On June 4, 2018 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is taking final action to approve the state of South Carolina’s request to re-designate the Greenville-Spartanburg Area from unclassifiable to attainment/unclassifiable for the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) standard. “Obtaining this standard is a great achievement for the Greenville-Spartanburg area,” said EPA […]

On June 4, 2018 he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced approval of the State of Louisiana’s clean-air plan related to transporting air pollution from particulate matter across state lines, known as interstate transport. EPA determined that emissions from pollution sources in Louisiana do not contribute significantly to diminished air quality in other states. “Controlling […]

A group of Republican senators is calling for an investigation into National Science Foundation (NSF) grants designed to educate meteorologists about climate change, saying the program has moved beyond science and into political action according to a June 21, 2018 report from The Hill. Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul (Ky.), James Lankford (Okla.) and […]

EmeraChem acquisition fuels launch of new products MIRATECH seems to have a have a thing for its competitors. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based emission and acoustical products provider tends to share the marketplace with similar companies at first, but as the years rolls by, those competitors end up under the MIRATECH umbrella according to a July 2018 […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is kicking off the process of reviewing the nation’s ground-level ozone pollution standard, a project likely to take years, according to a June 25, 2018 report from The Hill. In a notice published in the Federal Register June 26th, the EPA says it’s taking comments from the public to prepare […]

Permits required for new compression, processing and transmission stations along pipelines and new natural gas wells respectively. On June 7, 2018 Governor Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell announced the issuance of new general permits for unconventional natural gas wells and compression, processing, and transmission facilities that will reduce […]

On March 12, 2018 the U.S. District Court for Northern California ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to move ahead to carry out the 2015 Ozone Standards and designate areas in the country that do not meet the new level. The court gave EPA an April 30th deadline to comply (see April 2018 Emissions Monitor). The […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the public comment period for a controversial science “transparency” rule that environmentalists say limits facts from being involved in the agency’s rulemaking process according to a May 24, 2018 report from The Hill. The comment period for the rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, is being extended to […]

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 90% of people in the world live in areas where particle pollution exceeds the WHO air quality guidelines, and the estimated death toll due to ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution remains high according to a May 2, 2018 Diesel Net report. WHO estimates around […]

British Columbia’s environment ministry has launched legislation aiming to cut carbon emissions in the province by 40 percent from 2007 levels over the next 12 years and by 60 percent by 2040, Minister George Heyman told media according to a May 4th report from OilPrice.com. Now the government will devise a comprehensive climate strategy, to […]