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MIRATECH Introduces Tier V System to Raise the Bar on Environmental Benefits.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma – July 7, 2020 – MIRATECH Corporation, a global industry leader providing cost-effective, reliable, and mission critical emissions and acoustics solutions for stationary natural gas and diesel reciprocating engines, is pleased to launch its Tier V emissions reduction system for a higher level of net environmental benefit and to set the standard for ... |
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San Diego APCD restricts stationary reciprocating engine NOx emissions.
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Requires Best Available Retrofit Control Technology on engines above 50 bhp. Requirements took effect July 8, 2020. On July 8, 2020, the San Diego Air Pollution Control Board (SDAPCD) adopted a rule to control oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from all stationary reciprocating engines with a brake horsepower (bhp) rating of 50 or more, including ... |
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EPA to retain Obama 70 ppb air quality standards for ozone.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on July 13, 2020 it proposes to retain current air quality standards for ozone despite calls by environmental groups to strengthen them, winning support from the oil industry and Chamber of Commerce according to a Reuters News report. The agency will keep in place the National Ambient Air Quality ... |
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EPA awards $6 million in research funding to nine institutions to improve air quality models.
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On July 9, 2020 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $5,959,842 million in research funding to nine institutions to improve air quality models used to simulate ozone, particulate matter (PM), regional haze, air toxics, and emerging pollutants. “This EPA-funded research will further our understanding of air quality and help us continue providing clean air ... |
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3 ways Trump’s NEPA plan overhauls energy projects.
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President Trump's July 15th rewrite of a Nixon-era environmental law — if it withstands expected legal challenges and the November election — could have major implications for energy projects, including oil and gas pipelines nationwide according to a July 16, 2020 EnergyWire report. Trump announced the completion of rules to overhaul the National Environmental Policy ... |
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Court strikes down Trump administration’s BLM methane rollback.
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On July 15th a federal court struck down a Trump administration rule that weakened restrictions on methane gas releases from drilling on public land, restoring an Obama-era rule according to a July 16, 2020 report from The Hill. In 2018, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rolled back parts of the prior rule that limited ... |
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: “Pendley doesn’t get it — and can’t head up BLM.”
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) move to Grand Junction, Colorado continues to struggle at the agency’s senior management level. A July 11, 2020 Editorial in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel strongly opposes William Perry Pendley’s nomination to serve as the director of the Bureau of Land Management, now headquartered in Grand Junction. “Pendley doesn’t ... |
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