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Category: Air Quality

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  • Air Quality

New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

In early 2020, UK-based independent testing firm Emissions Analytics published a study claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions ( earlier post ). Since Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Methane

As Gas Prices Soar, Nobody Knows How Much Methane Is Leaking

Texas oil and gas company Triple Crown discovered it was leaking 20 times more methane than the Environmental Protection Agency estimated after it began a rigorous leak detection program. Source: Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Almost all the world’s population breathes harmful air, says WHO

Almost every person on the planet is exposed to air pollution that exceeds safe limits, the World Health Organization warned as it launched a new air quality database. Ninety-nine percent Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • United Kingdom

London Pollution Worse Than Beijing as Mayor Extends Alert

 London’s Mayor extended the first air quality warning since August 2020 for another day after pollution levels mushroomed throughout the week. A cocktail of high atmospheric pressure, little wind and Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Shale Oil
  • USA

Methane Leaks Plague New Mexico Oil and Gas Wells

Startlingly large amounts of methane are leaking from wells and pipelines in New Mexico, according to a new analysis of aerial data, suggesting that the oil and gas industry may Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

As Air Pollution Declined, Tribal Nations Got Left Out

Data has historically been sparse on the impact of industrial facilities near tribal land. Although air pollution in the U.S. had been on a steady decline over the last two Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Every Country Is Flunking WHO Air Quality Standard: Report

Pedestrians in Beijing, which was shrouded in polluted air after a sandstorm in March 2021. Hundreds of millions of people around the world are breathing dirty air that far exceeds Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate

Air Pollution Costs Wider Mideast $141 Billion, World Bank Says

Air pollution costs the Middle East and North Africa about $141 billion a year, or 2% of economic output, according to a World Bank report which urged nations to reform Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Methane Cloud Spotted Near Pipelines in Iowa

A potent cloud of the planet-warming greenhouse gas methane was spotted by satellite earlier this month near natural gas pipelines in Iowa. A potent cloud of the planet-warming greenhouse gas Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • China

Beijing meets state air quality standards for first time in 2021

The Chinese capital Beijing met state air quality standards for the first time last year, officials said on Tuesday, a milestone lauded by experts, who also warned that pollution remained Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Researchers find ammonium concentration in PM2.5 leading to higher risk of death

Ammonium is one of the specific components of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) that has been linked to a higher risk of death compared to other chemicals found in Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

Fossil fuel combustion, a major source of air pollution, contributed to more than one million deaths globally in 2017, more than 27% of all deaths from outdoor fine particulate matter Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

CARB approves updated regulations requiring most new small off-road engines be zero emission by 2024

The California Air Resources Board approved a measure that will require most newly manufactured small off-road engines (SORE) such as those found in leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other equipment Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate

House Science Committee wants information about Permian Basin to help forge policy

The House Science Committee has notified the chief executives of 10 major oil companies that they must disclose more data about their emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, in Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

McDonald’s Struggles to Fix Its Massive Methane Problem

With a sprawling empire of 39,000 restaurants in 119 countries, McDonald’s Corp. serves more beef than any other restaurant chain on the planet — between one to two percent of Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

In shadow of Texas gas drilling sites, health fears escalate

At a playground outside a North Texas daycare center, giggling preschoolers chase each other into a playhouse. Toddlers scoot by on tricycles. A boy cries as a teacher helps him Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate

Researchers use satellite data to show vehicles are an under-recognized source of urban ammonia pollution

By disrupting normal societal activities such as driving, COVID-19 lockdowns afforded a unique opportunity to study their impacts on the environment. Researchers now report in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

US Tire Manufacturers Association to produce standardized tire tread particles for researchers

The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) will produce cryogenically milled tire tread (CMTT) and provide samples to researchers to advance scientific study on tire and road wear particles (TRWP). In Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Rocky Mountain high: U.S. looks to Colorado for methane emissions policy

U.S. environmental regulators are expected to base new rules for controlling methane emissions from oil and gas operations on the nation-leading policies of a state that has been tamping down Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Oct 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

UN Health Agency Sets Stricter Limits For Emissions Linked To Fossil Fuels

The United Nations agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), issued on Wednesday its first update on air quality guidelines in 15 years, lowering the recommended limits of emissions, including those Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Air pollution: Even worse than we thought – WHO

Reuters image captionAir pollution regularly exceeds recommended safe levels Air pollution is even more dangerous than previously thought, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as it slashes maximum safe Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Biden EPA finalizes its first climate rule, targeting hydrofluorocarbons – The Washington Post

The Biden administration will finalize its first new climate rule Thursday, slashing the use of greenhouse gases warming the planet at a rate hundreds to thousands of times higher than Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • Fires

Devastating Wildfires Led to Record-High Emissions This Summer

Blazes in the Mediterranean basin, North America and Siberia resulted in the highest level of carbon emissions from wildfires ever recorded during summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The fires released Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

How Will Methane Regulations Impact America’s Oil And Gas Industry?

