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New EPA Rule to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

New EPA Rule to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
The U.S. EPA announced in a keynote address at the California Governor’s Global Climate Summit that it has taken a significant step to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act. They will announce a proposal requiring large industrial facilities that emit at least 25 000 [...]

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A climate uncertainity

As world economies and companies stumble punch-drunk through the 2009 global economic crisis, with its associated widespread unemployment misery, it’s perhaps understandable that the once near-holy subject of energyefficiency has taken a back seat.
Against this gloomy financial backdrop, access to finance for major infrastructure investments has proved challenging whilst boardroom uncertainties only add to the nervousness.
Energy markets [...]

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Greenhouse Gas Reporting Starts Next Year

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Starts Next Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced, effective January 1, 2010, it will, for the first time, require large emitters of “heat-trapping emissions” to begin collecting greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new reporting system. EPA said this new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation’s [...]

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EPA Announces Methane Reduction Grant Program

Through the Methane to Markets partnership, the United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA) is making up to US$7 million in grant available for innovative international projects and activities. The agency expects to award up to 40 cooperative grant agreements ranging from approximately US$100 000 to US$700 000.
The Methane to Markets partnership is an international initiative to [...]

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Reducing environmental impact: Successful environmental monitoring

Reducing the environmental impact of water management and infrastructure projects is becoming an essential part of the business. In this article, Dr Mike Coffey looks at the role environmental monitoring can play and how to design an effective programme.
There are many possible reasons for conducting environmental monitoring. The base objective of monitoring exercises is to measure [...]

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Landfills: From Trash to Treasure

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has described landfills as an “effectively untapped resource” for renewable energy. The agency estimates that landfills are the source of about 12% of global methane emissions. (Methane is about 21 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO2.)
The EPA estimated that there were some 1,000 projects around the world [...]

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Scrubber removes 99%+ chlorine

Purafil’s Environmental Systems Division (ESD) has launched the Chlorine Drum Scrubber (CDS) designed to remove more than 99.5% of chlorine from air in industrial, water and wastewater applications. The scrubber canister is constructed with reinforced glass fibre to help resist chlorine corrosion and is sized for airflows of 100, 300 and 500 cfm. It has [...]

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Emissions News

Cummins recently released a new rating of 1864 kW for its Tier 2 QSK50 for well-servicing applications. The powerto-weight ratio, 1864 kW from 5700 kg, is increasingly important as well-servicing equipment is often on trailers or rigs traveling on roads with local or regional weight restrictions. The new rating increases output by 9% from 1715 [...]

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The great green wall of China

Since winning the bid in 2001 for the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer, China has sought to make over its image of heavyweight industrial pollutant to one of environmentally responsible, clean energy supporter. Beijing, a city with a population of 17.4 million, has implemented 20 costly projects over the past three years to clean [...]

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EPA announces Clean Air Excellence Awards winners

The US Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) announced the winners of its eighth annual Clean Air Excellence Awards at a recent ceremony in Washington DC.
The winners, who were selected for their outstanding accomplishments in improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, fell into one of four categories: clean air technology; community action; education/outreach and regulatory policy innovations.
Winners included [...]

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