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Nitrogen Oxides
Gases consisting of one molecule of nitrogen and varying numbers of oxygen molecules. Nitrogen oxides are produced, for example, by the combustion of fossil fuels in vehicles and electric power plants. In the atmosphere, nitrogen oxides can contribute to formation of photochemical ozone (smog), impair visibility, and have health consequences; they are considered pollutants. (source: EPA) 0 WebWire (press release),Although vehicles are the single largest emission source of nitrogen oxides in this region, distant stationary sources may have a greater impact on nitrate Industries Pollute Faraway Rain and Snow - 22 Oct 2007 Associated Content,While gasoline-burning vehicles emit the most nitrogen oxides in the Northeast and Midwest, the nitrates from faraway sources might contribute more to Clean energy bets on natural gas - 22 Oct 2007 Long Beach Press-Telegram,LNG emits no asthma-causing diesel particulate matters or smog-forming nitrogen oxides, and burns between 20 and 30 percent less greenhouse gas than oil. Evergreen Marine to install electrical power generator at Los ... - 22 Oct 2007 Trading Markets (press release),...at the Port of Los Angeles, resulting in the elimination of 300 tons of pollution-forming nitrogen oxides since 2004, according to port officials. Mercedes Debuts Diesel-Fueled E-class in California - Oct 20, 2007 Wired NewsThis releases ammonia which in turn reduces up to 80 percent of the nitrogen oxides into harmless nitrogen and water in the downstream SCR catalytic Industry's emissions on the rise - Oct 16, 2007 BBC News,The figures showed a 10% increase in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 to 2006 in Scotland, a 40% increase in nitrogen oxides and a 22% increase in sulphur Chesterfield plant emissions down - Oct 19, 2007 Richmond Times Dispatch,The list of pollutants includes carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulates and nitrogen oxides. The list doesn't include the greenhouse-gas carbon Clean combustion technology in successful hydrogen fuel test - Oct 18, 2007 Engineer Live,Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are greenhouse gases as well as components of smog. The US DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability initially 4 day traffic ban cuts pollutant discharge by 5800 tons - Sep 29, 2007 China Daily,During the test, the emissions of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and inhalant particulate matter (IPM), a major air pollutant, were cut by 87 tons, Helsinki could ban driving on days of poor air quality - Sep 25, 2007 Helsingin Sanomat,Such a move would require that the content of nitrogen oxides in the air would have been at a high level for several consecutive days, and that a certain EPA says eastern US skies are cleanier - Sep 28, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Smog forming emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from power plants and industry in 19 eastern US states and the District of Columbia are down seven percent Bio-diesel: an alternative to fuel crisis - Oct 7, 2007 Ceylon Daily News,Nitrogen Oxides are a contributing factor in the localised formation of smog and ozone. Nitrogen Oxides emissions from bio diesel are comparable with those Guangzhou beating HK in smog battle - Oct 8, 2007 South China Morning Post (subscription),Most dramatically, according to the paper in the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Journal of Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong's nitrogen oxides level has risen Higher emissions from coal and gas power stations threaten ... - Oct 20, 2007 Sunday Herald,Cockenzie, along with Longannet and Peterhead, also recorded significant increases in emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which are known to Fort Worth may stop buying cement from high polluter - Oct 2, 2007 Fort Worth Star Telegram,Wet kilns, which rely on technology from the 1960s and 1970s, produce 55 percent of the nitrogen oxides emitted by cement plants but only 20 percent to 25 Conesville work part of AEP settlement - Oct 10, 2007 Coshocton Tribune,...because the EPA recognized AEP was already engaged in many projects to reduce emissions of sulfure dioxide and nitrogen oxides at its coal-fired plants. EPA lawsuit potentially decreases Ohio pollution - Oct 9, 2007 The Post Online,The settlement includes yearly limits on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions for 16 plants in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Latest EPA Report Shows that Skies Are Cleaner in Eastern United ... - Sep 27, 2007 Associated Content,Nitrogen Oxides are the compounds that lead to ground-level ozone formation, otherwise know as smog. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson applauds the new $4.6b pollution deal should help Northeast breathe easier - Oct 15, 2007 Boston Globe,Sulfur and nitrogen oxides are key components in urban smog. When they react with water vapor and oxygen in the atmosphere, they can become acid rain. Russians also may make steel in Ohio - Oct 19, 2007 Columbus Dispatch,The factory would release up to 3837 tons of nitrogen oxides and up to 3468 tons of sulfur dioxides annually. It would also emit up to 2088 tons of particle COUNCIL BRIEFS - Oct 3, 2007 Fort Worth Star Telegram,The resolution, similar to one passed by Dallas in May, sets a preference for plants that produce low amounts of nitrogen oxides. It is aimed at pressuring Clearing the fog surrounding smog - Oct 15, 2007 Varsity (subscription),More specifically, it is the nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds emitted into the atmosphere that react with sunlight to produce ozone and Olympic traffic control cuts pollution by 20 per cent, Beijing says - Sep 29, 2007 Earthtimes.orgThe four-day test in mid-August cut the level of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and inhalable particulate matter by an average of 15 per cent to 20 per Decision on coal plant could bring legal battles - Oct 20, 2007 Topeka Capital Journal (subscription),...emission not regulated by the state or federal government in the same way sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury have been monitored for years. Coal project could mean another economic boom for McLean County - Oct 20, 2007 Minot Daily News,The gasoline would be lower in sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulates than petroleum-derived fuels. The plant also would produce 700 megawatts of Ethanol plant proposal still worries residents in town - Oct 20, 2007 Evening Observer,...for higher emissions of odors and volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides than the levels they said they would be emitting once in production. Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide For First Time - Oct 18, 2007 Washington Post,...which are required before construction of combustion facilities, have been denied over emissions such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury. Oxford bus fleet greenest in UK - Oct 16, 2007 Oxford Mail,Oxford Bus Company's average combined emission level - including carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides - was 5.85 grams per kilowatt, compared with Utility Agrees to Large Settlement, Emissions Cuts - Oct 9, 2007 Washington Post,American Electric Power has agreed to spend as much as $4.6 billion to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. But AEP spokesman Pat Hemlepp Oct. 11, 1995: 'We're Trashing the Ozone Layer' - Oct 10, 2007 Wired News...who in 1970 released a landmark study of the effects of nitrogen oxides on the accelerated decomposition of the ozone layer. Sources: $4.6 billion settlement in power plant air pollution case - Oct 8, 2007 CNNThe government has sought to sharply reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter [soot] released into the air which affect Indian River Power Plant Must Cut Emissions - Sep 26, 2007 WMDT,In the order, the rates of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides must be down 25 percent by the year 2012. They also have to cut some of the operations at the San Joaquin Valley could get millions in voter-approved funds to ... - Sep 25, 2007 San Diego Union Tribune,Air quality advocates called the proposal an important step toward lowering smog-forming nitrogen oxides, a byproduct of the heavy truck traffic passing in Candidates vary on climate change - Oct 15, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...full article Nitrogen oxide -- NOx is a generic term for the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion. They are believed to aggravate asthmatic Blue is the new Green - Oct 6, 2007 Business Line,Called BLUETEC, the purpose behind the development of this new technology for Mercedes Benz was to reduce substantially nitrogen oxides, a key polluting Very Good Air Quality in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area and in ... - Sep 24, 2007 Israel Ministry of the Environment,Nitrogen oxides concentrations, which are indicators of pollution from transportation sources, plummeted in transportation monitoring stations in the Tel EPA Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative Leadership Group presents ... - Oct 15, 2007 WebWire (press release),Diesel emissions contain large amounts of nitrogen oxides and fine particles (soot). Nitrogen oxides are precursors of ozone (smog), which is a lung California Air Board Requires Steep Emissions Cuts By 2018 - Oct 3, 2007 Environment News ServiceThis plan, which will reduce emissions of the smog precursor nitrogen oxides, NOx, by more than 500 tons per day by 2014. Nitrogen oxides react with Global warming an alien term in Kashmir: Degradation goes on unabated - Oct 13, 2007 Merinews,For instance, ever increasing number of automobiles continues to spew carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and lead, ESG Worried by OESCO and MoD Iillegal Emissions - Oct 1, 2007 Vox Online News,NO2 and NO are both oxides of nitrogen and together are referred to as nitrogen oxides (NOx). Nitrogen dioxide can irritate the lungs and lower resistance Ships are top port polluters - Sep 27, 2007 San Diego Union Tribune,...the Unified Port of San Diego shows that oceangoing vessels accounted for most of the nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and particle emissions last year. FEATURE OF THE WEEK: 10 ways to cut your fuel costs - Oct 19, 2007 Truck News,But they also emit 100% more carbon monoxide, 50% more hydrocarbons and 31% more nitrogen oxides – so if drivers aren’t endangered enough by speeding, Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. Licenses Its Patented Emission ... - Sep 23, 2007 Die Welt,...which controls nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions through selective catalytic reduction (SCR), and the related suite of Clean Diesel patents. EAD launches environmental competition on climate change - Oct 15, 2007 AME Info,Carbon dioxide, ozone, methane, sulfur oxides, hydrogen and nitrogen oxides are gases that are considered impurities causing air pollution when more Determination of Attainment, Approval and Promulgation of ... - Oct 19, 2007 Trading Markets (press release),...area through 2020 and establishes 2006 and 2020 motor vehicle Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxides (NO ) emission budgets for this area. Mercedes-Benz's future car - Oct 15, 2007 Stuff.co.nz,As a result of homogeneous combustion at reduced reaction temperatures, low emissions of nitrogen oxides are produced. The rest of the emission-control work Air-Quality Issues From Diesel-Powered Trucks: Where Can We Improve? - Oct 17, 2007 MidwestBusiness.com,...over the next 20 years millions of diesel engines already in use will continue to emit large amounts of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Power Company to Pay $4.6 Billion to Clean the Air - Oct 9, 2007 Daily GreenAs a result of its Clean Air Act violations, AEP emitted illegal amounts of harmful nitrogen oxides and deadly sulfur dioxide pollution at plants in Indiana Buses drive 'greener' - Oct 11, 2007 Chicago Daily Herald,The Environmental Protection Agency maintains "diesel emissions contain large amounts of nitrogen oxides and fine particles (soot). Nitrogen oxides are EPA Approves New Jersey’s Plan to Reduce Nitrogen Oxide Pollution - Sep 26, 2007 U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which will permanently cap emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the eastern United States. 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