Midwest Generation allegedly modified its coal-fired power plant in Illinois without installing and operating the required pollution control equipment.
Two manufacturing companies will pay civil penalties and take corrective measures to settle Clean Air Act violations resulting from explosions at two plants in 2002 and 2003 in Louisville, Ky., and Pascagoula, Miss.
According to Dr. Brian Durie, the study supports the notion that genetic factors affecting toxin breakdown may be related to the development of myeloma.
Massachusetts' law bars stopped motor vehicles from operating unnecessarily for more than five minutes.
The company has agreed to pay a $4.6 million penalty, allowed as an unsecured claim in its bankruptcy proceeding, and improve controls at 15 plants at a cost of about $4.2 million.
Boston-based Clean Air Task Force commends actions, says agreement is expected to advance cleaner coal technologies.
The carbon black manufacturer will pay the Ponca Tribe and class members $10.5 million to settle a suit alleging that emissions from its Ponca City plant damaged nearby properties.
Researchers at the University of California Davis say ozone exposure at levels deemed safe by EPA can have a significant and negative effect on lung function.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District will get $2 million to supplement state and local funds for installing diesel exhaust filters at the Port of Oakland.
Cascade Sierra Solutions and Colorado to receive more than $3 million total in funds under the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program.
The American Lung Association wants standards greater than those the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed.
Wheeling Jesuit University will look at the impacts of mining, water management, and reducing toxin exposure in six West Virginia communities.
Earl Blumenauer's bill should ease the pain truckers feel when idling by providing a 50 percent tax credit or up to $3,000 for buying auxiliary power units that costs up to $8,500.
EPA will hold public hearings in Arlington, Va., and Los Angeles on Aug. 3 and 6, respectively, to get feedback on proposed revisions to the nitrogen dioxide standard.
The current standard requires monitoring in areas where lead emissions reach at least 1 ton in the air each year.
The program, which will cost as much as $28 million, is similar but smaller than the Clean Trucks Program of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
More than $265,000 will finance storage systems and controls for high wind penetration studies.