air pollution, Tag

Rules to prevent ‘enormous waste’ of fuel are seen as weak and poorly enforced and firms have little incentive to stop

Diesel generators allowed to emit 48 times more nitrogen oxides than gas boilers producing same amount of energy

I cannot let the claim that “The U.S. power sector’s annual emissions will cause thousands of U.S.. mortalities” go without a response.  If their claims have merit, then the change in any of the claimed morbidity and...

Which all begs the question – what impact has cleaner air had on the rise in UK temperatures since the 1960s?

Coalition that includes SoCalGas, country’s largest gas utility, has launched fierce campaign against transition away from gas-fired appliances

Campaigners condemn decision amid growing evidence of harm to health and climate from heating appliances

Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution

Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil

[Our question] How can updating the Reference Manual to address junk science best be accomplished given such a massive input from entrenched academics in the past?

Unsafe at any level!  If the current administration’s Environmental Protection Agency [ EPA ] has its way, if any ambient-air dust is found inside an apartment building then that would require property owners to perform...

Tests show adding just 10% of waste to a wood burner indoors can double its particle pollution

Voluntary regulations for burning wood and coal to heat homes could help tackle impact on air pollution

Oil firms, petrostates, airlines and carmakers ‘doubling down’ on sector that is popular with young people

But sound science, not outlier studies, is needed to inform public policy in light of achievable technological change.

Study finds about a quarter of health burden comes from power stations that generate just 3% of country’s electricity