What's New in Earthscape, April/May 2005

In 1970, the United States Congress passed the Clean Air Act which
established air quality standards designed to minimize the air
pollution found most harmful to human health. There have been many
changes to the legislation over the years. This month Earthscape
allows a comparative look at the last 2 administrations with the
inclusion of a collection of Congressional Research Service reports
on air quality legislation.



Several new research papers explore the link between toxic
substances in our air and the public health impacts today and in
the future.



New material included in the April/May 2005 update of Columbia Earthscape

 

Policy

Papers and Conferences

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS), National Council for Science and the Environment

CRS Report for Congress 86031: Acid Rain, Air Pollution, and Forest Decline

Implementing SO2 Allowance Trading: Implications of Transaction Costs and Taxes

CRS Report for Congress: Ethanol and Clean Air: The "Reg-Neg" Controversy and Subsequent Events

CRS Issue Brief for Congress - Alternative Transportation Fuels and Clean Gasoline: Background and Rgulatory Issues

CRS Report for Congress - 95034: Clean Air Act Issues

CRS Report for Congress - Air Quality: EPA’s Proposed New Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards

CRS Report for Congress, Air Quality Standards: The Decisionmaking Process

CRS Report for Congress: Air Quality and the New Ozone NAAQS: The OTAG Process

CRS Issue Brief for Congress - 97007: Clean Air Act Issues in the 105th Congress

RS20247: EPA's Tier 2 Proposal for Stricter Vehicle Emission Standards: A Fact Sheet

CRS Report for Congress RL30298: Air Quality and Motor Vehicles: An Analysis of Current and Proposed Emission Standards

Air Quality and Electricty: Enforcing New Source Review

Diesel Fuel and Engines: An Overview of New Emissions Regulations

Electricity Restructuring and Air Quality: Comparison of Proposed Legislation

Clean Air Act Issues in the 106th Congress

Alternative Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues

Clean Air Standards: The Supreme Court Agrees to Review American Trucking Associations v. EPA

Electricity Restructuring: The Implications for Air Quality

The Supreme Court Upholds EPA Standard- Setting Under the Clean Air Act: Whitman v. American Trucking Ass'ns

The Clean Coal Technology Program: Current Prospects

Diesel Fuel and Engines: An Analysis of EPA’s New Regulations

The Liability Exemptions in the Senate - Brownfields Bill (S. 350)

Air Quality and Electricity: Initiatives to Increase Pollution Controls

Clean Air Act Issues in the 107th Congress

Sport Utility Vehicles, Mini-Vans and Light Trucks: An Overview of Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards

Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 108th Congress

Clean Air and New Source Review: Defining Routine Maintenance

Air Pollution: Legal Perspectives on the “Routine Maintenance” Exception to New Source Review

Air Quality: EPA’s Proposed Interstate Air Quality Rule

Implementation of EPA's 8-Hour Ozone Standard

Transportation Conformity Under the Clean Air Act: In Need of Reform?

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5): National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Implementation

MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues

Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress

Mercury Emissions to the Air: Regulatory and Legislative Proposals

Visibility, Regional Haze, and the Clean Air Act: Status of Implementation

Environmental Protection Agency

Latest Findings on National Air Quality: 2000 Status and Trends

Cumulative Ozone Exceedances – A Measure of Current Year Ozone Levels Compared to Historical Trends

Characterization of National Spatial Variation

Development of a New Reporting Technique for Air Quality

National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report 2003 Special Studies Edition

The Particle Pollution Report: Current Understanding of Air Quality and Emissions through 2003

International Issues & U.S. Air Quality

Natural Resources Defense Council

Subtracting Sulfur: Reducing Diesel Sulfur Levels to Reduce Urban Pollution

Journals

 

OzonAction Newsletter

Issue #48, September 2004

Stockholm Water Front

Stockholm Water Front, December 2004

Stockholm Water Front, September 2004

Stockholm Water Front, June 2004

Stockholm Water Front, April 2004

Stockholm Water Front, December 2003

Stockholm Water Front, September 2003

Stockholm Water Front, June 2003

Stockholm Water Front, April 2003

Stockholm Water Front, December 2002

Stockholm Water Front, September 2002

Stockholm Water Front, June 2002

Stockholm Water Front, April 2002

Research

Papers and Conferences

 

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

Photooxidants, Particles, and Haze across the Arctic and North Atlantic: Transport Observations and Models

Columbia Earth Institute

Assessing Potential Public Health and Air Quality Impacts of Changing Climate and Land Use

Environmental Protection Agency

Impact of April 2001 Asian Dust Event on Particulate Matter Concentrations in the United States

Chemical Speciation of PM_2.5 in Urban and Rural Areas

Trends in Monitored Concentrations of Carbon Monoxide

The Ozone Report – Measuring Progress through 2003

Air Emissions Trends – Continued Progress Through 2003

North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Estimating Air Pollution Emissions From Fossil Fuel Use in the Electricity Sector in Mexico

North American Power Plant Air Emissions

Churches to celebrate Palm Sunday with 'eco-palm' for first time

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Proceedings of the 2001 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

Modelling of Global Vegetation Diversity Pattern, No. 79

A Set of Atmosphere Statistical-Dynamical Models: Theoretical Background, No. 81

Well Balanced Finite Volume Methods for Nearly Hydrostatic Flows, No. 84

A Note on Domains of Discourse – Logical Know-How for Integrated Environmental Modelling, No. 86

Conceptual Frameworks of Adaptation to Climate Change and their Applicability to Human Health, No. 91

How Much Warming are we Committed to and How Much Can be Avoided?, No. 93

Urbanised Territories as a Specific Component of the Global Carbon Cycle, No. 94

Stockholm Environment Institute

Benchmarking Urban Air Quality Management and Practice in Major and Mega Cities of Asia

United Nations Environment Programme

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report

Journals

 

Environmental Health Perspectives

Environmental Health Perspectives - April 2005

Environmental Health Perspectives - March 2005

Environmental Health Perspectives - February 2005

Environmental Health Perspectives - January 2005

Environmental Health Perspectives - December 2004

Environmental Health Perspectives - November 2004

Environmental Health Perspectives - November Toxigenomics 2004

Journal of Geology

Vol. 113, No. 3, May 2005

Vol. 113, No. 2, March 2005

Vol. 113, No.1, January 2005

Vol. 112, No.6, November 2004

Vol. 112, No.5, September 2005

Vol. 112, No.4 July 2004

Vol. 112, No.3, May 2004

Water Resources Management

Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2005

Volume 18, Issue 6, December 2004

Volume 18, Issue 5, October 2004

Volume 18, Issue 4, August 2004

Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2004

Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2004

Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2004