AGNR 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: National Emissions Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants, Energy Information Administration, Diesel Exhaust
4 Dec 2017
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+ the energy information administration eia says that the u. s. has enough natural gas to run for 110 years. Well operators have to recycle fluids or inject them into underground storage wells, discharge it in nearby water or transport to wastewater treatment facilities. States with highest volume of hydraulic fracturing fluids containing 2-butoxyethanol: 1) texas, then oklahoma, new mexico, colorado, louisiana, pennsylvania, wv, utah, montana, arkansas: rising coal exports have montana rail communities braced for worst. The trains are being used to transport hundreds of millions of tons of coal through population areas, Billings, heart of downtown, blocking one of the main crossings. Billings pulmonologist knows coal trains bring diesel exhaust, coal dust and noise, which all have health consequences. Diesel exhaust linked to cancer and asthma, noise to blood pressure increase, soot causes more people to die from cardiovascular and respiratory problems: alpha natural resources closing 8 mines, cutting 100s of jobs.
