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Rebuilding needs some rebuilding Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:22PMRENO, Nev. -- At least one man is defending Steve Cleveland. Which is good. Because he really, really needs it.
Phuket Cop To End Greasy Traffic Fines Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:51PMPhuket Hotels Phuket Resorts Phuket Accommodation Phuket Real Estate Phuket Villas Phuket Spas Phuket Bungalows Phuket Tours Phuket Golf Phuket Bars Phuket Diving
Ozone rules could affect more parishes Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:25PMWhen a stricter proposed ozone standard is announced later this year, many parishes will face ozone regulations for the first time, a state environmental official said Thursday.
Summer will be test of air quality compliance Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:36PMAugusta's air quality this summer will determine whether the city can comply with stricter pollution standards to be added to the U.S. Clean Air Act.
India's smoggy capital tries a whiff of fresh air Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:20PMIndia has switched on its first public air purifier in the heart of capital New Delhi as part of an experiment that backers say could help other smog-choked cities in emerging countries.
Oakland gets green taxis Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:50PMOAKLAND — That bright green Friendly Cab taxi that just sped by you isn't just green on the outside. Beneath its gleaming hood runs a gas-electric engine, and it's one of 17 new hybrids providing what the company calls Oakland's only environmentally friendly taxi option.
Smell of salt air surprisingly detected a mile high and 900 miles inland Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:22PMIn a surprise with implications for air quality, researchers have found that chemistry involving airborne chloride, thought to be restricted to sea spray, occurs at similar rates in air above Boulder, Colo., nearly 900 miles away from any ocean.
Energy Department holds to pump prices above $3 for spring and summer Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:13PMNEW YORK (AP) — The Energy Department hasn't changed its mind about higher gasoline prices. It still expects pump prices to climb past $3 per gallon as more motorists hit the road in the spring and summer driving seasons.
1988 Chevrolet S-10 Short Box from North America - Comments Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:09PMValve cover leaks oil. Leaf springs broke. Exhaust fell off (twice). Cigarette lighter doesn't work. Floor rusted out.
Video: Radio waves ’smog’ in Malta Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:23AMMalta holds some of the highest rates of electromagnetic waves in the EU due to an increase of antennae by mobile phone companies. Radio waves ‘smog’ is caused in the Maltese Islands due to the antennae. In a conference, Professor Massa states that Maltese health in this regard is not being safeguarded. He suggested that a study [...]
The Smell of Salt Air, A Mile High and 900 Miles Inland Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:48AMIn a surprise with implications for air quality, researchers found that chemistry involving airborne chloride, thought to be restricted to sea spray, occurs at similar rates in air nearly 900 miles from any ocean.
The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:11AMThe smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast. Wind and waves kick up spray, and bits of sodium chloride - common table salt - can permeate the air.
Auto-dicted: Sans a Major Diversion of U.S. Transportation Dollars to Mass Transit, Urban Traffic Congestion May Not ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:03AMDear EarthTalk: Short of massive efforts to build a public transportation infrastructure, which doesn’t appear likely anytime soon, what is being done to address traffic congestion, which is reaching absurd levels almost everywhere? --John Daniels, Baltimore [More]
Hamilton’s first smog day of 2010 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:04AMTuesday was Hamilton’s first smog day of 2010 — the only place in Ontario where the air quality index rose into the poor range above 50.
Hybrid taxi fleets: Congress may have to step in Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:11PMNew York, Seattle and several other cities want to switch their taxi fleets over to all-hybrid vehicles, but they've run into a big legal snag, and Congress may have to come to their rescue, writes columnist Neal Peirce. Switching cabs to hybrids promises some potentially stunning gains.
Worst Cities for People With Asthma Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:14AMRichmond ranks No. 1 as the asthma capital of the country in the latest ranking by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, the nonprofit group says.
Study finds Boone healthy Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:06AMBoone County residents are making strides to be healthy but more work needs to be done, according to a national report.
Ozone levels to worsen Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:23AMSydney's air quality is going to get worse, with a report signalling that state will suffer from rising levels of ozone.
Ozone levels to worsen over next 15 years Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:04AMSYDNEY'S air quality is only going to get worse, with a state government report signalling that residents will suffer from rising levels of ozone, a primary cause of respiratory diseases such as asthma.
Farmers want to use cow manure for electricity :California air laws are difficult to navigate. Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:58AMSTANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. -- Central California is home to nearly 1.6 million dairy cows and their manure -- up to 192 million pounds per day. It's a mountain of waste and a potential environmental hazard.
Public lecture on volcanic air pollution set for Monday Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:11AMDr. Elizabeth Tam will discuss volcanic air pollution, the differences between vog, fog, smog, smoke and bioaerosols and how they differ in likely health consequences from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 15 at Windward Community College, Imiloa 111.
The Reading Life: ‘Red Harvest' is loads of fun Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:34AMWhile Dashiell Hammett is best known for such brilliant mysteries as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man" (both made into classic films), his first mystery novel is "Red Harvest," published in 1929, and widely considered to depict a setting based on Butte, where Hammett spent time as a young man.
'Project Runway' Season 7: 'We've seen many garbage bags on Project Runway, but never quite like this' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:55AMVancouver's Seth Aaron Henderson has immunity, so all but disappears on this week's 'Project Runway,' which challenges designers to create fashion from hardware store materials.
Sen. Alexander Pushes For Tougher Clean Air Requirement Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:04AMSen. U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said today during a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety (EPW) that the Senate should act on the bipartisan legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and himself to cut mercury emissions by 90 percent and tighten national limits on emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides ...
Telski drops slightly in annual environmental report card Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:02AMThe curve — a godsend for those minding their transcripts in school, until some smarty pants studies all night and sets the point spread too high to help anyone.
Alcoholic Faith Mission - Let This be the Last Night I Care Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:25AMSome records have a sense that the immediate physical surroundings in which they were recorded have shaped the sound itself; that the ramshackle hut to which Bon Iver retreated for For Emma, Forever Ago was almost as responsible for that album’s air of rustic fragility as Justin Vernon’s confessional lyrics say, or that the hushed atmosphere of Cowboy Junkies’ The Trinity Session wouldn’t have ...
A stink in California over converting cow manure to electricity Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:27AMSTANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. -- Central California is home to nearly 1.6 million dairy cows and their manure _ up to 192 million pounds per day. It's a mountain of waste and a potential environmental hazard.
Feds targeting three pollutants Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:06AMWASHINGTON -- Delaware has made strides in improving its air quality, but a "national solution" is necessary to curb emissions from out-of-state power plants, the state's top environmental official told lawmakers Thursday.
PSE&G project not necessary or wanted Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:39PMI'll make this as direct and short as possible. This Susquehanna-Roseland Project is not needed and it is definitely not wanted!
Editorial: Pricey dune buggy a waste of fees Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:47PMWe’re towing a broken-down, smog-belching brickbat to the Oceano Dunes and parking it rig
Dry Weather In Miri Taking Its Toll Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:46AMMIRI, March 3 (Bernama) -- The dry weather in Miri Division over the last three weeks is taking its toll on the people, with over 1,000 rural folk being in need of clean water supply and 200,000 more affected by the haze.
The Queen of the Road: Vehicle registration scofflaws Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:20AMQueen: In Sunday's column, the Queen asked why readers sometimes complain about seeing other drivers with expired registrations. The question got quite a response; letters started pouring in at 4:48 a.
Could L.A. be the next great downtown? Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:20PMStrip away the traffic and the smog, the endless stretches of freeway, the concrete sprawl and the tiresome Hollywood glitterati, and maybe ... Los Angeles isn't such a bad place to visit.
'Avatar': How I would have invaded Pandora Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:17PMWhenever the public likes something, I immediately flatten my ears, bare my teeth and emit a defiant, “Hee-haw.” I have never seen “Titanic,” I avoid reality shows and if flossing ever comes back in vogue I’ll likely lose all my teeth.
POLITICSMeg Whitman. Republican. Environmentalist? Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:39PMThe environmental beliefs of Meg Whitman, who wants to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of California, the biggest and most ungovernable state in the union, is as crystal clear as a typical view across Los Angeles.
