The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration proposed new regulations to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new rules replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was proposed in 2015 but ran into multiple legal challenges and never took effect. Nonetheless, in a high-profile 2022 ruling, West…

After a childhood on the dump, John Chweya wants to ensure rights are enshrined in plastic pollution treaty

Scientists have discovered microbes in the Arctic and Alps that can digest certain biodegradable plastics at much lower temperatures than previously thought, which could offer a more environmentally friendly way to combat plastic pollution.

The EPA proposed regulations to cut climate-warming emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels to generate electricity.

The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to reduce planet-warming pollution from the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change

Coal and natural gas-fired power plants would have to dramatically reduce the climate-warming greenhouse gasses they emit under proposed federal rules.

Environmental groups laud the regulation, which would advance clean power in the US – if it survives expected legal challenges

Recent “upsets” like tripped compressors, pressure loss and freezing weather resulted in thousands of pounds of unauthorized pollution but no fines or citations from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

The specific mechanism through which air pollution affects the prognosis of ischemic stroke, or stroke caused by diminished blood supply to the brain, is uncertain. Read further on Dynamite News:

Before the fire at the Shell refinery, "upsets" like tripped compressors, pressure loss and more resulted in thousands of pounds of pollution.

The Motor Trade Association wants the Government to require annual air pollution tests for vehicles older than 10 years.