European Parliament must restore ambition to AFIR and FuelEU Maritime proposals – Clean Air Task Force
BRUSSELS — Today, the Council of the European Union has thrown a roadblock into the attempt to decarbonise the maritime sector by adopting a deeply unambitious position on the proposed Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) and FuelEU Maritime legislations. These two files have the potential to push the maritime sector into adopting zero-carbon fuels in […]
California carbon capture bills pass state Senate with bipartisan support, bringing state closer to scaling deployment of critical climate technology
SACRAMENTO — Three bills to advance carbon capture and storage in California passed the state Senate this week, bringing the state one step closer to commercializing carbon capture and storage – climate technologies deemed critical to decarbonization by the International Energy Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “As set forth in the […]
Impact of limiting EPA’s power of power plants on Great Lake
BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 35 million people call the Great Lakes Basin home. It extends from Minnesota to New York, sharing a shoreline with Canada. Along that shoreline are power plants. What You Need To Know SCOTUS decision means EPA cannot require power plants to begin substituting fossil fuels like coal, for other lower emissions […]
AirStow Launched Air Conditioning System to easily solve indoor air quality problems
California, United States – August 2, 2022 — AirStow launched an Air Conditioning System to solve indoor air quality problems. It is committed to providing a new type of air-conditioning system for the public and bringing clean air and healthy and comfortable living quality to every household. Since its establishment, AirStow has been committed to […]
Legal Agreements Block Drilling, Fracking Across 1 Million Acres in Central California
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Community and conservation groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management reached an agreement today to suspend new oil and gas leasing across more than 1 million acres of public lands in California’s Central Valley and Central Coast. A separate agreement also requires the Bureau to conduct new environmental analysis before drilling is […]
Achieving a net-zero K-12 facility is a team effort
Designing a net-zero energy building is always a challenge, but renovating an existing school and applying for grants to make the project happen is another challenge entirely. IMEG recently had the opportunity to do just that, delivering a school district’s first net-zero facility. When the Park View Early Learning Center in Mount Prospect, IL, was […]
Colorado sued over late West Elk coal mining air pollution permit
Colorado has missed by almost a year an air pollution permit deadline for the West Elk Mine near Paonia, a major Western Slope source of volatile organic compounds, n-hexane, methane and other pollutants, according to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups. Arch Coal-owned West Elk applied for an air pollution permit in […]
Learn more about the benefits of houseplants at Extension workshop – The Coastland Times
By Christ Blaha, Currituck Extension Want to learn how to improve your indoor air quality while reducing stress and fatigue? If so, join us at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Currituck County Center, located at 120 Community Way in Barco on Thursday, August 18, 2022 from 6 to 7 p.m. for a free houseplant workshop. […]
DEQ smoke advisory issued for part of Southern Oregon due to McKinney Fire | HealthWatch
JACKSON & KLAMATH COUNTIES, Ore. — Oregon is issuing an air quality advisory for Jackson and Klamath Counties through Friday. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today issued an air quality advisory effective Sunday, July 31 through Friday August 5 for Jackson and Klamath Counties due to smoke from the McKinney fire in Siskiyou […]
Why forest managers need to team up with Indigenous fire practitioners
The forests of the Western United States are facing an unprecedented crisis, besieged by wildfires and climate change. There is a precedent for part of the solution, though: intentional burns such as those set by Indigenous peoples. Many of our forested ecosystems depend on fire. They evolved with frequent blazes touched off by humans or […]