The United States and the European Union are calling on the world to join a global initiative for a significant reduction in methane emissions, as major economies proceed with plans Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Europe

Coal Plants in Southeast Europe Killing Thousands, Report Says

Pollution from coal-fired power stations on the European Union’s southeastern border are estimated to have caused thousands of deaths in the region due to breaches of legally-binding limits on harmful Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

The World Officially Stops Using Leaded Gasoline After 99 Years

After 99 years, the world officially eliminated the use of leaded gasoline as gas stations in Algeria stopped offering leaded fuel, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said this week, calling Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Highly polluting leaded petrol now eradicated from the world, says UN

Algeria, the last country to still sell leaded petrol, ran out of its last supplies in July There is now no country in the world that uses leaded petrol for Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

A Carbon Calculation: How Many Deaths Do Emissions Cause?

What is the cost of our carbon footprint — not just in dollars, but in lives? According to a paper published on Thursday, it is soberingly high, and perhaps high Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Minnesota becomes latest state to adopt California clean car standards

Minnesota has become the latest state to adopt California clean car standards; the new standards were finalized by a notice in the state register on Monday. Original map from Minnesota Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

California urges EPA to let state set car-emissions standard

 Officials from California, New York and other states urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to allow California to set its own automobile tailpipe pollution standards, which would reverse a Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Here Are America’s Top Methane Emitters. Some Will Surprise You.

As the world’s oil and gas giants face increasing pressure to reduce their fossil fuel emissions, small, privately held drilling companies are becoming the country’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Air pollution from farms leads to 17,900 U.S. deaths per year, study finds – The Washington Post

The smell of hog feces was overwhelming, Elsie Herring said. The breezes that wafted from the hog farm next to her mother’s Duplin County, N.C., home carried hazardous gases: methane, Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 May 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

EPA to Curb Production, Imports of Potent Greenhouse Gas

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will propose a rule curbing the use of a potent greenhouse gas used in refrigeration and air conditioning, the Biden administration’s first major step Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 May 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

E.P.A. to Announce Sharp Limits on Powerful Greenhouse Gases

The Environmental Protection Agency moved on Monday to sharply reduce the use and production of powerful greenhouse gases central to refrigeration and air-conditioning, part of the Biden administration’s larger strategy Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 May 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Hidden Super Polluters Revealed in Wake of Texas Energy Crisis

The polar blast in Texas earlier this year revealed a dirty secret in the most prolific U.S. oil field: Two under-the-radar natural gas plants that are a persistent source of Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Noxious Neighbors: The EPA Knows Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Emit Harmful Chemicals. Why Are Americans Still at Risk?

Brittany Liscord was at her job at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in 2018 when, out of nowhere, she received a warning from a colleague. It was about Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Apr 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate

Methane pollution soars in US as shale drilling resumes

Methane pollution from the largest oilfield in the US has soared back to pre-pandemic levels as a recovery in drilling undermines industry pledges to crack down on emissions of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

How to Tell if Cities Are Underestimating Emissions

The city of Los Angeles has been collecting data on its carbon pollution footprint for over a decade as a part of its efforts to fight global climate change. In Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Air Pollution Kills Far More People Than Covid Ever Will

More than 10 million people die each year from air pollution, according to a new study — far more than the estimated 2.6 million people who have died from Covid-19 since it was Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Texas freeze led to release of tons of air pollutants as refineries shut

The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this week, according to figures provided to the state, as one environmental crisis triggered another. Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Eurogas urges dialog with gas suppliers over methane emissions

The EU should bring its external gas suppliers to the table for dialog over how best to manage methane emissions, rather than look to impose any kind of penalty on Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

Supermarkets struggle to stop HFC leaks in freezers fueling global warming – The Washington Post

Some of the climate impacts of a grocery store trip are obvious, like the fuel it takes to get there and the electricity that keeps its lights glowing, conveyor belts Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality

Fossil fuel pollution causes one in five premature deaths globally: study

Pollution from fossil fuels causes one in five premature deaths globally, suggesting the health impacts of burning coal, oil and natural gas may be far higher than previously thought, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • USA

U.S. Cities Are Under-Counting Their CO₂ Pollution By Almost 20%

About three-quarters of fossil-fuel CO₂ pollution comes from cities. At least 48 U.S. cities are under-counting their carbon dioxide pollution by nearly 20%, according to a new study that compares Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • Transportation
  • USA

Volkswagen Asks Supreme Court to Block Local Emissions Regulations

German auto giant Volkswagen AG VOW -0.06% is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that it says opens up car makers to a flood of emissions regulations from local governments that could Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • 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

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