Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.4.24
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 4, 2024
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PA Environment Daily
JUNE 4, 2024
Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
28 Public Info Sessions [PaEN] -- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Berks Battery Plant Site Proposed For Federal Superfund List -- AP: EPA Delays New Ozone Pollution Standards Until After 2024 Election -- PA Capital-Star: PA Cong. 24 Features Headliner Bands [Posted: September 10, 2023]
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PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Of State Election Results Website -- DEP Invites Comments On Draft 2024 Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment Report -- DEP 2024 Water Quality Report Shows 28,820 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (34%) - An Increase From 27,886 In 2022 [PaEN-10.24.23] -- Center For American Progress: LNG Natural Gas Exports Raise Natural Gas Prices (..)
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 26, 2024
PA Bulletin, page 2318 ) Grants -- The Department of Agriculture published notices in the April 27 PA Bulletin announcing it is now accepting applications for Agricultural Conservation Research Grants ( formal notice ) and Agricultural Research Grants ( formal notice ). Bucks County. ( Carbon County impacting Black Creek (High Quality). (
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 4, 2021
On June 4, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Saturday, June 5 in the southwestern counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Comments due March 8. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed 2024 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units. Visit the Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Deadline March 29.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 5, 2021
On June 5, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Sunday, June 6 in the Lehigh Valley, Southwest and Southeast PA and the Susquehanna Valley. Conditions will be favorable for ozone concentrations on Sunday to climb into the code ORANGE range.
Ocean Conservancy
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Recent science doesn’t support this optimism, as new studies show that the increased release of Black Carbon, one of the most potent climate change forcers—as well as soot, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone from more traffic in the Arctic—could lead to a 20% increase in the global heating that is causing warmer ocean temperatures.
Acoel
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The resulting predictive analytics showed a 47% improvement of identifying violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.” Or: “Write a history of EPA’s regulation of ozone.” And EPA undertakes many regulatory tasks that could utilize artificial intelligence to synthesize large data sets.
Washington Nature
OCTOBER 25, 2022
View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Nature Conservancy in WA (@conserve_wa). A key critique of California's Cap & Trade program has been that it hasn’t reduced health-harming criteria pollutants , including carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, and particulates.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. Bush administration.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or less.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 20, 2022
Tom Wolf recognized employees from the departments of Conservation and Natural Resources, Environmental Protection and Transportation with the Governor’s Award for Excellence for environment-related projects. On May 20, Gov. The projects included Pennsylvania’s first Litter Action Plan, a creative “Let It Grow!”
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
What is Conservation? We define conservation as a broad approach to preserving what is already there and the due care and attention to protecting it for the future (1). Resource conservation is the active ways in which we seek to limit the use of resources to reduce the strain put on supply. Conservation, Ethics, Philosophy.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.
Vermont Law
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
Equally exciting, in August 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld agencies’ ability under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include the. Critics of environmental policies often draw upon the tension between economic security and environmental conservation to generate opposition to such policies. formally join.
Greenbuilding Law
JULY 9, 2023
Co Benefits for Human Health : Methane is a key precursor of tropospheric ozone (ground level), a harmful air pollutant. Increased methane emissions are responsible for more than half of the observed increase in tropospheric ozone levels.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- CleanScapes Hosts Nov. 15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- CleanScapes Hosts Nov. Of Agriculture Highlights Investments In Success Of Military Veteran Farmers -- WNEP: Former Trexler Scout Camp Now Source Of Help For Veterans In Poconos -- DCNR Blog: Who Will Plant All Those Trees?
ESA
JULY 11, 2022
We closed the hole in the ozone. There are books like “Astrophysics for Babies,” which is great, other science books, and there are some conservation books for kids, but there’s no other ecological restoration book for kids, not a single one. Gornish: Right, and in the past, we’ve done it. They’re small wins, but they are there.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 27, 2023
24-26 In Altoona [PaEN] -- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug.
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
A San Francisco-based conservation group, along with NRDC and Defenders of Wildlife, filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging a biological opinion prepared under the Endangered Species Act for the California WaterFix project. filed June 15, 2017).
ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Senate considering annual defense policy bill, which includes authorizes funding for tropical forest and coral reef conservation. This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. Executive Branch. Executive Branch.
ESA
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. In the final rule , the US Fish and Wildlife Service determines that climate change is the biggest threat to the species’ continued survival. .
