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Biden-Harris Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan is clearly on a mission. He has “bold aspirations, and a long to-do list,” says The Washington Post. But to succeed, the Post acknowledges, he must “help the EPA get its groove back.” As Reagan put it, “We’ve got a lot of work to do, starting with rebuilding staff morale and getting all our staff back to feeling as if they matter, their voices matter.” Regan says his job is “to restore the scientific integrity and the utilization of data, of facts, as we move forward, and make some very important decisions.” His second goal is to increase “cooperation” between the EPA and its “subordinate” state environmental agencies. EPA will dictate; states will fall in line. ....
16 march 2021 - 12:40:57 DRW/MA Panafrican News Agency Companies asked to renew their ozone depleting substances permits Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Meteorological Services has put out a call to companies to renew their annual permits for import, export and transit to trade in Ozone Depleting Substances (ODSs) ....
Ozone can disinfect rooms from Covid in minutes Researchers discover that gaseous ozone can quickly and cheaply sanitize entire rooms, including objects inside them and hard-to-reach locations. March 10, 2021, 9:19 am Placing drops of virus suspension on sterile surfaces prior to ozone exposure. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University. Low concentrations of ozone gas effectively sanitize surfaces against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after a few minutes, according to an Israeli research group. Ozone, found in the thin layer of the Earth’s atmosphere that guards us against harmful UV radiation, has long been used as an antibacterial and antiviral agent in water treatment. ....
Exposure to what is considered low levels of air pollution over a long period of time can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, atrial fibrillation, and pneumonia among people ages 65 and older, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation. ....
Credit DTE Energy DTE Energy and state regulators have asked the Court of Appeals to reconsider a decision affecting a permit for the utility s new gas plant. The company is building a billion gas plant in St. Clair County. Nick Leonard is the executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. He says the Court of Appeals rightly decided that state regulators ignored their own permitting process. Leonard says regulators did not require DTE to study pre-existing ozone levels before they issued a permit. Ozone can hurt people with lung problems as well as young children and even healthy people who exercise outdoors. ....