Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

I Believe: We are on the cusp of a new era in building, and here in Vermont we are leading the way.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

Existing technologies and building practices allow us to build super-insulated walls and roofs, and to create renewable energy on site — and these capabilities are being used and improved upon daily. [News Source]

Efficient energy should be SRP’s priority.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

The goal of electricity regulation should be to provide adequate, reliable service to consumers at the lowest cost - including external costs such as public health, economic and social impacts. [News Source]

Biofuel production for beetle-killed trees?
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

Because we want our political leaders to fix public problems, we may be heartened to hear that our county commissioners are considering a local biofuel production facility — which would turn dead trees into burnable wood chips. [News Source]

Piecemeal reports on Titan’s impact are inadequate.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

It might reduce anxiety if residents had a comprehensive picture of the environmental impact of this plant – and of any potential polluter – before permits are issued and construction begins. [News Source]

Inquiry on tank farm touches middle school.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

The regulatory agency overseeing an investigation of a former Carson oil tank farm has widened the probe to include Wilmington Middle School, where contractors have checked the soil and indoor air in search of possible contaminants. [News Source]

Air monitors installed at school.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

Residents' fears of airborne chemicals from Franklin's Superior Essex plant have spurred the state to monitor the air at Moore Elementary School. [News Source]

Mid-Hudson would fail new ozone standards.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

New, tougher standards for ozone levels could throw nearly the entire state, including the Hudson River Valley, into noncompliance with the federal Clean Air Act. [News Source]

Delhi air pollution forces detour for athletes.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

New Zealand teams are planning a hit-and-run mission at October's Commonwealth Games in India, not because of security fears, but because of Delhi's horrendous levels of pollution. [News Source]

Malta resists proposed EU bid to charge trucks for pollution.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

Malta is resisting a proposed revision of the current EU’s Eurovignette Directive on tolls for trucks that would allow national governments to offset pollution costs caused by heavy vehicles. [News Source]

Tories to hire green adviser.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

The Conservative government seeks to hire a high-level adviser to make sure Canada isn't side-swiped by Washington's global-warming debate. [News Source]

The fight against a big, polluting coal-fired plant has many fronts, at the local and the state level.
Sunday February 07th 2010, 9:00 am

While opponents have been focusing on one site, centered on Dendron in Surry County, it's been all quiet on the Western Front — out a little farther, in Sussex County. [News Source]