Word: sulfurously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent years should teach us not to rush in with quick fixes where we know we have an inadequate understanding of existing conditions." Meanwhile the Canadian government has been trying to persuade the Administration to change its position on legislation that would enforce a 50% cut in high-sulfur emissions from U.S. industrial sources by 1990. The measure would cost American utilities and consumers an estimated $2.5 billion to $4 billion a year...
...surface and releasing them into the atmosphere, causing much of Santa Barbara's air pollution. Under a deal struck with state and local governments, the oil companies will get an air-pollution credit: for every two tons of hydrocarbons they eliminate, they will be allowed one ton of sulfur-and nitrogen-oxide emissions from future drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. The pact should clear the way for developing a nearby well that could produce as many as 4,100 bbl. of oil a day. Says ARCO's offshore operations chief, Paul Rowley: "We just couldn...
...debris as its Yankee rival. But as Volcanologist Wendell Duffield of the U.S. Geological Survey notes, "At Mount St. Helens the barrel of the cannon was pointed laterally. At El Chichón it was pointed straight up." The result: the Mexican volcano injected much more dust, ash and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where the particles would be wafted high enough (at least 18 miles) to be carried in a westerly direction by prevailing high-altitude winds. Thus far, the cloud has been spotted over Hawaii, Japan, the Indian Ocean and Africa. U-2s have also detected traces over...
...environmental legislation to emerge from Congress. Passed in 1970 at a time of heightened concern about pollution, the law empowered the Environmental Protection Agency to begin a much needed atmospheric cleanup. It required the EPA to set strict limits on seven major pollutants, including toxic agents such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and lead. It mandated steady reductions in emissions from automotive tail pipes and factory smokestacks. It also gave the EPA power to force the states, some of whom showed little or no interest in curbing pollutants, to comply with the tough new federal standards...
...literally was a breath of fresh air. Since 1970, it has cut the amount of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere by 44% and carbon monoxide by 30%. Soot and ash from factories have been reduced by 16%. And the perpetual veils of industrial haze that used to hang over steelmaking cities like Pittsburgh, Gary, Ind., and Birmingham have been lifted...