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State, Local Agencies Join Push To Clean Up Air Pollution at Ports [1]

A variety of initiatives aimed at reducing shipping-related emissions are in the works.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]

EPA To Announce Final Risk Assessment for SO2 [9]

In response to lawsuits, EPA was scheduled to release its proposed rule for a new primary health-based standard by July 30, 2009. That has been postponed once again, and the new court-ordered date for release of the proposed rule is Nov. 16, 2009, with a final rule due by June 2, 2010.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Government [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [8]

FDA Says Electronic Cigarettes Contain Toxic Chemicals [11]

The Food and Drug Administration tested electronic cigarettes -- whose makers (most Chinese) tout them as safer than ordinary cigarettes. The FDA found that some e-cigarettes contained cancer-causing chemicals.
Air [3]
Public [8]
International [12]
Source: LA Times [13], 07/23/2009

"Deadly Pollutants Lurk in Coachella Valley Skies" [14]

"The blue, cloudless skies over the Coachella Valley most days hide a darker truth: The area has serious, chronic air pollution challenges."
Air [3]
Public [8]
California [15]
Source: Palm Beach Desert Sun [16], 07/13/2009

"Court Overturns Bush-Era Smog Rule" [17]

"A federal appeals court today struck down a Bush administration rule for controlling industrial emissions that form smog."
Air [3]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [18], 07/13/2009

"Wood Burning Creates Top Cancer Risk in Oregon's Air, EPA Says" [19]

"Pollution from burning wood in stoves, fireplaces and elsewhere is the top cancer risk in Oregon's air, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analysis."
Air [3]
Public [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
Source: Portland Oregonian [21], 07/09/2009

"Court Upholds EPA 'Nonattainment' Designations for Soot" [22]

"A federal appeals court yesterday upheld nearly all U.S. EPA designations of areas where airborne soot concentrations exceed national standards, rejecting challenges from state and local governments and industry groups."
Air [3]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [23], 07/09/2009

EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk [24]

While it does have limitations, the updated National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment offers risk estimates for each of 180 substances, and three separate combined assessments.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
People & Population [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [8]

Coaches To Be Warned About Air Pollution [26]

Should youth practice or play sports outdoors on days when the EPA cautions them against heavy exercise?
Air [3]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [28], 07/08/2009

Invisible Particles, Visible Harm [29]

"Studies Are Homing in on Which Particles Polluting the Air Are Most Sickening -- and Why"
Air [3]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Science News [30], 07/06/2009

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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/state-local-agencies-join-push-to-clean-up-air-pollution-ports [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [9] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/epa-to-announce-final-risk-assessment-so2 [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fda-says-electronic-cigarettes-contain-toxic-chemicals [12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [13] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/07/fda-electronic-cigarettes-are-a-nono.html [14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deadly-pollutants-lurk-coachella-valley-skies [15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [16] http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090712/NEWS07/907120338/1013/Struggling-to-breathe-in-the-desert [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/court-overturns-bush-era-smog-rule [18] http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/court-overturns-bush-era-smog-rule/ [19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wood-burning-creates-top-cancer-risk-oregons-air-epa-says [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [21] http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/pollution_from_burning_wood_in.html [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/court-upholds-epa-nonattainment-designations-soot [23] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/08/08greenwire-court-upholds-epa-nonattainment-designations-f-34814.html [24] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/epa-most-us-residents-exposed-excessive-air-pollution-risk [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coaches-to-be-warned-about-air-pollution [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [28] http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090707/GREEN/907070372/-1/GREEN01/JCPS+will+alert+coaches+about+high-pollution+days [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/invisible-particles-visible-harm-0 [30] http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/45186/title/Bad_Breath [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=202 [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=199 [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=200 [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=201 [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=204 [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=205 [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=206 [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=207 [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air?page=210