Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

DECEMBER 27, 2020

The real action begins if one could access my Amazon Prime data in 2018, 2019 and 2020 as well as my geotagged data. Armed with these wealth indicators, the researcher can study whether poor people are engaging in similar adaptation strategies as richer people during air pollution and natural disaster crises. hours a day.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Further, the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (national legislation providing the general framework concerning the adoption and implementation of measures to combat global warming) was revised in May 2021. In September 2018, in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Civil law cases.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. Because the Pigging Station was built prior to 2018 it is not covered by an Air Quality Program permit from DEP. However, they only apply to facilities constructed or modified after August 8, 2018. But more on this later.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 Figure 2: Source breakdown and impact overview of black carbon from the climate and clean air coalition (Climate & Clean Air Coalition 2018). Arctic Council.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We have reviewed the DCNR 2021 ATV Regional Trail Connector Pilot (2021 ATV Regional Pilot) and the associated State Forest Environmental Review (SFER) conditionally approved by the State Forester on July 15, 2021. Additional impacts included noise and air pollution.” Click Here for a copy of the expert report.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Four studies purporting to examine whether a pre-buy effect occurred on heavy-duty truck sales can’t agree on the magnitude or timing of any such effect.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

As of September 2021, Kenya’s electricity price for households was equivalent to $0.21/kWh. This was followed by a tender issued by the transport ministry in November 2021, which sought a consultant to develop a national electric mobility policy, funded partially by the World Bank and the Kenyan government. air pollution in Nairobi.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Urban trees provide cooling shade and windbreaks that reduce energy costs in all seasons, provide noise buffers for quieter neighborhoods, and reduce air pollution that improves air quality. Posted: November 4, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Black smoke is an incomplete combustion and that’s a [air pollution] violation. The Environmental Integrity Project, Clean Air Council and PennFuture said the MarkWest Plant had a history of frequent and illegal flaring events almost monthly in 2020 and 2021. They’re not allowed to do that,” said Lodge. Read more here.

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Breezometer

JULY 27, 2021

According to the National Fire Protection Association , in California alone, the 2020 wildfire season killed over 30 people, destroyed 8,500 structures, and torched a record-breaking 4 million acres of land—doubled the acreage burned in 2018. What you see here is the air quality in the area. According to Reuters , Western U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

In 2018, “the name of the program was changed to Oil and Natural Gas Production to cover potential health impacts from both conventional and unconventional oil and gas production.” These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. within one-half mile).

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Breezometer

MAY 23, 2022

Pyrocumulonimbus cloud over the 2018 Carr Fire (image by Jim Mackensen; source ). In June 2021, during the Northern California Tennant Fire that burned over 10,000 acres of land, a terrifying video captured by firefighters went viral. How Accurate Wildfire & Air Pollution Tracking Can Help People in Firenado Risk Areas.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

This is the same company that in 2018 blew up a house near its Revolution pipeline in Beaver County. PEMA Inviting Comments The 2018 State Hazard Mitigation Plan is now being updated and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency is asking for comments. There was no notice to the public of the explosion. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

The Wolf administration has also prioritized protecting air quality. In 2018, DEP began the Driving PA Forward initiative, using the settlement funds from the e Volkswagen cheating scandal. I n October 2021, Gov. Grant and rebate programs were put in place to replace older, dirty diesel engines with cleaner alternatives.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Find more temperature and rainfall data at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Learn about these and other current and projected climate change impacts at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. It’s projected that by the middle decades of this century, we'll be another 5.9° We've funded over 1,000 chargers?installed

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 5, 2023

billion over the 2021–2022 period. When drought compounds heatwaves , upticks in dust and air pollutants associated with extra energy use cause poor air quality in regions such as California’s Central Valley. Nearly all the increase in summer forest-fire area from 1972 to 2018 was due to increased VPD.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In 2018, the General Court partially upheld the actions, prompting an appeal from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

County of Inyo (2021) __ Cal.App.5th__. All three landfills are operated by the County subject to oversight and permits by the County Department of Environmental Health Services, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Up in flames After recording Canada’s highest ever temperature on 29 June 2021, Lytton in British Columbia had to be evacuated as wildfires engulfed the town and destroyed most of its buildings. As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. And how are they linked to wildfire, air pollution and other hazards?

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Acoel

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Chuck Becker. million tons in 2018). million tons in 2018). One of my favorite movies is The Graduate. There is a scene in that 1968 film where Ben (Dustin Hoffman) is getting advice about his future from Mr. McGuire. million tons in 1970 to over 35.7 million tons in 1970 to over 35.7

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2022

TOC has been billed as a double-win : it encourages new housing to be located near public transit—a boon for climate, local air pollution, and traffic—and it creates more “affordable housing.”. This post will focus on the affordability part of this, since that’s the income-targeted element in this policy. Enter the Area Median Income.

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