Tag: Air
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How Does Your City’s Air Quality Rank?
An American Lung Association study ranks cities and counties for ozone and particle pollution…
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which was designed to protect downwind states…
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10 Ways Humans Impact the Planet
April 22 is called Earth Day, but we ought to spend more time looking in the mirror today. It could help us understand what we have done and are doing to the planet. Elsevier Connect, a digital publisher of science, health and technology journals and data, helps us with that process by releasing an infographic entitled,…
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How 11,000 Oil and Gas Wells Gave Utah Community More Ozone Pollution Than Los Angeles
Clearly, there’s no comparing the sparse population of Utah’s Uintah Basin and that of the mega-metropolis within the Los Angeles basin. So, how could both places possibly have similar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) levels? Despite an area population of barely 30,000, Uintah County is home to a combined 11,200 oil- and gas-producing wells. Over time, their presence led…
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World Health Organization Reports Air Pollution Killed 7 Million People in 2012
In new estimates released Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported about 7 million people died as a result of air pollution exposure in 2012. [caption id="attachment_328035" align="alignnone" width="500"] Low- and middle-income countries in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions had the largest air pollution-related burden in 2012, with a total of 3.3…