Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

NASA Uses Flying Lab To Research Air Pollution (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
Monday March 31st 2008, 7:41 pm

One group of NASA scientists is taking to the skies to figure out why they think global warming and air pollution are quickly melting snow and ice in the Arctic. [News Source]

31.3.2008: Meldung: CECO Environmental Announces 33 New Orders (ECOreporter.de)
Monday March 31st 2008, 6:16 pm

CECO Environmental Corp., a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has booked 33 new orders, each of which has a value of over $200,000. [News Source]

Iowa Fines Company for Pollution (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Monday March 31st 2008, 4:00 pm

A company that makes hunting targets has been fined $45,000 for violating air pollution control standards at its plant in Reinbeck. [News Source]

Ash landfill proposal dominates hearing (Vernon County Broadcaster)
Monday March 31st 2008, 2:53 pm

Citizens turned a public hearing about air pollution into one about landfills, Tuesday, in Stoddard. [News Source]

Hunting target company fined $45k for pollution violations (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
Monday March 31st 2008, 2:19 pm

Associated Press - March 31, 2008 1:54 PM ET REINBECK, Iowa (AP) - A company that makes hunting targets has been fined $45,000 for violating air pollution control standards at its plant in... [News Source]

Hunting target company fined $45k for pollution violations (WOI-TV Des Moines)
Monday March 31st 2008, 2:04 pm

REINBECK, Iowa (AP) - A company that makes hunting targets has been fined $45,000 for violating air pollution control standards at its plant in Reinbeck. [News Source]

CECO Environmental Gets 33 Contracts (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Monday March 31st 2008, 1:30 pm

CECO Environmental Corp., which makes air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, on Monday said it booked 33 new orders worth more than $200,000 each. [News Source]

Much Squabbling Still to Come on Smog (KiplingerForecasts.com)
Monday March 31st 2008, 9:10 am

New limits on ozone emissions will await the next president. But coastal cities can count on a break from ship-related air pollution. [News Source]

31.3.2008: Meldung: CECO Environmental Announces 33 New Orders (ECOreporter.de)
Monday March 31st 2008, 8:24 am

CECO Environmental Corp., a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has booked 33 new orders, each of which has a value of over $200,000. [News Source]

What fuel to choose? Coal gets heat, but alternatives pose problems, too (Wisconsin State Journal)
Monday March 31st 2008, 12:29 am

Coal has been increasingly under fire in the past year or two as a fuel source for electricity-generating plants because of the air pollution created when it is burned. But alternative energy sources have drawbacks, too: Natural gas: With its volatile price and growing demand, natural gas-fueled power plants are usually turned on only as backup power, when electricity use is high or other plants ... [News Source]

New pollution standards to impact firms (BizJournals)
Monday March 31st 2008, 12:13 am

When it comes to noise and air pollution, David Cooper's pet peeve is leaf blowers. [News Source]