
NS residents concerned over dusty cement plant emissions
Sudden plant shutdown resulted in a discharge of dust that drifted over neighbourhoods and coated cars.
Clean-tech innovator BIOREM tallies new orders worth $5.7M
High-efficiency air emissions control systems lined up for projects in China and Chicago.
Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
Unclear what Trump will propose as final fuel-efficiency rules, but in the past has favoured freezing Obama-era mileage standards at 2021 levels.

N.R. Murphy Ltd. marks 75 years with new ownership
Industrial air quality manufacturer keeps it in the family as Helder Armas takes over as president.
Beijing says air quality improved in first half of 2016
Good days in which air quality was rated good grew by 19 to 107.
Tests in Alberta industrial heartland reveal air quality concerns
Researchers find brief, dramatic spikes in levels of benzene, a known carcinogen for which there is no safe level.
Sulphur recovery issue shuts down Shell’s Scotford upgrader
Energy company was monitoring air quality when tests revealed sulphur dioxide levels were below guidelines.
Oil sands mobile air monitoring cancelled over funding problems
Equipment monitors air quality during environmental emergencies.
Curbing global warming pollution dims coal’s future
US presses ahead with tough requirements for new coal-fired power plants.
China’s bad air drives top foreign executives away
Good for career but bad for health: How expats see a stint in China.
Canada is an environmental laggard: Conference Board
Report cites high consumption and throwaway habits for a C grade.
Canada’s environment ministers announce agreement to reduce smog, improve air quality
Agreement updates air quality standards for the first time in 20 years, starting with sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds.