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CLEAN AIR ACT  

EPA laws have been tried and tested time and time again. Is it a lost cause or are the states right in fighting the system?

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Bush administration are being held accountable for violating the Clean Air Act of 1970

The Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative utility company has entered into a settlement with the United States Government concerning violations of the Clean Air Act

Give a description of your law. Including date the law was passed and any background information that you can find on why this law was passed. Has this environmental law improved the environment/situation?

This article examines the 1972 and 1977 Clean Water Acts and traces their path through the policy cycle.

On Thursday, the EPA, The United States Environmental Protection Agency proposed a concept aimed at lowering the "allowable" concentrations of air in ozone, commonly referred to as everyday smog, known to cause breathing or other respiratory problems

College term paper on the effects of pollution controls in the United States and economic reasoning. Government reasoning and policies, Urban and Regional Economics.

The EPA has released a Final Staff Paper that calls for considerable changes in the airborne lead standard to ensure public health. The Paper makes recommendations for updates to the Clean Air Act.

Air pollution has been a serious concern in this country for the past 20 years. There are many known health risks to living in an environment with smog and particle pollution in the air. In fact, 46% of Americans live in areas with unsafe air.

These megacities take up approximately only 2 percent of the Earth's land surface, yet they account for roughly 75 percent of industrial wood use, 60 percent of human water use, and nearly 80 percent of all human produced carbon emissions.

Since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970, there have been significant reductions in hydrocarbon emissions yet these so-called "greenhouse" gases continue to pose a threat to the environment.

Water and Air Pollution Analysis

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed its proposal for new national air quality standards for particle air pollution.

Data from satellites can supplement the EPA's network of monitors for detecting tiny, hazardous particles of pollution in the air, NASA researchers find.

Light pollution describes excess light in an area or location. Its effects and causes remain under debate, but there are certain effects of light pollution that can be irritating, and according to some, even harmful to health and the environment.

The EPA has received a letter from the U.S. House of Representatives calling on the agency to set strong limits on smog pollution.

Chicago faces its share of air pollution like any other major city, and the EPA has awarded millions of dollars to keep that fresh Canadian air flowing over the Great Lakes. But now they want Blommer Chocolate to eliminate chocolate scented emissions.

Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards fail to protect public health and must be made stronger, according to John Kirkwood, CEO of the American Lung Association.

A petition has been filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking the agency to set rules regarding pollution that comes from the large ocean going ships, both cargo and cruise ships.

Clean Air Acts throughout the United States are acts or laws that ban smoking in certain locations or situations, and Arkansas' Clean Air Act is no different.

CITGO petroleum found guilty of violations to clean air act. company operated faulty tanks, and used processes that emitted poisonous gases in to the air.

Breathing air in the Philippines six years after the implementation of Republic Act 8748, or the Philippine Clean Air Act.

Utah began its ban of smoking tobacco products and fighting against second-hand smoke in 1995, with its latest amendment in 2006. For more information on this smoke-free act, continue reading below.

If a smoker chooses to light up in Florida they better make sure they are not in violation of the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act.

Smokers and businesses in the state of New York are facing penalties if they violate the New York Clean Indoor Air Act. For more information, continue reading this article.

The New Mexico Clean Indoor Air Act is the result of the New Mexico State Legislature to protect its people from the dangers created by smoking tobacco products and second-hand smoke.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) released its draft of the new DFW plan at around 4 p.m., two days before Thanksgiving.

The State of Colorado joined many other states by putting into effect its own Clean Indoor Air Act in July 2006. The main goal of this act is to protect "nonsmokers from involuntary exposure to environmental tobacco smoke."

Nevada joined many other states in the fight against second-hand smoke by passing the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act.

The State of Delaware joined many other states who have taken steps to protect people form the dangers of second hand smoke by passing the Delaware Clean Indoor Air Act.

Smokers in Connecticut, whether residents or visitors, should be aware of the Connecticut Clean Indoor Air Act and how it can affect them.

The Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Air Act was put into effect with the idea of protecting people form the dangers of smoking and second-hand smoke and for providing "for the comfort of all parties."

In-depth look at the term "Clean Air Alert" in addition to a quick summary of it's history. This article explains the impact Clean Air Alerts have on the local environment and how we can do our part to relieve increased levels of pollution during these days.

Piantedosi Baking Company, Malden, Mass. a manufacturer of bread products, has reached a settlement in regards to an alleged violation of the Clan Air Act and has agreed to pay a fine of $50,000 as well as buy $25,000 worth of renewable energy credits.

The Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act became effective January 15, 2003 to "protect the public health, comfort and environment by prohibiting smoking in public places and at public meetings except in designated smoking areas."

In 1983, the Wisconsin Clean Indoor Air Act went into effect and in the years since there have been several amendments to it with the result today being a law that states where smoking is "never permitted; permitted only in a designated smoking area; or generally permitted."

The Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act regulates where smoking is prohibited and also permitted in the state of Minnesota.

The General Assembly of the State of Illinois, with the approval of the people of Illinois, created and put into effect the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act because it found that "tobacco smoke is annoying, harmful and dangerous to human beings and a hazard to public health."

The Montana Clean Indoor Air Act was put into effect by the Montana Legislature to protect students, workers and the public from the harmful effects associated with being exposed to second-hand smoke.

The EPA has approved New Jersey's plan to reduce air pollutant emissions to comply with the Clean Air Interstate Rule.

A brief summary of the new Arkansas no smoking law, and the employer obligations associated with that new law.

President Bush is being criticized in this article for his policy in regards to allowable levels of air quality over national parks and wilderness areas.

This Act prohibits smoking tobacco products in public places and workplaces in the State of Washington.

A victory of sorts for the Environmentalist. A cold hard look at what it takes to get the obvious through the maze of the present administrative and judicial process.

Being from the heart of Appalachian coal country, I couldn't pass by a book titled Big Coal. Knowing a little bit about the Bush administration's rewording and minimizing of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and neutering the Environmental Protection Agency...

On behalf of the U.S Clean Water Act., the World Environment Federation set up a project known as World Water Monitoring Day. This program enlists the help of millions of citizens from around the world, to check on and report local water quality.

We should find a product that is not harmful to us or the environment.

According to one news source, "Recently, a Canadian member of parliament from Edmonton, Alberta, agreed to introduce a petition that called for Bigfoot to be protected under the Canadian version of the endangered species act."

Particulate matter is a form of air pollution that affects everyone. Is it dangerous? What does it do to humans? How can I avoid it? Read on.