Word: sulfurously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Does not support easing environmental restrictions to allow burning of higher sulfur coal...
...Does not support easing environmental restrictions to allow burning of high sulfur coal...
...Steubenville, Ohio, Reagan said, "I have flown twice over Mount St. Helens. I'm not a scientist and I don't know the figures, but I have a suspicion that one little mountain out there, in these last several months, has probably released more sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere than has been released in the last ten years of automobile driving or things of that kind." In rebuttal, Environmental Protection Agency officials said automobiles are not even regulated for sulfur dioxide, because they emit very little of it; utilities, which are regulated, have spewed out 200 million tons...
...decade of military rule. Beyond the purely commemorative reasons for rejoicing, Nigerians can revel in their emergence as black Africa's richest and most powerful nation-and a rising economic force on the world scene. With daily shipments to the U.S. of nearly 1 million bbl. of low-sulfur "sweet" crude oil, Nigeria ranks as the U.S. 's second largest supplier of foreign petroleum (after Saudi Arabia). Nigeria's staggering trade surplus with the U.S. this year is expected to top $11 billion-possibly more than that of any other nation. This week Nigerian President Alhaji Shehu...
Last week harried U.S. Geological Survey workers noticed a quirky change in the volcano's gaseous emissions. Abruptly, the 5-to-1 ratio of carbon dioxide to sulfur dioxide dropped sharply to 2.4 to 1. Similar drops preceded at least two of the post-May 18 eruptions. That raised immediate concern that the volcano was about to blow again. But the ratio is no certain predictor. Says Geologist Bob Noble: "We don't have anything that's 100% accurate...