Raising the Bar on the Air we Breathe

  In the new rules, an air sample that filled a 1,000-liter container could have only 0.075 milliliters of ozone - 75 parts per billion - compared with 0.08 milliliters under the old rules, written in 1997. Ten...

JAXPORT DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS

Talk about adding insult to injury violations of municipal codes and land use requirements are wavied for Jacksonville Port Authority regardless of its numerious infractions at least for the moment. To...

The cleanest fuel for the dirtiest engines? You decide

Do you own a small engine? Do you know what small engine emissions do to your health and the environment? Do you know why small engines pollute so much? Are you tired of your small engine equipment having starting...

Platinum Pollution -- Law of Unintended Consequences

During the 70's catylitic converters were gradually installed in cars to reduce the emission of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide from exhaust.  Platinum is used in the construction of catylitic converters...

API Slams EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding

Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, issued the following statement today, slamming the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gases: "“The...

Fruit of the Poisonous Tree

March 23, 2009 This week, CPR is profiling two insidious examples of government overreach which should have been recognized as bad public policy at conception, as their basis is a blatant disregard of private property rights: 1) The Jacksonville Port...

St. Marys Cement proposes two Alternative Fuels sites in Ontario

The Ministry of the Environment has notified the public about a request from St. Marys Cement for a temporary approval to burn “alternative fuels” at its Bowmanville and St....

Oxygen Generators at Risk From Dirty Air

Much of the earth's oxygen supply is generated by tiny marine plants -- phytoplankton.  These plants are responsible for generating oxygen while at the same time, sopping up carbon dioxide from the air. New...

public trust joins Mayport to fight cruise terminal and pollution

The Village of Mayport is an historic, quaint fishing village. Scholars believe Jean Ribault landed here in 1562, two years before the establishment of Ft. Caroline which predates both St. Augustine and Jamestown.  Mayport has existed as a shrimping and fishing village...

India Government drives for cleaner environment! Noble

cause, undoubtedly! However, it must have somehow escaped those responsible (and let me tell you, they are excruciatingly difficult to track down) at Rajaji Bhavan, 5th Avenue, Besant Nagar, Chennai.  Their smoking...

$3.7 billion subway to be built in Baghdad

Baghdad officials announced plans today to build a two-line subway system in the Iraqi capital to ease congestion on the roads and fight heavy air pollution. The announcement raises concerns about the security of...

The "Excuse Me" Study - Cows and Farts

Ever wonder what's new on the Environmental front in Argentina?  Well, Argentine researchers discovered that methane coming from cows makes up over 30% of their country's total greenhouse emissions. ...

Beijing Olympians' Health vs. Air Pollution///by Stephen Fox, Managing Editor...

I must make it really clear right off the bat that I have always been contemptuous of Beijing holding the Olympics because of my knowledge of the genocidal toll on the Tibetans that China has exacted since 1949 in which almost 20% of the Tibetan population was killed by...

If You Buy Chinese Made Goods Read This

I've just finished reading The China Price The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage  by Alexandra Harney, Penguin Press New York 2008.  It should be read by anyone who buys Chinese made products.  That would be all of us.  The book carefully and...

Death by Dust

"It was October 6, 2004, three years after Ernie Vallebuona's three-month stint as a rescue and recovery worker at ground zero in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and he was hunched over and trembling,...

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