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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

Units with existing advanced NOx controls must optimize their utilization by 2023. The proposed rule would provide de minimus air quality benefits in downwind areas with extremely high costs – estimated by EPA at $22 billion discounted 2016 dollars for the 2023-2042 period. ppb in 2023, with typical reductions of 0.1

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

To help achieve these goals, the bill alters and directs additional resources to a number of existing programs and initiatives, including by way of example, in fiscal 2023, $2.5 House Bill 44 reestablishes through fiscal 2023 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and increases to $1.8 Cars, Trains and Buses.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Corp Watch

USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science Union of Concerned Scientists PaulaR Thu, 06/08/2023 - 03:44 Friday, August 14, 2015 Read more Deborah Bailin Almost 130 years ago, Coca-Cola first quenched Americans’ thirst and splashed its irresistible blend of sugar and, yes, cocaine , across our taste buds and brains.

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Oil & Gas Facilities Self-Reported 13,432,713 Tons Of Air Pollution In PA In 2022; 101,741,616 Tons Total Since 2012

PA Environment Daily

In addition, data from the Allegheny County air emissions inventory may be in some years and not others, since the County runs its own air pollution control program. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

The largest man-made lake in Ohio experienced a ruinous bloom in 2010 caused by phosphorus draining from 135 dairy, swine, poultry and crop farms into its 60,000-acre watershed. . The 2023 farm legislation should also include new provisions to limit manure or fertilizer applications to soils that don’t need additional phosphorus.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to an October 2023 report by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC), a nonprofit watchdog organization, the industry has been gaslighting us by promoting the idea that “cooking with gas” is a good thing, despite knowing as far back as 1970 that gas stoves pose a threat to public health and the environment.

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

Law Columbia

The Obama Administration set the first vehicle GHG emissions standards in 2010 for vehicles manufactured in model years 2012 through 2016, and set revised standards in 2012 for model years 2017 through 2025. National League of Cities and U.S.