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The EU's court was asked to judge the case of a resident of Munich, Dieter Janecek, who said that under the 1996 EU Air Quality Directive (Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management [5]) the Munich authorities were obliged to take action to stop pollution exceeding specified targets. Janecek ...
Nationally, people of color are 61% more likely to live in a county with a failing grade for air pollution, again according to the American Lung Association, and Black New Jersey residents are ...
The Air Pollution Control Commission promulgated its first set of rules and regulations, known as the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Code in 1956. The substance of the code was fairly minimal, dealing mostly with the open burning of trash at landfills. [9] Subsequent regulations, adopted in 1958, were more ambitious.
The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively). [1 ...
The U.S. also saw an uptick in air pollution, climbing from a nationwide average of 8.9 µg/m3 in 2022 to 9.1 in 2023, with the southward-drifting smoke from Canada’s wildfires partly to blame.
As of around 11:30 a.m. the air quality index for parts of North Jersey was between 51 and 100 which is considered moderate. The air quality index becomes "unhealthy for sensitive groups" when it ...
The history of environmental pollution traces human-dominated ecological systems from the earliest civilizations to the present day. [1] This history is characterized by the increased regional success of a particular society , followed by crises that were either resolved, producing sustainability , or not, leading to decline.
Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Union and Hudson counties will have a poor air quality alert from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, according to the National Weather Service and NJ Department of Environmental ...