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DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed Declaration Of An Exceptional Air Pollution Event Due To 2023 Wildfire Smoke Impacts

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 27 PA Bulletin inviting public comments on a proposed declaration of an Exceptional Air Quality Event due to 2023 wildfires from Canada and New Jersey causing elevated levels of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds impacting ozone pollution in Pennsylvania.

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Federal Water Tap, April 10: EPA’s Proposed Strengthening of Air Pollution Standards Comes with Water Benefit

Circle of Blue

The department, in a civil action , is seeking penalties and cleanup costs from Norfolk Southern following the derailment of a company train on February 3, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. News Briefs Air Pollution Proposal The U.S. The EPA will respond to the petition by August 15, 2023. By the Numbers 9.2

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

There is no EPA standard for indoor air.) Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7

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EPA’s Power Plant Rule is Not Bold. It’s What’s Required.

Legal Planet

In the year 2023, the U.S. Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. Then a coalition of states and environmental groups challenged the denial, and the result was the landmark decision Massachusetts v.

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PA Taxpayers So Far Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard To Environmental Compliance Record

PA Environment Daily

page D-6 ] The Budget Book says in FY 2022-23 Shell received $5 million in tax subsidies; in FY 2023-24 Shell will get $60.9 barrel) for the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2042. So far, the Department of Environmental Protection has imposed penalties totalling over $10.6 Read more here.] Read more here.

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PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates Stronger Proposed EPA Mercury, Air Toxics Safeguards For Coal-Fired Power Plants

PA Environment Daily

Jessica Moerman on EPA’s proposed mercury and air toxics standards for coal-fired power plants-- At the Evangelical Environment Network, we believe no child should have their God-given potential cut short. The MATS rule has been a proven success in slashing toxic air pollution, but medical research shows that no level of mercury is safe.

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Moms Clean Air Force: Strong Petrochemical Plant Rules Are One Step Closer To Reality With EPA Proposal, But More Safeguards Are Needed To Protect People Living Near Facilities In PA

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan released proposed standards for the chemical manufacturing sector to protect people from the hazardous air pollution emitted by more than 200 of the largest, most toxic chemical and plastic manufacturing facilities in the country with at least three located in Pennsylvania.