PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- TribLive: DEP Declares TODAY Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Liberty/Clairton, Allegheny County = -- FERC Approves PJM $1.25 Gas Explosions -- WPXI: Major Natural Gas Leak At Ross Twp., Gas Explosions -- WPXI: Major Natural Gas Leak At Ross Twp.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2022

Catatonic politics on climate change. Beyond partisan politics. The Biden administration, despite its efforts to restore respect for science throughout federal government, and its pledges to account for racial disparities, has frequently tripped over itself in bowing to political and economic pressures to drop restrictions.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Shellenberger, Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020 Good morning Chairwoman Maloney, Ranking Member Comer, and members of the committee. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi after that hearing I noted that I am aware that Congressional hearings involve some political theater.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2022

Since the subcommittee was created, I have admired its strong commitment to uncovering violations of scientific integrity related to the pandemic response; for instance, they documented more than 80 instances of political interference by the Trump administration. A history of interference in federal science.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

And we’re still trying to recover from a pandemic that has made even more clear the disproportionate impacts of air pollution on overburdened communities, making them even more vulnerable to the negative impacts of COVID 19. We found that, in our “100% RES” scenario, coal generation essentially disappears by 2040 in USCA states.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

After all, these agencies actions often have a direct impact on how well the public is protected from threats such as climate change impacts, natural disasters, unsafe food and drugs, transmissible disease, and air pollution. We also published the results of our 2018 survey in the journal PLoS One in 2020.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Washington’s adoption of these stricter standards comes on the heels of the termination of its emission testing program in 2020 due to the state’s significant improvement in air quality and almost statewide NAAQS attainment. Thus, the CAA sets a floor for regulation of air pollution, not a ceiling.

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Inside Climate News

JULY 17, 2023

When large ships use scrubbers to meet international air pollution limits, the treated fuel exhaust gets dumped into the sea along with other contaminants. By Lydia Larsen In 2020, an international rule went into effect that sharply reduced the amount of sulfur allowed in ship fuel.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2023

Trillion Across Global Economy, Report -- AP: EPA: New Pollution Limits Proposed For U.S. Trillion Across Global Economy, Report -- AP: EPA: New Pollution Limits Proposed For U.S. Trillion Across Global Economy, Report -- AP: EPA: New Pollution Limits Proposed For U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Host a webinar series to STEM the Vote In order to bring scientific research and data into discussions on political concerns we organized a STEM the Vote series of webinars focused on the top voter concerns of the 2020 election. The topics included public health, climate change, gun control, education, food security, and immigration.

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

The proposed rule would apply to new and existing gas plants and existing coal plants—new coal plants are separately regulated—and promises to significantly cut carbon and other harmful air pollutant emissions from fossil plants over the next two decades and beyond. For more on West Virginia v. EPA , see our previous post here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Updated Background -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Material Leaks Into Tributary Of Marsh Creek State Park At Site Of Mariner East Pipeline Spill In 2020 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Gains New Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells As It Sets Records Capping Old Ones -- Protect PT Hosts Feb.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We see here that the political economy in both countries is shifting in directions ever more favorable to this move to rapid renewable energy deployment. ” That’s a mouthful and it obviously reflects carefully crafted language, but it is important to hear this from both of the largest global emitters. For the U.S.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Updated analysis from 2020 shows that emissions traced to the 88 largest carbon producers contributed approximately 60 percent?of They obviously include climate change, but it also include health impacts from air pollution and water pollution. degrees goal is threatened by political inaction.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

3 To Sign One Of 2023-24 Budget Bills; Fiscal Code Bill Yet To Be Negotiated -- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Leadership Calls Senate Back Into Session To ‘Finalize’ PA Budget Today -- The Center Square: Sudden PA Senate Return Signals State Budget Revival -- PennLive - John Baer: Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2019 and 2020, I served as a member of a committee involved in the implementation of California’s Assembly Bill 617. That law created the state’s Community Air Protection Program focused on reducing exposure in communities most impacted by air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 15 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water/Wastewater Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Greene County [PaEN] -- 2nd Annual (..)

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Joe fought tirelessly to raise awareness on urban air pollution in the1980’s by establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report that is still used today. And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. 2 In The Country When It Comes To Citizen Militias, What Does Constitution Say About That?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

New Tools To Detect Air Pollution In Pennsylvania, the use of this and other technology has energized a new breed of environmental activism aimed at detecting air pollution from the sky and from the ground. Now, armed with a $495,000 federal grant from the U.S. We have more advanced technology. The gas industry does, too.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

2020 Election Distraction Yet To Go Away Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Threads PA Environment Digest Feed Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: July 19, 2023] PA Environment Digest Capitol Convicted Of Crimes -- Warren Times Editorial: Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

3 [PaEN] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Climate Activists Bike Hundreds Of Miles Through PA To Demand Change -- Group Against Smog & Pollution Tells Allegheny County Health Dept. Click Here to register. FRIDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. 15 In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn.,

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM’s Mid-Auction Capacity Rule Change Over Protests From Some Generators -- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania's State Water Plan Points To New Challenges - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center: Cutting Waste In Reforestation Of Riparian Buffers; Summer Intern Opportunities [PaEN] -- Lancaster (..)

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

July 28, 2020 Good morning Chairperson Castor, Ranking Member Graves, and members of the committee. In fact, experts have long recognized that while the early stages of a nation’s industrialization can increase air pollution, later stages can lower it through cleaner-burning coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

7, 8, 9 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP To Hold March 8 Virtual Hearing On Sunoco Pipeline Mariner East II Pipeline Erosion & Sedimentation Permit For Marsh Creek Lake Remediation, Chester County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Sunoco Pipeline LNG Pumping Station Air Permit In West Goshen Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

At every phase of oil and gas production, harmful air pollutants are deliberately released. These air pollutants include such things as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, naphthalene. “I I don’t care what your politics are but I do care who’s side you are on. Enact setbacks now.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 21, 2021

From 2015 to 2020, the lead levels in some Chicago neighborhoods were as high as those in Flint, Michigan during their devastating water crisis that started in 2014. One impediment has little to do with lead pipes and more to do with the politics and practice of immigration policy. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. Photo © Tyler Hewitt.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2021

2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];

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HumanNature

JANUARY 20, 2022

Student in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University How climate change offers opportunities to revitalize and reconnect with rural communities Rural voices are increasingly lamented as forgotten and unacknowledged. The politics of resentment?: This feeling is not untrue. Sources Bonnie, R. Diamond, E.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

2020 election results] -- LancasterOnline Editorial: Being Subpoenaed By U.S. Wengert Memorial Park In Lebanon -- Game Commission Delivers Annual Report To House Game & Fisheries Committee -- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Hunters, Sport Shooters Spend More than $1.8 What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.:

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

“It is clear that not only are we devastating the health of these children when they are young, the oil and gas industry and their political supporters are inflicting harm that will follow them throughout the entirety of their lives. This is a moral outrage.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

million more than 2020] -- AP: Senate, House Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 million more than 2020] -- AP: Senate, House Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 million more than 2020] -- AP: Senate, House Have Record Cash Operating Surplus Of $233.6 Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9

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