July 2007 - Posts

• Coal Gasps its Final Breaths

  Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:40 PM by Jared Saylor Comment Here: (Comments Off) Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his opposition to three proposed coal-fired power plants in Nevada. The plants would have taken away much needed water in the arid region, and added more greenhouse gases that contribute to global [Read More]

• Car Battery Makers Can Continue Lead Pollution, EPA Says

  Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:45 PM by Jared Saylor Comment Here: (Comments Off) Although, the EPA has identified 58 lead acid battery manufacturers as major sources of lead pollution—emitting more than 26 tons of lead and 47 tons of other hazardous pollutants each year—the EPA has failed to provide new regulations on the industry’s [Read More]

• Adopt The Sky -- Dirty Ozone Standards Don't Protect Public Health

  Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:34 AM by Jared Saylor Comment Here: 1 Comments Last week, the EPA ignored recommendations of its own scientific advisors and the health community, by revising its standards for ozone, the main component of smog. Under the new standards , ozone levels could be as high as 75 parts per billion (ppb)—which [Read More]

• Halogenated Solvents and Cancer Risks

  Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:12 AM by Jared Saylor Comment Here: (Comments Off) Industrial facilities often use industrial cleaners to clean and polish machines. Halogenated solvents like perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene (TCE) are associated with several types of cancer in humans, and breathing these chemicals can cause problems [Read More]