John Bostick apparently knew the building's ceiling contained asbestos but failed to tell workers, who were not trained in correct work practice techniques.
The filter units use structured plastic synthetic media to remove hydrogen sulfide and other odor-causing chemicals.
Some of the penalty money will support supplemental environmental projects on clean school buses and tire cleanup.
The agency is reporting that overall greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 6 percent in 2009.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on its plan to review regulations.
Russell Coco faces one year in prison and could be fined up to $250,000; a trial for Bob Knapp, the building owner, is set for Feb. 28.
Shipping and growing Chinese economy top growth in analysis of 150 years of emissions.
The rule provides a collaborative and science-based framework for creating land management plans that would support ecological sustainability and contribute to rural job opportunities.
New York's Schneiderman warns that proposed resolution would weaken protections from mercury emitted by cement plants.
New Jersey has taken legal action against another out-of-state coal-fired power plant that is spewing pollutants into the air and impacting the state.
EPA is making the plans, which describe how companies are making their impoundments safer, available through its website.
The company also will install control technologies that will reduce nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions emanating from its Fairborn, Ohio plant.
EPA submitted its draft study plan on hydraulic fracturing for review to the agency’s Science Advisory Board, a group of independent scientists.
University at Buffalo researchers are creating a new and unusual app for the smart phone: tracking air pollution.
Researchers from the University of Murcia have studied the effects of contamination at petrol stations that is potentially harmful to health, which can be noted in buildings less than 100 meters from the service stations.
The air pollution control measures that were put in place in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games – if continued – would cut almost in half the lifetime risk of lung cancer for the area's residents from certain inhaled pollutants.
Taking into account revenues for ambient monitoring systems, intermittent stack sampling, and process control using pollutant analyzers, the world market could be more than $3 billion, according to McIlvaine's latest report.
Those spectacular aerial images of a brightly-lit Cowboys Stadium during Sunday's Super Bowl XLV symbolize one of the hottest new pieces of scientific intelligence about air pollution.
Enviance commissioned a survey of 143 energy and utility professionals at EUEC 2011 to determine the industry's progress toward compliance with new regulations.
EPA is asking for comments on seven topics related to potential revisions of its Hazard Ranking System.