U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Recognizes Los Angeles International Airport for Pledging to Remove Over 2,200 Pounds of Mercury
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today honored Los Angeles World Airports for its commitment to remove over 2,200 pounds of mercury at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as part of the EPA's National Partnership for Environmental Priorities program.
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September 25, 2004 -- LOS ANGELES - California air regulators yesterday unanimously approved the world&#39;s most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to global warming â- decision that could affect car and truck buyers from coast to
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 6--The state Senate conservation committee yesterday endorsed a bill, favored by industry, that would strip powers from two state pollution-fighting boards.   The bill goes before the full Senate today.
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By San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 2
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NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, today released  the following statement on EPA's Mobile Source  Air Toxics (MSAT) Phase 2 Final Rule to reduce hazardous air pollutants,  including benzene and other hydrocarbons, in motor fuels and vehicles.
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Governments agreed to phase out the use of deadly mercury in industries ranging from mining to chemicals manufacture and power generation on Friday, breaking a deadlock at a major U.N. environment meeting in Kenya.
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By Kristopher Hanson, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.  Feb. 9--LONG BEACH -- The company seeking to build a liquefied natural  gas terminal in the port filed a legal motion Thursday demanding completion of  an environmental impact report on the $800 million project.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that Louisiana meets a new federal standard for a type of air pollution. Louisiana was one of 30 states that got the clean bill of health
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WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are again examining what's known -- and what's still to be learnedÃÂ -- about the safety of a mercury mixture that's stirred controversy since dentists began using it to fill cavities in the 1800s.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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With the threat of global warming growing every day, it was important that The Advocate highlighted the positive story about the partnership between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the American Waterways Operators to identify vessel air emissions using a HAWK camera.
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The Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday it has agreed with 12 US airlines on steps to improve aircraft water quality after the agency&#39;s tests discovered coliform bacteria generally found in feces in water on 12 percent of airplanes.
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JAKARTA - American mining company Newmont Corporation has admitted to having pumped 33 tons of mercury into the air and water at an Indonesian mine â-ut its chief executive insisted the releases posed no health risk.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE\\ Staff Writer  SANTA CLARITA -- Cancer-causing chemicals still in the soil and groundwater at a former Saugus plastics plant make the property eligible for the federal Superfund cleanup program, the Environmental Protection Agency has found.
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Ronald Kirsey, a US Airways baggage services supervisor at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, NC, checks on unclaimed luggage at the airport on Monday.
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NEW YORK, December 23  - The worldâs largest gold producer Newmont Mining (NEM.NYS) admitted yesterday that it had released 17 tons of waste mercury into the air, and another 16 tons into the water over a period of five years from its
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Description: Trash pickups on the International Space Station ended nearly two years ago, when the Columbia disaster halted shuttle flights.