]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/air-pollution Blog Articles Tagged with 'air-pollution' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/151152?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution My Toyota Prius doesn't like the cold. It also doesn't like short trips of just a couple miles or so, which make up a lot of my driving.I first noticed a decline in fuel efficiency during a week when I basically just drove stoplight to stoplight, ins... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/151152?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:44:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/150543?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution State environmental regulators are moving toward adopting Kentucky's first regulations to control mercury from industrial facilities like coal fired power plants.I wrote about that here.It should be noted that the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Contr... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/150543?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150227?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution WaPo: Regulatory Failure at the Office of Thrift Supervision - Calculated RiskKohn on Excess Reserves & the 2003 Deflation Scare - David BeckworthWhy all those Great Depression analogies are wrong - Daniel GrossWhy Great Depression analogies are not ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150227?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/150634?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wednesday afternoon I attended the presentation of EPA's annual National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement. There are four worthy winners, each of which gave a brief presentation:Downtown Silver Spring (MD) Redevelopment Project (Award for Ove... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/150634?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:37:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/150390?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution A new study sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council and other real-estate and architectural groups reveals that the initial cost to build green is less than what you might think. They studied 150 buildings (most of which had gone the extra mile... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/150390?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:39:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/150703?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Arches National Park, Utah -- When the Bush administration moved into the White House, they alleged, falsely, that outgoing Clinton staffers had destroyed the switchboard, painted the walls with obscene graffiti, and otherwise engaged in wholesale va... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/150703?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:40:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/150324?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution There's no question that green buildings represent one of the genuine success stories of green business. Thanks in large part to the LEED green building standard which established a solid set of benchmarks for answering the question How good is ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/150324?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/150731?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Lynne Purvis stood apart at a Ritz Carlton cocktail party Thursday night. Surrounded by coal, oil, and natural gas executives at a Bank of America energy conference in Key Biscayne, Florida, Purvis and her six friends had not been invited. Armed wi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/150731?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:39:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/150551?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Weaker air pollution regs for areas near national parks, such as around Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, appear to be on the way, despite objections from most EPA regional administrators.This is all part of the Bush administration's effort to finish it's ant... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/150551?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:14:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149694?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution By Kate Sheppard Obama is tapping many Clintonites for his transition team. Photo: John Raoux / AP The Obama-Biden transition announced the names of the Agency Review Team leads, who will be charged with completing a thorough review of key ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149694?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:04:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149704?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution By Frank O'Donnell With a secret-ballot vote by Democrats in the House of Representatives likely next week, Washington, D.C. continues to buzz over the effort by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to unseat Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the p... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149704?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:55:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149706?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution By Guest authorThis is a guest post by Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, senior researchers with the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. ----- When leaders of the 20 largest economies gather i... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149706?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:49:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/149494?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution The Petroleum Ceiling and the Limits of GrowthSince the credit crisis began, we've been hearing a lot about how investing in a Green New Deal', A Green Economy', and A Clean Energy Economy' will rescue us. But how, specifically, will green s... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/149494?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:58:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149033?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution One of the biggest challenges to solving sprawl and addressing the many social and environmental issues that accompany growth is the plethora of jurisdictions that complicate regional thinking. The environment doesn't respect political boundaries... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149033?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:33:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149388?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution One of the biggest challenges to solving sprawl and addressing the many social and environmental issues that accompany growth is the plethora of jurisdictions that complicate regional thinking. The environment doesn't respect political boundaries... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149388?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:33:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149961?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution One of the biggest challenges to solving sprawl and addressing the many social and environmental issues that accompany growth is the plethora of jurisdictions that complicate regional thinking. The environment doesn't respect political boundaries... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/149961?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:33:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/148971?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution By Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, Senior Researchers When leaders of the 20 largest economies gather in Washington this week, a centerpiece of their deliberations should be a Global Green Deal that capitalizes on the current economic crisis to buil... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/148971?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:06:18 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148956?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Environmentalists often cheer rising energy prices, hoping they will encourage conservation, boost support for higher efficiency standards, and make renewable sources more cost-effective. But hikes in the cost of natural gas may have Istanbul, and ot... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148956?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/146671?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Olympic transport measures in Beijing were a great success, but the British capital may still have some important lessons to teach the Chinese capital about managing traffic.by Murad Qureshi Visiting Beijing for the very successful Olympic Games in A... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/146671?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:04:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146492?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution British air pollution advice video from 1947Just as a reminder that the type of persistent and deadly air pollution that currently plagues many places in China once happened elsewhere as well (one which I hope most TreeHugger readers don't need...), ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146492?rsstype=tag&tag=air-pollution Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:56:00 -0500