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Greenhouse Gases Imperil Health, E.P.A. Announces
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued a final ruling that greenhouse gases posed a danger to human health and the environment, paving the way for regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, power plants, factories, refineries and other major sources. The announcement was timed to coincide with the opening of the United […]
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U.S. study finds surprise within greenhouse gases
Researchers from NASA and Purdue University found that carbon dioxide and methane are not as important as fluorine (F) compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and nitrogen fluoride when it comes to producing greenhouse gases (GHGs). The authors of the study are Partha P. Bara, Joseph S. Francisco, and Timothy J. Lee (NASA Ames Research […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Dow Pitching New Pesticide That Doubles as an Extraordinarily Potent Greenhouse Gas
SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 13, 2009 — Public health and environmental advocates Friday asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny a request from Dow AgroSciences for a permit allowing it to release large amounts of sulfuryl fluoride onto farm fields in four states. The chemical is a toxic pesticide whose global warming effects are thousands […]
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EU member states ignore F-Gas Registration deadline
Five EU Member States have failed to respond to a European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) survey on their compliance with F-Gas Regulation. According to the EPEE, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Greece and Malta did not respond to its survey. EPEE did concede that neither Malta nor Greece could be reached either by phone […]
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Gujarat Fluorochemicals. The great carbon credit con.
The great carbon credit con: Why are we paying the Third World to poison its environment? In the fields around this giant chemicals factory in Gujarat, the barren soil smells of paint stripper and the water from the well makes you gag. So why has it been given tens of millions of pounds of taxpayer-funded […]
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NF3: Committee OKs pro-environment bill to regulate gas 17,000 times more damaging than carbon dioxide
SACRAMENTO – An environmental policy-setting panel today approved Sen. Jenny Oropeza´s plan to reduce the release into the air of a widely used ´greenhouse´ gas previously thought harmless. The Senate Environmental Quality Committee´s approval of Senate Bill 104 came the week following Earth Day. If adopted into law, SB 104 would direct the California Air […]
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Is Your Flat Screen LCD TV Really Eco-friendly?
Every day, more and more bad news hits the media about global warming, climate change and pollution. Every day new products are developed and every day more chemicals are added to the list of pollutants to our atmosphere and water. One of the latest chemicals to draw the attention of the scientists is nitrogen trifluoride […]
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EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare
Washington, D.C. – April 17, 2009) After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. The proposed finding, which now moves to a public comment period, identified six […]
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Obama administration breaks with the years of ‘climate change denial’
The Obama administration took a bold first step towards limiting the gases that cause global warming today after formally declaring that such emissions are a danger to public health. The official finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide and five other gases threaten public welfare sets the stage for regulation of emissions from […]
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Science nabs two new greenhouse gases
Two new greenhouse gases – one emitted by the electronic industry and the other used in pest control – are rapidly accumulating in the atmosphere, say researchers. And they say countries should consider including these gases for control in the revision of the Kyoto Protocol due later this year. Climate scientist Dr Paul Fraser of […]
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