Air
| Community Action/Info: | |
|---|---|
www.scorecard.org |
Scorecard. Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more. Find out about the pollution problems in your community and learn who is responsible. *** |
www.bucketbrigade.net |
Bucket Brigade is a simple, effective tool that communities are using to find out for themselves what chemicals are in the air. Armed with their own data and information about the health effects of chemicals, these communities are attaining impressive reductions of pollution, safety improvements and increasing enforcement of environmental laws.’ |
| Corporate/Industry Air Polluters: | |
www.peri.umass.edu |
"The Toxic 100: The Top Corporate Air Polluters in the U.S." Identifies the top U.S. air polluters among the world's largest corporations. Political Economy Research Institute, U Mass at Amherst. Corporate Toxics Information Project. |
carma.org |
CARbon Monitoring for Action. Listings of the carbon emissions of 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies in all countries around the planet. *** |
www.epa.gov |
Toxics Release Inventory is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by certain industries as well as federal facilities. |
www.ceres.org |
Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States. May 2008 - The 2008 Benchmarking report is the sixth collaborative effort highlighting environmental performance and progress in the nation’s electric power sector. Ceres, NRDC, etc. *** |
www.nytimes.com |
"China’s Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard" NY Times article. Aug 12, 2009. "After surpassing the United States as the world’s largest producer of household garbage, China has embarked on a vast program to build incinerators as landfills run out of space." The resultant dioxin and mercury travels to North America. |
| News: | |
www.sciencedaily.com |
ScienceDaily- top science news stories from the world’s leading universities and research organizations. Air Quality News. See Air Pollution News as well. |
www.medicalnewstoday.com |
Medical News Today. Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News. RSS Feeds. |
air.environmental-expert.com |
Environmental Expert an online marketplace, but also a source for industry-related information and resources, like publications, events, articles, case studies & news. News & Press Releases- Air & Climate. See Articles & Case Studies as well. |
www.pollution.com |
World News Network. Pollution News. Links to pollution news of the day. |
www.ipy.org |
International Polar Year campaign focusing on the polar regions. Atmosphere News and Announcements page. |
| Outdoor Air Quality: | |
airnow.gov |
AIRNow The U.S. EPA, NOAA, NPS, tribal, state, and local agencies developed the AIRNow Web site to provide the public with easy access to national air quality information. The Air Quality Index (AQI) tells you how clean or polluted your outdoor air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. AQI lists five major air pollutants ground-level ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. |
lungaction.org |
American Lung Association State of the Air: 2007. Check air by zip code or click on a state in the map to learn how ozone and particle pollution hurts your lungs -- and what you can do to protect yourself. |
www.iso.org |
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards, offering a wide-ranging portfolio of standardized sampling, testing and analytical methods to deal with specific environmental challenges. |
www.archive.arm.gov |
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) data are stored at and are distributed through this US Dept of Energy Archive. |
| Policy: | |
www.ncseonline.org |
National Council for Science and the Environment. CRS Report for Congress "Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 110th Congress" 11-Feb-2008 In the 110th Congress, five bills have been introduced that would impose multipollutant controls on utilities. PDF. |
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