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EPA won’t say which areas don’t meet 70 ppb ozone rule.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) won’t yet say which areas of the country do not meet the Obama administration’s 2015 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) regulation on ozone according to a November 6, 2017 report from The Hill. On November 6th the agency certified that 2,646 counties, two tribal areas and five territories, or ... |
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Eight global energy companies sign guiding principles document to cut methane emissions.
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Eight global energy companies have committed to take further steps to reduce methane emissions from their respective natural gas worldwide assets according to a November 27, 2017 Hydrocarbons Technology report. The initiative includes BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell, Statoil, Total, Repsol and Wintershall, all of which signed a ‘Guiding Principles’ document that includes multiple measures to ... |
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EPA proposes repeal of PM and NOx emissions provisions for glider trucks.
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On November 9, 2017 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is “proposing to undo the regulatory overreach of the prior administration by repealing application of the Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck Phase II Greenhouse Gas Emission and Fuel Efficiency Standards for the glider industry.” A glider vehicle is a truck assembled from newly manufactured ... |
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Minnesota stationary IC engines SO2 fuel usage change deadline: 1/31/2018.
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As environmental managers are planning for 2018, one thing to plan for is Minnesota's update to Minn. R. 7011.2300 Standards of Performance for Stationary Internal Combustion Engines (IC engines) according to a November 27, 2017 Trinity Consultants report. No later than January 31, 2018, owners and operators must not combust fuel in an IC engine ... |
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