Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

Air pollution advisory canceled (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Thursday January 31st 2008, 7:25 pm

Public officials have canceled an air pollution advisory from earlier this week. The change came following a turn in the weather, with a thin blanket of unexpected snowfall sweeping the air clean overnight. [News Source]

N.C. can sue TVA over power plant pollution (The News & Observer)
Thursday January 31st 2008, 5:36 pm

The state of North Carolina will be allowed to sue the Tennessee Valley Authority to clean up its power plants and reduce air pollution blowing into North Carolina, a federal appeals court ruled today. [News Source]

Ohio EPA issues permit for FDS coke plant (NBC 24 Toledo)
Thursday January 31st 2008, 4:46 pm

Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. The Ohio EPA has issued a modified air pollution control permit-to-install (PTI) with state-of-the-art mercury controls for the FDS Coke plant in Toledo. [News Source]

TurboSonic Announces US$1.1 Million in New Orders (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thursday January 31st 2008, 3:37 pm

TurboSonic Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of air pollution control technologies, today announced receipt of US$1.1 million in new orders in the month of January primarily from the Wood Products industry. [News Source]

Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
Thursday January 31st 2008, 12:59 pm

Physics teacher Josh Clearman doesn't find it odd that there are 100 gallons of used cooking grease in his classroom. He finds it important. Not because the six-year Key West High School teacher is an avid collector of grease, but because his students are passionate about reducing air pollution. [News Source]

Air pollution at an unhealthy level (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Thursday January 31st 2008, 5:40 am

Local officials issued an air quality warning Wednesday after recording particularly high readings of pollution [News Source]