Legal Planet
AUGUST 22, 2023
States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 10, 2023
Burning gas and coal leads to carbon dioxide emissions and air pollutants. Air pollutants contribute to all of the leading causes of death, such as heart disease, strokes, cancer, and respiratory illness. Now we have increasing evidence air pollution contributes to dementia as well.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 15, 2022
The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) and soot (or particulate matter, PM 2.5 ) from new heavy-duty trucks. State regulations have strict inducements, so the degree to which EPA aligns with such parameters is important. Limits on mal-maintenance/tampering.
Law Columbia
MAY 28, 2021
This week’s advancements offer two new models for local governments looking to require or promote building electrification: air pollution and land use regulation. 2317, which would amend the City’s building code to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new and renovated buildings to 50 kilograms of carbon dioxide per million BTUs.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 13, 2022
This new regulation would apply to delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. This new regulation would apply to delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. Regulate more tractor trucks, including the smaller fleets. and 33 percent of NOx emissions from all on-road transportation in the state.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 29, 2024
These pipelines run through many of our neighborhoods, exposing us and our loved ones to methane pollution. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is roughly 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, fuels extreme weather across the country by trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 21, 2022
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is currently considering one of the most critical rules for air quality and climate change in many, many years. Regulating big rigs will have big impacts. emissions, and just under 15 percent of climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the state’s on-road vehicles.
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