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EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency’s issued a report celebrating the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership’s 15th Anniversary that highlights Partner achievements in supermarket refrigerant management. On September 21, the U.S. supermarkets, or over 13,000 stores.

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The Dirty Truth of Michigan v. EPA

Vermont Law

It is the first “anti-environmental” decision in the CAA realm since their 2007. The Court has a history of groundbreaking decisions in the realm of environmental law and the lesser-publicized. Environmental Protection Agency. in 2007 and a contrast to Justice Scalia’s opinion in. Supreme Court in .

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Will EPA Follow the Science and Protect Us from Ozone Pollution?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) released a draft set of recommendations calling on the EPA to tighten its current standard for ground-level ozone pollution to protect public health. But will the EPA follow CASAC’s recommendations?

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Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act

PA Environment Daily

And there at Geisinger, I am the founding director of the Environmental Health Institute, which we founded in 2007. We founded the Environmental Health Institute in 2007. Fully fund and staff government agencies that protect public health. And over the last 15 years, I've spent regular time in Danville.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court reversed EPA’s denial. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

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Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

PA Environment Daily

Agencies tasked with protecting public health and the environment, such as DOH [Department of Health] and the DEP [Department of Environmental Protection], have pointed out that they lacked adequate resources to conduct the full breadth of their responsibilities. We founded the Environmental Health Institute in 2007.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. 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.