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Air Pollution and the Siting of Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Description: The decision to locate a fossil-fueled electrical power plant on a particular site involves trade-offs among the costs of: (1) land acquisition, (2) plant construction, operation, and maintenance, (3) power transmission, and (4) air pollution damage to humans, animals, plants and materials. The fourth of these, pollution costs, has been of great concern in recent years. But seldom, if ever, are the specific dollar trade-offs between the environmental and the other costs associated with site sel… more
Date: 1976
Creator: Fishelson, Gideon; Rausser, Gordon C. & Cohen, Alan S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Urban Design and Public Exposure to Carbon Monoxide

Description: In protecting the public from the risk of exposure to damaging levels of carbon monoxide, two approaches are possible; the pollutant's concentration may be lowered by traffic management measures or the public's rate of exposure may be reduced through urban design features. The present emphasis on traffic management stresses improving the flow and reducing the level of traffic, goals that are extremely costly to achieve in downtown areas. This paper examines ways to reduce risk of exposure by th… more
Date: 1976
Creator: Santini, Danilo J.
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Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)

Description: A report on a technology known as Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) which can fit inside of electrical utility boilers in order to reduce pollutants.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Assessment of the Health and Environmental Effects of Coal Utilization in the Midwest. Volume 1. Energy Scenarios, Technology Characterizations, Air and Water Resource Impacts, and Health Effects

Description: This report presents an initial evaluation of the major health and environmental issues associated with increased coal use in the six midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin is presented. Using an integrated assessment approach, the evaluation proceeds from a base-line scenario of energy demand and facility siting for the period 1975 to 2020. Emphasis is placed on impacts from coal extraction, land reclamation, coal combustion for electrical generation, … more
Date: January 1977
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Acid Rain and Transported Air Pollutants: Implications for Public Policy

Description: A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "synthesizes OTA's technical analyses of acid rain and other transported pollutants, and presents policy alternatives for congressional considerations" (p. iii).
Date: May 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Air pollution]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story about Fort Worth attempting to solve its air pollution problem.
Date: September 20, 1968
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Emissions]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about vehicle emissions. The story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date: October 24, 1985
Duration: 40 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Control of Metallurgical and mineral dusts and fumes in Los Angeles County, California

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing metallurgical and mineral fumes and dusts in Los Angeles County, California. Properties of dusts and fumes from different minerals are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: April 1952
Creator: Allen, Glenn L.; Viets, Floyd H. & McCabe, Louis C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accepted Limit Values of Air Pollutants

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing, as stated in the introduction, the "accepted maximum permissible concentrations of air pollutants from the standpoints of health, damage to vegetation, damage to property, and requirements of industrial processes" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Barkley, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Texas Senate legislation]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas senators ruling on the homestead tax exception and air pollution controls.
Date: March 20, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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