Monthly Archives: June 2009
Air Quality Standards to be Reviewed
The Government is to review air standards to see if they are realistic.
But Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says that means it intends to weaken or delay them.
Environment Minister Nick Smith today said air quality standards needed to be...
Deadly Soil
Horace Cetoude has been living on Allen Street for 22 years and eating vegetables that he has been growing in his backyard. So he was shocked to learn about the high incidence of cancer and contaminated soil in his neighborhood at a meeting.
“I...
Pollution Ruling Lets Local Cities Save $1M
Five communities along the Stillwater River will get a regulatory reprieve after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency significantly cut its pollution estimates for the state scenic river.
The rare revisions mean the cities of Englewood and...
Air Pollution from Freeway Extends Further Than Previously Thought
Environmental health researchers from UCLA, the University of Southern California and the California Air Resources Board have found that during the hours before sunrise, freeway air pollution extends much further than previously thought.
Air...
The Crude Reality of Peak Production
If crude oil can double in value with the world in recession, just imagine what will happen when demand picks up. Prepare yourself.
Conspiracy theorists want to blame the meteoric rise of oil from just above $30 a barrel last December to $71...
China Cuts Sulphur Dioxide, Water Pollution in ’08
China cut its water pollution and emissions of acid rain-causing sulphur dioxide last year, as it stepped up efforts to make its economic growth cleaner, state media said.
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), a measure of water pollution, dropped by...
Save Fish From Drugs in Water
Pollution experts pressed a congressional panel for stronger action to keep pharmaceuticals and other contaminants out of the water, saying they are hurting fish and may threaten human health.
Thomas P. Fote, a New Jersey conservationist who...
Water Pollution to be Steamed Away
Pollutants in the ground near Roskilde will be condensed and purified through an intricate new process.
A new technique of steaming away underground pollution will be used to clean up a large area near the town of Hedehusene, near Roskilde,...
Water Pollution Concerns Rejects by Miner
Mining company Gujarat NRE rejects claims its expanded longwall mining operations near Wollongong will pose a risk to Sydney’s water supply.
Jeff Angel from the Total Environment Centre says plans by Gujarat for a multi-seam coal mine...
Today’s Proof of Global Warming
“The multiple frosts that have blanketed Western Canada in the last week are the most widespread in the top canola-growing province of Saskatchewan in at least five years, the Canola Council of Canada said”
I don’t think the canola growers...
