Tag Archives: Air pollution

Those dirty trees: why hasn’t the EPA called for trees to be regulated?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill one wonders why they have not thrown the  PM10 hammer (or ax) at trees to save humans from their terrible effects /sarc. Researchers pinpoint how trees play role in smog production … Continue reading →

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Law of unintended consequences – fuel tax designed to lower air pollution actually creates more air pollution

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

Another application of the Grecian government formula blows up in their faces. From EuroNews: Smog hits Athens as cash-strapped residents choose fire over fuel Bad news for austerity-stricken Greeks is also proving to be bad news for the environment – … Continue reading →

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Improvements in real air pollution problems

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

From the Harvard School of Public Health  some good news. Unlike the claim thatb Co2 is a pollutant, real air pollution problems and real related health issues continue to improve. Declining air pollution levels continue to improve life expectancy in … Continue reading →

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The “Toxic Twenty”: Keeping America’s Lights On

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

Guest Post by David Middleton The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is out with their latest “Toxic Twenty” list… The NRDC’s report is standard green claptrap. Kentucky led the Toxic Twenty, “emitting nearly 40.6 million pounds of harmful chemicals” in … Continue reading →

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Plants: An efficient green technology for cities

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

From the American Chemical Society Green plants reduce city street pollution up to 8 times more than previously believed Trees, bushes and other greenery growing in the concrete-and-glass canyons of cities can reduce levels of two of the most worrisome … Continue reading →

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The EPA’s Unethical PM2.5 Air Pollution Experiments

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

By John Dale Dunn MD JD (via email) United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson testified before Congress in September of 2011 that small-particle (2.5 microns or less) air pollution is lethal. “Particulate matter causes premature death. It’s … Continue reading →

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Drats! Down the warmhole the warming went

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

From the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences “Warming hole” delayed climate change over eastern United States April 26, 2012 50-year model suggests regional pollution obscured a global trend CONTACT: Caroline Perry, (617) 496-1351 Cambridge, Mass. – April 26, … Continue reading →

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Gallup poll: Global Warming dead last again

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

I missed this last Friday, but better late than never. From Gallup Worry About U.S. Water, Air Pollution at Historical Lows. Looks like a double body-blow to admitted document thief Dr. Peter Gleick; Americans don’t share his top two concerns … Continue reading →

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Shutting down power plants: Imaginary benefits, extensive harm

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

EPA mercury rules for electricity generating units are based on false science and economics Guest post by Craig Rucker The Environmental Protection Agency claims its “final proposed” Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules will eliminate toxic pollution from electrical generating … Continue reading →

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NOAA’s Susan Solomon, still pushing that 2 degrees in spite of limited options

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

From the University of Exeter , more Durban PR rampup: Limited options for meeting 2°C warming target, warn climate change experts We will only achieve the target of limiting global warming to safe levels if carbon dioxide emissions begin to … Continue reading →

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Attack of the killer clothes dryer

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

From the University of Washington  comes news of a terrible scourge of air pollution coming from America’s suburban wasteland. Yes, it’s the unregulated clothes dryer vent. I see a whole new division of the EPA just for this major threat … Continue reading →

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Cleaner air may result in increased solar insolation and therefore warming.

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

This makes me wonder if the temperature dip in the 1970′s where everyone was worried about global cooling wasn’t partially driven by atmospheric aerosols. With the advent of pollution controls, certainly we have cleaner (and more optically transparent) skies since … Continue reading →

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California’s AB32 global warming law put on hold by judge

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

From the LA Times, some “climate justice” for the poor:

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More Stupid Environmentalist Tricks

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

With apologies to David Letterman’s “Stupid Human Tricks”…it’s like a manifest of David Parkers “cool parks” reverse UHI urban myth. Maybe it had something to do with this ongoing threat from the European Union: By Chris Horner at The American … Continue reading →

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One more thing that is “better than we thought” – NOAA: “the atmosphere’s self-cleaning capacity is rather stable”

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Yesterday we learned that the great Pacific Garbage Patch really isn’t as big as hyped by media, today we learn that the “atmosphere’s ability to rid itself of many pollutants is generally well buffered or stable”. Huh. Imagine that, the … Continue reading →

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