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
29 [PaEN] -- Observer-Reporter: Hydropower Makes Splash As Washington & Jefferson College Center Resumes Series -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Duquesne Light Reaches Last-Minute Deal With Union To Avoid Strike -- TribLive Guest Essay: Manufacturers Need Pragmatism From EPA On Ozone Pollution Rule - By Former Rep.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 23, 2023
DEP Agricultural Advisory Board , State Conservation Commission and Nutrient Management Advisory Board meeting. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Room 309, Dept. Of Agriculture Building, 2301 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg. 23 In Western Region, Including Part Of PA; Aug.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 27, 2023
This Area Offers An Example -- How Penn State Extension Launched One Of The Most Successful Volunteer Training Programs In The US To Help Revive Struggling Local Watershed Groups - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center [PaEN] -- Altoona Mirror: Western PA Conservancy Working On Juniata River Watershed Plan -- WeConservePA: In Their Own Words, (..)
Environmental Science
JULY 30, 2018
There are only 6 NAAQS - ozone, carbon monoxide, particulates, lead, sulfur dioxides, and nitrogen dioxides - but they dominate most air quality concerns ranging from smog to health effects, such as from particulates and lead. There remain some problem areas; for example Boston tends to be a non-attainment area for ozone in the summer.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas that can lead to the formation of ozone and methane. Emissions Performance Standards The process of hydrogen production and delivery poses significant leakage risks if not actively managed. CCS will also require significant policy development and rigorous protection standards.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 30, 2022
PaEN] -- Bay Journal: With Waters Rising, Baltimore Eyes $138 Million Plan To Limit Coastal Flood Damage -- Reuters: EPA To Use Limits On Ozone, Coal Ash To Encourage Retirement Of Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants After U.S. Louis And Kentucky -- Pennsylvanians It Will Flood Here: Are You Prepared? Get Flood Insurance Now!
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2023
15 Webinar: A Walk In The Woods - A Look Into Private Forests In PA And Beyond [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Women And Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop Oct. 18 -- PA Forestry Assn. . -- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Hosts Nov.
ESA
MAY 9, 2022
EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations. Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health – Civil Eats. EPA – National Priorities List.
ESA
MAY 4, 2023
Rothman (University of Maryland), Veronica Manka’a Tangiri (Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District, Lund University), Aubrey Tingler (University of Maryland) and Tatjana Washington (University of Chicago). Park (University of Minnesota), Brandon A. Quintana (California State University, Fullerton), Sarah E.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. 20-1045 (D.C. Missouri v.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
WEDNESDAY 10:00: DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. TODAY 9:00: House Game and Fisheries Committee informational meeting on problems with Game Commission launch of license sales. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch live online. Tiadaghton State Forest Resource Center, Lycoming County.
ESA
APRIL 25, 2022
After the inventory, the agencies will develop policies for climate-smart management and conservation of old-growth forests. EPA – Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Panel (April 29). The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will administer the grant program.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
24 Features Headliner Bands -- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Hosts Sept. 29 Online Training On New Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Guidance [PaEN] -- GreenGov Council, Penn State Sustainability Hosts 2023 Commonwealth Sustainability Week Oct.
Environmental Progress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
In June, HarperCollins published my new book, Apocalypse Never, which reviews the science of climate change and other environmental problems, and which has been widely praised by leading climate and conservation scientists and scholars. I am honored to address the Committee.
ESA
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups. An ecologist explains – The Conservation. The bill also authorizes the State Department to enter agreements to finance forest conservation projects, providing financial incentives for mitigating carbon releases.
ESA
MAY 23, 2022
This program supports conservation, education, research, monitoring and habitat protection for migratory birds. EPA – Release of Draft Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced legislation ( S. million to $20 million. Eastern Time on June 6, 2022.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 25, 2022
Now, I come from an evangelical conservative faith perspective. They experience truck traffic and their diesel exhaust emissions, transient workforces, air pollution, including volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, ozone, oxides of nitrogen and fugitive methane emissions. There's often large withdrawals of surface water.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 22, 2022
Million To Help Cover Home Energy Costs -- WHYY: Philly Area Finally Off The ‘Worst 25’ List For Ozone Pollution, But Still Gets Failing Grade -- DCED Announces Grant To Fund Industrial Site Reuse Environmental Assessment In Clarion County -- MCall: Emmaus Sues Makers Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Over Groundwater Contamination -- Insurance Dept.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. The Corporation for National and Community Service receives $6.9 billion for national service programs to carry out projects related to climate resilience and mitigation.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog. By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters.
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