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Category: Air Quality

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  • Air Quality
  • Climate

Global Methane Emissions Equaled Europe’s Carbon Footprint in 2020

Emissions of planet-warming methane fell last year as oil and gas production declined, but they were still equivalent to the European Union’s total carbon dioxide emissions. Oil and gas operations emitted Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Europe

EEB report finds only Belgium and Slovakia on track to meet EU air pollution targets

All of the EU’s member states but two have failed to show how they will slash air pollution to comply with the emissions limits set out in the EU’s National Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Exclusive: U.S. air pollution monitoring network falling into disrepair – GAO report

The U.S. air pollution monitoring network has fallen into disrepair after years of budget cuts and neglect, leaving tens of millions of Americans vulnerable to undetected bad air quality from Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Europe

EEA: 3/4 of EU urban population exposed to toxic air as governments fail to cut emissions

Most Europeans living in cities are still breathing air that is dangerous to their health, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA) in a new report ; governments are not Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Aviation

Neste and Shell to increase supply of sustainable aviation fuel

Finnish biofuel producer and oil refiner Neste NESTE.HE said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with Shell Aviation to significantly increase the supply and availability of sustainable aviation fuel. Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Yale study finds asphalt a significant source of air pollution, especially on hot, sunny days

Asphalt is a near-ubiquitous substance—it’s found in roads, on roofs and in driveways—but its chemical emissions rarely figure into urban air quality management plans. A new study now finds that Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Giant Florida Methane Plume Probed by EPA as Possible Violation

U.S. regulators are investigating whether a massive methane release over Florida they say likely occurred during maintenance on a natural gas compressor station this spring violated the nation’s Clean Air Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas

 The Trump administration is expected in the coming days to lift Obama-era controls on the release of methane, a powerful climate-warming gas that is emitted from leaks and flares in Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

No One Is Owning Up to Releasing Cloud of Methane in Florida

It was 12 miles wide, invisible to the naked eye and traveled across six counties to Florida’s largest city. And it’s still unclear who — or what — was responsible. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Surprising Reason Why Tiny Town Has World’s Worst Air Quality

Nestled in a valley in central Chile, near lakes and snowcapped mountains, sits one of the world’s most polluted cities. Every winter, sleepy Temuco plunges to the bottom of global air Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • China

Study finds automatic monitors significantly improve the quality of pollution data reported in China

A new study finds that automated pollution monitors in China led to more accurate readings and that citizens used this information to protect themselves better against the harms of air Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

When Climate Change Makes Wildfires Worse, Americans Suffer

During the 2018 Camp Fire, which lasted 17 days and killed 85 people, residents of nearby Northern California communities breathed in enough smoke to equal half a pack of cigarettes. Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Air Pollution by Country: How Air Quality Affects Humans, Climate Change

Air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people every year. Tiny soot and dust particles found in city air and biomass-fueled kitchens are the main culprits. Scientists call it PM2.5, meaning particulate matter Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Pollution Set to Fall in EU This Year to the Lowest In Decades

European Union carbon dioxide emissions this year are set to fall to a level not seen since the late 1950s. The fallout from the coronavirus that saw industry shut down, businesses Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Cleaner Air Is Actually Hobbling California’s Climate Fight

For once in California’s fight against climate change, lower greenhouse gas emissions aren’t cause for celebration. The recent drop in pollution as many factories sit idle is temporary, but it Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Trump’s EPA just introduced a historic CO2 rule for planes. Wait, what?

Cars, power plants, and some buildings are subject to fuel and energy efficiency standards in the United States. Believe it or not, up until now, the nation’s aviation industry has Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • coronavirus

A Harvard study tying coronavirus death rates to pollution is causing an uproar in Washington

An early study from Harvard University linking dirty air to the worst coronavirus outcomes has quickly become a political football in Washington. Presidential candidates, agency regulators, oil lobbyists and members of Congress Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

CO2 Emissions Expected To Fall To 8-Year Lows

The International Energy Agency expects carbon dioxide emissions to decline by 8 percent this year due to the devastation the coronavirus wreaked on energy demand. The agency said in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Shale Oil

Super-Polluting Methane Emissions Twice Federal Estimates in Permian Basin, Study Finds

Methane emissions from the Permian basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, one of the largest oil-producing regions in the world, are more than two times higher than federal Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

As Carbon Recedes Due to Virus, Methane Will Likely Increase

The travel restrictions and economic unraveling triggered by the coronavirus have led to an unprecedented drop in carbon emissions worldwide. That may feel like a rare bit of silver lining—and Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

US EPA rescinds legal basis for Obama-era mercury rule targeting power plants

Despite the objections of public health advocates and even the U.S. electric industry, the US Environmental Protection Agency April 16 released a final rule rescinding the legal basis for the Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Hospital Visits Declined After Sulfur Dioxide Reductions from Louisville-Area Coal Plants

By taking advantage of a “natural experiment” brought on by the closure of one coal-fired power plant and the addition of new pollution controls at others in the area, health Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate

Methane Emissions Hit a New Record and Scientists Can’t Say Why

Airborne methane levels rose markedly last year, according to a preliminary estimate published today by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The results show a dramatic leap in concentration of the second most-powerful Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Study links air pollution to dementia and cardiovascular disease

People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Mar 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Europe

Coronavirus Lockdown: Skies Clear in Rome, Paris and Madrid

Air pollution in some of Europe’s major cities has dropped dramatically since governments ordered citizens to stay home to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.  Readings from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Mar 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

