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Oil and gas recovering after dark 2020, but it will take time
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At the onset of 2020, Oklahoma state officials and oil and gas company leaders were cautiously optimistic about the coming year for the industry, according to a March 14, 2021 Tulsa World report. Then the pandemic hit. But since then, prices have steadily risen to more than $60 per barrel. The recovery, however, has just ... |
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UK has broken air pollution limits for a decade, EU court finds
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The UK has “systematically and persistently” broken legal limits on toxic air pollution for a decade, the court of justice of the EU (CJEU) has ruled according to a March 4, 2021 report from The Guardian. Levels of nitrogen dioxide, mostly from diesel vehicles, remain illegally high in 75% of urban areas and on Thursday ... |
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California’s SCAQMD proposed warehouse indirect source review for NOx and PM10 reductions
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California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will be holding a public hearing for the adoption of Rule 2305, Warehouse Indirect Source Review (ISR) according to a March 23, 2021 Trinity Consultants report. Rule 2305 aims at reducing NOX and PM10 emissions associated with warehouses and mobile sources attracted to warehouses greater than 100,000 ... |
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TCEQ continues air monitoring following severe cold weather
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As Mother Nature relaxes her grip on the Lone Star State in the wake of a prolonged cold spell, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is utilizing its network of air monitors to assess air quality in communities across the state according to a February 22nd TCEQ report. While many of the air monitoring stations ... |
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MIRATECH Completes Latest Webinar Series about Recent Bay Area AQMD Updates
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MIRATECH Corporation successfully executed its latest free global webinar series topic, covering the logistics of compliance with new BACT under the Bay Area AQMD. Lasting 45 minutes, the webinar was open to industry professionals and customers on Thursday, Feb. 4 via GoToWebinar, drawing a large virtual audience. Attendees learned about the recently released Bay Area ... |
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Targeting power plants in 12 states EPA strengthens CASPR to reduce summer smog
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On March 15th the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is finalizing revisions to its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Update to help areas affected by pollution emitted by power plants in other states meet the 2008 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, commonly referred to as smog. Starting this summer, ... |
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Canada Supreme Court rules federal carbon tax is constituntional
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In rejecting a request from some provinces to strike down national carbon pricing, the court declared that the measure meets an important national need. In a decision rendered March 25th that marked an important victory for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate change agenda, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that the federal government’s imposition of carbon taxes ... |
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