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A Senate proposal would allow heavy-duty vehicles, such as eighteen-wheelers, to idle indefinitely. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force
Posted inChildren's Health, Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

Bill Would Allow Trucks to Idle Engines Indefinitely, DENR Offers Support

by Gabe Rivin July 15, 2015January 28, 2018
Industrial smokestacks directly emit particle pollution, but they also emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react in the atmosphere to form fine particle pollution. Photo courtesy U.S. EPA
Posted inEnvironmental Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health

Panel Cites NC Health Benefits of Federal Carbon Plan

by Gabe Rivin September 21, 2014April 7, 2017
Industrial smokestacks directly emit particle pollution, but they also emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react in the atmosphere to form fine particle pollution. Photo courtesy U.S. EPA
Posted inChronic Disease, Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

North Carolina Comes Up to Federal Standards for Fine Particle Air Pollution

by Gabe Rivin September 10, 2014April 7, 2017

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