Texas often gets a bad rap from other parts of the nation due to the stereotypical image of oil-guzzling rednecks that is often associated with the state. In reality, Texas is leading the nation in development of alternative energy technology and in reducing pollutants in our atmosphere. The free-enterprise, private-initiative attitude of the state in which private industry and government entities can partner to achieve common goals is a model that should be emulated by the rest of the nation. Cooperative efforts, rather than burdensome regulation, are key to the successes.
As North Texas grows, air becomes cleaner
Release date: 10/28/2008
Contact Information: Dave Bary or Tressa Tillman at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov
(Dallas, Texas – October 28, 2008) As the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s economy has grown to one of the nation’s most vibrant, its citizens have also enjoyed improvements in air quality. This summer saw the lowest levels of ozone in three decades, thanks to a campaign to reduce air pollution led by the...(complete news release here).
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
DFW Leads Country With Clean Air Plan
Isn't it amazing that Texas, the long-time leader in oil & gas, is not only leading the way with alternative energy production but is now leading the way in cleaning up the air?
Dallas-Fort Worth clean air plan first in country proposed for EPA approval
Release date: 07/01/2008
Contact Information: Dave Bary or Tressa Tillman at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov
Additional 40 tons of pollution cuts move plan across goal line(Dallas, Texas – July 1, 2008) EPA gathered local and state partners to announce its proposed approval of the Dallas-Fort Worth clean air plan today. Also, EPA announced that the area achieved the previous 1-hour ozone standard through the success of earlier plans.
Under the proposed plan, ozone forming pollutants will be reduced by...(complete news release here).
Dallas-Fort Worth clean air plan first in country proposed for EPA approval
Release date: 07/01/2008
Contact Information: Dave Bary or Tressa Tillman at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov
Additional 40 tons of pollution cuts move plan across goal line(Dallas, Texas – July 1, 2008) EPA gathered local and state partners to announce its proposed approval of the Dallas-Fort Worth clean air plan today. Also, EPA announced that the area achieved the previous 1-hour ozone standard through the success of earlier plans.
Under the proposed plan, ozone forming pollutants will be reduced by...(complete news release here).
Friday, November 30, 2007
China and the Environment
I've been saying from the day I started this blog that China is a serious environmental disaster in the process of happening. Forbes magazine agrees.
Global ETF Briefing
The Inconvenient Truth About China
Carl Delfeld, Chartwell ETF Advisor 10.12.07, 6:40 PM ET
Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Al Gore might want to change the name of his famous $40 million PowerPoint presentation to “The Inconvenient Truth About China.” While the media and policy establishment are preoccupied with global warming issues that may have important consequences in 50 years, an environmental disaster exists in China right now. This significant challenge, however, is also a major opportunity for the Chinese leadership and American business.
To get your attention, below is just a sampling of facts drawn from...(complete article here).
Global ETF Briefing
The Inconvenient Truth About China
Carl Delfeld, Chartwell ETF Advisor 10.12.07, 6:40 PM ET
Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Al Gore might want to change the name of his famous $40 million PowerPoint presentation to “The Inconvenient Truth About China.” While the media and policy establishment are preoccupied with global warming issues that may have important consequences in 50 years, an environmental disaster exists in China right now. This significant challenge, however, is also a major opportunity for the Chinese leadership and American business.
To get your attention, below is just a sampling of facts drawn from...(complete article here).
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Pollution Busters
Who ya gonna call??
Pollution-Busting Plants
Transgenic trees and plants may break down the pollutants left behind at sites ranging from former factories to firing ranges
By David Biello
A French hybrid of an aspen tree may one day rid water supplies of the industrial degreaser—and human carcinogen—trichloroethylene (TCE), one of the most common contaminants at toxic waste sites in the U.S. And the tiny, but tractable, Arabidopsis plant may mop up the residue of RDX, a military explosive blasted into the soils at firing ranges.
"Plants are a good method for remediating soil and water," says Stuart Strand, an environmental engineer at the University of Washington who has worked on creating the genetically modified pollution-gobbling aspen tree. Even in their natural state...(complete article here).
Genetic engineering is definitely here to stay. I have mixed feelings about it because scientists don't know where to draw the line. But, I do believe there are worthy applications.
Questions: If human conducted genetic engineering creates a new creature/plant/organism for a specific purpose, is that saying that scientists are smarter than God? Or, is it saying that we don't yet know the consequences of our God-playing? Or, is it the desired result of the cumulative knowlege of our God-inspired species and is part of His plan? No wonder few scientists believe in God. They think they are one.
Pollution-Busting Plants
Transgenic trees and plants may break down the pollutants left behind at sites ranging from former factories to firing ranges
By David Biello
A French hybrid of an aspen tree may one day rid water supplies of the industrial degreaser—and human carcinogen—trichloroethylene (TCE), one of the most common contaminants at toxic waste sites in the U.S. And the tiny, but tractable, Arabidopsis plant may mop up the residue of RDX, a military explosive blasted into the soils at firing ranges.
"Plants are a good method for remediating soil and water," says Stuart Strand, an environmental engineer at the University of Washington who has worked on creating the genetically modified pollution-gobbling aspen tree. Even in their natural state...(complete article here).
Genetic engineering is definitely here to stay. I have mixed feelings about it because scientists don't know where to draw the line. But, I do believe there are worthy applications.
Questions: If human conducted genetic engineering creates a new creature/plant/organism for a specific purpose, is that saying that scientists are smarter than God? Or, is it saying that we don't yet know the consequences of our God-playing? Or, is it the desired result of the cumulative knowlege of our God-inspired species and is part of His plan? No wonder few scientists believe in God. They think they are one.
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