VA-Based Energy Subsidiary to Pay EPA Penalty Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:08PMA Virginia-based subsidiary of Duke Energy is paying $310,000 in a settlement over alleged Clean Air Act violations at a manufacturing plant in Narrows.
Irrigation feud in Phitsanulok Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:41PMGun-toting policemen and volunteers are standing guard at the gates of irrigation canals in Phitsanulok's Phrom Phiram district as local residents continue quarrelling over water distribution.
DEGS of Narrows LLC pays settlement over alleged Clean Air Act violation Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:35PMA Virginia-based subsidiary of Duke Energy is paying $310,000 in a settlement over alleged Clean Air Act violations at a manufacturing plant in Narrows. DEGS of Narrows LLC is a steam and electricity
PennFuture, Others Urge U.S. EPA to Reject Allegheny County Health Department's Clean Air Plan That Sacrifices Health ... Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:56PMPITTSBURGH----The Group Against Smog and Pollution and Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future today released a letter sent to the United States Environmental Protection Agency , urging the agency to take immediate action on the proposed clean air plan proposed by the Allegheny County Health Department.
Duke Energy subsidiary to pay EPA fines Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:49PMAssociated Press - March 2, 2010 3:35 PM ET NARROWS, Va. (AP) - A Virginia-based subsidiary of Duke Energy is paying $310,000 in a settlement over alleged Clean Air Act violations at a...
High smog prompts mask handouts in Northern Thailand Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:08AMThe density measured at a local pollution control office in Chiang Rai on Wednesday was 132 mg/cubic metre exceeding the recognised safety level of 120 mg/cubic metre for more than two days, officials said.
Proposed rules could make smog check less expensive and time-consuming for most motorists Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:03AMMillions of California motorists could soon be saying so long to the iconic tailpipe test.
Aspen ozone level below U.S. standard Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:38AMASPEN - Aspen's ozone levels for January were well below the national standard, according to local government officials. In what was a first attempt at monitoring ground-level ozone, the city's environmental health department began monitoring Dec. 30. "Staff decided to expand Aspen's air quality monitoring to include ozone when they heard that the U.S. Forest Service had recorded the highest ...
Refinery blamed for foul odor Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:15AMDOWNEY – Many residents and visitors noticed a pungent odor drifting across the City on Tuesday morning and afternoon, with the initial reports coming from the southwest area of the city.
Salem superintendent takes on Scott Brown Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:31PMJust as Sen. Scott Brown is challenging President Barack Obama to a basketball game, Salem Superintendent William Cameron issued Brown a challenge of his own. While listening to public radio one morning last week, Cameron heard the junior senator from Massachusetts assert that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, known as the stimulus package, has created no jobs in Massachusetts and ...
Collective Industry Statement in Response to Comments by Air Resources Board Relative to Californiaâs Smog Check Program Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:18PMSACRAMENTO, Calif.--Six statewide trade organizations representing California’s automotive service and repair industry have called on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to issue a retraction over misleading statements made to the media relative to “widespread fraud” in the state’s smog check program and have issued the following joint statement.
Random Smog Checks Help Clear the Air Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:57PMData from random smog checks could change future testing procedures in California
Proposed Calif. Law Aims To Reduce Smog Test Fraud Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:57PMA proposed state law would make sure vehicle smog tests aren't just smoke and mirrors. Legislation introduced this week by Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park, would radically change the way the tests are conducted and potentially affect some 23 million California motorists. The proposed bill would phase out the biannual tailpipe and treadmill inspections except for cars built before 1996 ...
Study: Ozone Produced In Asia Making Its Way To U.S. Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 12:44PMA new study further bolsters concerns that pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean from China and other rapidly developing Asian nations may swamp efforts to clean up the air in the Western United States and make it difficult for states and cities to meet federal standards.
Telski drops slightly in annual environmental report card Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 11:53AMThe curve — a godsend for those minding their transcripts in school, until some smarty pants studies all night and sets the point spread too high to help anyone.