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EPA Projects Final ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ Will Result in 14 GW of Coal Retirements

March 16, 2023 admin air quality, Business, Coal, coal closures, csapr, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Gas, good neighbor plan, Legal & Regulatory, low-nox burners, Markets, NAAQS, news, NOx, over-fire air, ozone, power plants, regulations, scr, smog, sncr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:23:48 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15 issued the final “Good Neighbor Plan,” its latest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that could require coal, oil, or gas steam power plants in 22 states to reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels by 50% by 2027 compared to the 2021 ozone season. […]

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Canned air and water-spraying drones: Smog remedies

March 21, 2019 admin Air, Asia, Climate, climate change, latest news, Latest News Stories, pollution, remedies, smog, World

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:15:31 +0000

This this photo taken on March 17, 2019, the leaf-shaped ventilation shaft (C) for the air purification system of the Central-Wan Chai bypass tunnel is seen beyond anchored boats in Hong Kong. - Hong Kong this year opened a 3.7km tunnel equipped with an air purification system touted as the largest of its kind in the world in terms of volume of air handled - 5.4 million cubic metres of vehicle exhaust every hour. As millions of people in Asia choke under polluted skies, authorities have turned to water-dispersing drones and outdoor air purifiers to improve air quality, while companies have tried to cash in by selling everything from canned air to lung-purifying teas. (Photo by VIVEK PRAKASH / AFP)

As millions of people in Asia choke under polluted skies, authorities have turned to water-dispersing drones and outdoor air purifiers to improve air quality.

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Hundreds of schools to shut as toxic smog cloaks Bangkok

January 29, 2019 admin Bangkok, international news, Latest News Stories, pollution, smog, Thailand, World

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 06:40:43 +0000

Toxic smog forced Bangkok authorities to issue an unprecedented order to shut nearly 450 schools on Wednesday.

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Mask shortage in Bangkok due to smog

January 16, 2019 admin Asia, Bangkok, environment, Latest News Stories, pollution, public health, smog, Thailand, World

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 06:28:29 +0000

After spending several days choking on high levels of fine particle dust, many Bangkok residents have opted for masks to protect themselves.

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Thailand to make it rain as pollution chokes Bangkok

January 14, 2019 admin Bangkok, cloud seeding, international news, Latest News Stories, pollution, smog, Thailand, World

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:54:35 +0000

Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an effort to tackle the pall of pollution that has shrouded the capital in recent weeks.

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