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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

Another regulation that is being challenged is the California-based Heavy-duty Omnibus rule , which requires new heavy-duty engines to achieve a 75 percent reduction in NO x emissions, on average, compared to the current federal standards that have been in effect since 2010. and ozone in central and eastern states.

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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

tons - 1,3 Butadiene [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 55.68 tons - 2,2,3 - Trimethylpentane [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 71 tons - Acetaldehyde [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 49.93 tons - Acrolein [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 5.71 tons - Benzene [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 1.81 tons - Ammonia -- 45.89

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

For example, 2010 soil data are likely to still represent conditions whereas 2010 groundwater data may not. Congress toyed with water pollution control since 1948, but 2 years after Earth Day it passed the first comprehensive federal law, ever, to control water pollution, the 1972 Clean Water Act.