s to provide drinking water for Boston are set aside as a backup supply only.
Read More..>>Plan puts a price tag on pollution (The Kansas City Star)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Look at pollution as pork belly futures. Or try thinking of “cap and trade” as a game of musical chairs, where the granddaddies of greenhouse gases scramble for dwindling seats.
Read More..>>Plan puts a price tag on pollution (The Kansas City Star)
Posted on May 31, 2009 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Look at pollution as pork belly futures. Or try thinking of “cap and trade” as a game of musical chairs, where the granddaddies of greenhouse gases scramble for dwindling seats.
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