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Third Circuit Confirms EPA’s Approval of Pennsylvania’s Air Pollution Plan

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NAAQS are air quality benchmarks that each state must work toward by reducing their air pollution levels.

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EPA to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants From Power Plants Under Michigan Factors

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EPA’s Clean Air Act (“CAA”) rulemakings directed at power plants are often the target of regulatory challenges in federal court. Read More » Tags: Air , Clean Air Act , EPA , HAPs , Hazardous Air Pollutants , Rulemaking 13956 (Mar.

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Some Research Notes on Using Geo-Tagged Cell Phone Data to Study Urban Economics Questions

Environmental and Urban Economics

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. One could also use monthly Amazon expenditures to infer a person's income.

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Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Holds that Regional Climate Program Rule is an Illegal Tax

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Read More » Tags: Air , Climate Change , Commonwealth Court , Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection , Taxes Bowfin KeyCon Holdings, LLC vs. Pa. Dep’t of Env’t Prot. Env’t Quality Bd. 2023 WL 7171547, at *1 (Pa.

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District Court Holds That Breathing Polluted Air Without Concrete Injury Traceable To Defendant Does Not Confer Standing Under The Clean Air Act

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Specifically, the court held that simply breathing in polluted air, without any concrete injury that is fairly traceable to the defendant, is not sufficient to prove an actual injury under the CAA. Read More » Tags: Air , Citizens Suit , Clean Air Act , Emissions , HAPs , Hazardous Air Pollutants , Odors , Standing

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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24

PA Environment Daily

Shell exceeded its rolling 12-month total emission limitations for volatile organic compounds (VOC) beginning in October 2022 through April 2023, carbon monoxide (CO) from February through March 2023, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) from December 2022 through April 2023, and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) from December 2022 through April 2023.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.13.21

PA Environment Daily

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. 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.