“Witnesses agreed that if EPA tightens the current ozone standard, many parts of the country will be unable to meet the new limit due to naturally-occurring or uncontrollable ozone.” Continue reading Witnesses Say EPA’s Forthcoming Ozone Standards Impossible to Meet
Category: Air Quality
Claim: European coal pollution causes 22,300 premature deaths a year
This is junk science because… Continue reading Claim: European coal pollution causes 22,300 premature deaths a year
Air Scare Debunked: Still no deaths reported from Chinese air pollution
The enviros claim 1,000 deaths per day. Show us a body!!–more–>
From the U.S. China Institute:
ON AN AVERAGE DAY IN CHINA outdoor air pollution causes the premature death of roughly 1,000 people. This is the conservative estimate of World Bank researchers utilizing surveys collected by Chinese government agencies and scholars. A number of news organizations reported that an internal World Bank report put the number who die prematurely each year at 350,000 to 400,000. The World Bank’s preliminary report states that air pollution costs the average Chinese urbanite 18 years of life. In 1997, the World Bank estimated 50,000 Chinese died prematurely each year due to air pollution.
But there are still no reports of deaths from air pollution in China since Steve Milloy wrote this op-ed in January.
Read “Show Us the Bodies, EPA.”
Ozone: EPA to propose most expensive regulation ever later this year
“If the standard is reduced to 60 parts-per-billion, as some of the EPA’s advisory committees have proposed, even “pristine locations” like Yellowstone National Park might not meet it.” Continue reading Ozone: EPA to propose most expensive regulation ever later this year
DC ambulance with gunshot victim had to pull over because EPA-required emissions system failed
“The diesel engines at issue are designed to cut power if exhaust filters are not kept clean.” Continue reading DC ambulance with gunshot victim had to pull over because EPA-required emissions system failed
Uncovering EPA’s Secret Science
Steve Milloy discusses the history — and future — of EPA’s secret air pollution science. Continue reading Uncovering EPA’s Secret Science
Claim: Nuke power has saved 1.84 million lives by reducing air pollution
This is junk science because: Continue reading Claim: Nuke power has saved 1.84 million lives by reducing air pollution
California to ban beach fires
The Washington Times reports: Continue reading California to ban beach fires
Claim: Prenatal exposure to traffic is associated with respiratory infection in young children
This is junk science because… Continue reading Claim: Prenatal exposure to traffic is associated with respiratory infection in young children
Claim: Traffic soot increases risk of heart disease
This is junk science because… Continue reading Claim: Traffic soot increases risk of heart disease
Two-Decade-Old Harvard Health Data Confounds U.S. EPA Nomination
“Buried in the questions Senate Republicans want answered by the nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a stumper: data linking microscopic particles in the air to premature death.” Continue reading Two-Decade-Old Harvard Health Data Confounds U.S. EPA Nomination
Claim: North Carolina coal plant emissions increase suicides
This certainly wouldn’t be a good factoid for the EPA and its illegal human testing program. Continue reading Claim: North Carolina coal plant emissions increase suicides