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EPA has released Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities for the Reporting Year 2013
EPA has released its fourth year of Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data, including information from facilities in 41 source categories. It provides details on greenhouse gas pollution trends and emissions broken down by industrial sector, geographic region and individual facilities. This program collects facility-level greenhouse gas data from major industrial sources across the United States, […]
EPA Considers New Regulations for Lead-Based Paint Hazards at Public and Commercial Buildings
The EPA is the process of determining whether lead‐based paint hazards exist for activities in public and commercial buildings, as required under section 402(c)(3) of the Toxic Substances Control Act. If the EPA determines that renovation activities create lead‐based paint hazards, EPA is required to address those hazards through regulation. EPA summarized the approach it […]
The Unknown in Ozone: Impacts from future National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Ozone (O3)
When EPA proposes/promulgates a new NAAQS, states must evaluate ambient air monitoring data and submit recommendations to identify areas that will be non-attainment with the new NAAQS. Next, states must develop/revise State Implementation Plans (SIPs) that identify sources within their jurisdiction that are significant emission contributors to the pollutant of concern promulgated in NAAQS. States […]
What’s Up With Global Warming?
With all the hype this weekend in New York concerning global warming or climate change it might be worth injecting some science into the rhetoric. By the way China, India and Germany have announced they won’t show up to the party. Matt Ridley, a member of the British House of Lords, recently wrote an article […]
EPA’s Proposed Methane Updates Estimated to Cost New Landfills $471,000 Annually
According to EPA, methane is a “potent greenhouse gas” that accounts for nearly 9 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Since 1990, methane pollution in the United States has decreased by 11 percent, even as activities that can produce methane have increased. However, methane pollution is projected to increase to over […]