A Plant in Florida Emits Vast Quantities of a Greenhouse Gas Nearly 300 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide

A chemical plant owned by Houston-based Ascend Performance Materials emitted 33,046 metric tons of nitrous oxide in 2018. That’s equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 2.1 million automobiles. Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Mar 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • India

Indians breathe easier as lockdowns to halt coronavirus clear smog

Indians breathed easier on Monday as lockdowns ordered to combat the spread of the coronavirus in India’s megacities kept cars off the road and closed factories, improving air quality and Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Mar 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Flaring

New Study Finds Far Greater Methane Threat from Fossil Fuel Industry

A new study published in Nature may have ended a long scientific debate about the key source of rising methane levels in the atmosphere. It found that methane emissions from Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

More than half of all air-quality-related early deaths in the United States are a result of emissions originating outside of the state in which those deaths occur, MIT researchers report Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Tackling air pollution may accidentally trigger serious health issues

Cleaning up dirty air might sometimes make things worse Imaginechina Limited/Alamy Cities tackling one major air pollutant risk inadvertently making things worse by fuelling the growth of another, potentially more Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Refining
  • USA

This Philadephia refinery is the country’s worst benzene polluter. Trump wants to keep it open.

Before it exploded last June, Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) — the largest crude oil refinery on the East Coast — was processing 335,000 barrels of oil each day. It was Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Refining
  • USA

Ten U.S. refineries emitted excessive cancer-causing benzene in 2019: report

Ten U.S. oil refineries, including six in Texas, released the cancer-causing chemical benzene in concentrations that exceeded federal limits last year, according to government data published by the green group Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Europe

EU power plant emissions see record decline in 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions from EU power plants declined more sharply in 2019 than in any year since at least 1990, German think-tank Agora Energiewende said Wednesday. Receive daily email alerts, Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Tackling air pollution may accidentally trigger serious health issues

Cleaning up dirty air might sometimes make things worse Imaginechina Limited/Alamy Cities tackling one major air pollutant risk inadvertently making things worse by fuelling the growth of another, potentially more Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

U.S. greenhouse gases to billow on Gulf Coast petrochemicals charge: study

A multi-billion dollar boom in petrochemical plants proposed along the U.S. Gulf Coast could pump as much greenhouse gas into the air as 131 coal-fired power plants by 2030, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • United Kingdom

UK’s Second Largest City Takes Radical Measure To Curb Pollution

The second-largest city in the UK, Birmingham, unveiled on Monday a plan to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions by limiting access of private cars to the city center. Under Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Transportation

JetBlue plans to go completely carbon neutral on all U.S. flights

JetBlue announced this week that it plans to go carbon-neutral on all domestic flights starting in July, a first for a major U.S. airline. The company’s plan involves both taking steps Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Researchers suggest that air quality tests need simplifying to help reduce dangerous emissions

New methods of testing and simulating air quality should be considered in order to help policy makers have a more accurate understanding of how emissions affect air pollution levels, new Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Air pollution linked to increased risk of depression and suicide

London’s average level of pollution is above recommended limits Exposure to air pollution is linked to a greater risk of depression and suicide, the first overview of studies on the Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Exxon
  • USA

Revealing The True Extent Of Exxon’s Natural Gas Blow Out

A natural gas well operated by Exxon that blew out in 2018 released a lot more methane than previously believed, a study by a team of U.S. and Dutch scientists Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Shale Oil

Permian Advocates See Methane Emissions Progress

 Although drillers in North America’s biggest oil field are burning off more natural gas than ever before, industry advocates say it’s not as bad as it looks. Methane-emissions intensity in Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Environment
  • USA

A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought

The first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was in Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • USA

In an aerial survey, Times reporters found six methane “super emitters.” The gray line indicates their flight path.

Do you see the methane leak billowing from this tank? Vast amounts of methane are escaping from oil and gas sites nationwide, worsening global warming, even as the Trump administration Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and significant impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new open-access research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Harvard study links short-term exposure to PM2.5 with risks of common but rarely studied causes of hospital admissions; substantial economic costs

Hospitalizations for several common diseases—including septicemia (serious bloodstream infection), fluid and electrolyte disorders, renal failure, urinary tract infections, and skin and tissue infections—have been linked for the first time with Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

U.S. Energy Emissions Rise For The First Time In Half A Decade

Higher natural gas consumption due to extreme summer and winter weather and increased petroleum demand in transportation in a strong economy resulted in the United States reversing in 2018 several Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Study links exposure to PM2.5 exposure to brain atrophy, memory decline in older women

Women in their 70s and 80s who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution experienced greater declines in memory and more Alzheimer’s-like brain atrophy than their counterparts who breathed Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Australia

Australia fires: Sydney blanketed by smoke from NSW bushfires

People in Sydney woke up to a city shrouded in smoke on Tuesday, as scores of bushfires rage across the region. Strong winds overnight brought smoke from fires inland, pushing Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

California Takes Drastic Step Towards Reducing Emissions

California state agencies will stop buying gas-powered vehicles from a number of carmakers after the latter joined the White House in their opposition to the state’s new, stricter emissions rules. Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Canadian study links exposure to ultrafine particle air pollution to brain cancer

Greater exposure to ambient ultrafine particles (UFPs, <0.1 µm) produced by fuel burning could increase people’s chances of getting brain cancer according to a new study by a team of Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Nov 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple

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