How Engineers Calculate the Pollution from SmokeStacks
WEBJul 19, 2020 · Smokestacks ensure that factory emissions are diluted and dispersed. They ensure that the resulting chemicals are dispersed over a wide area where combustion-oriented pollution is present,...
Supreme Court rules on EPA's 'Good Neighbor' rule: What it …
WEBJun 27, 2024 · The EPA’s “good neighbor” rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution. Three energy-producing states — Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia — challenged the rule, along with the steel industry and other groups, calling it costly and ...
E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks
WEBMar 15, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule forcing factories and power plants in 23 Western and Midwestern states to sharply cut smog-causing pollution that is released...
Air Quality: Information on Tall Smokestacks and Their Contribution …
WEBMay 11, 2011 · Tall smokestacks--stacks of 500 feet or higher, which are primarily used at coal power plants--release air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) high into the atmosphere to help limit the impact of …
EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule will protect millions of people from …
WEBMar 28, 2023 · EPA’s just-finalized plan reduces NOx pollution from smokestacks in 23 upwind states, which will help downwind states meet their clean air obligations under the health-based 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone. The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to control interstate pollution.
Cleaner Industrial Emissions by Scrubbing CO2 From Smokestacks
WEBDec 12, 2019 · An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way to scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions, which could be a key to mitigating global climate change.
Decades after Clear Air Act, most smokestacks still lack scrubbers ...
WEBJun 10, 2011 · A set of amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1977 encouraged use of pollution control equipment over so-called dispersion techniques – building tall smokestacks that would release air pollutants high into …
How the Clean Smokestacks Act breathed new life into NC air …
WEBJun 20, 2022 · With the Clean Smokestacks Act, North Carolina became a pioneer on air pollution reductions, leading ahead of federal regulations. In the 20 years it has been in place, the state has seen several benefits.
EPA ‘neighbor’ rule cuts downwind pollution by power plants
WEBMar 15, 2023 · A new “good neighbor” rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can’t control.
EPA 'good neighbor' rule targets downwind pollution by power plants - NPR
WEBMar 15, 2023 · The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule Wednesday to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing...
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