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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollution controls than competing fuels. In 2010, U.S. Coal began to really plunge in 2012, three years before Obama’s Clean Power Plan was issued. But this could only have a contributing factor. Probably the most obvious cause was fracking.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million cut from the DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2010-11 budget; -- $180 million diverted from the DCNR Oil and Gas Fund to General Fund in proposed FY 2010-11 budget; -- $5.5 million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 million from DEP, $1.5

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Starting with a Messy Slate: The Role of Environmental Law in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake

Vermont Law

Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. Deforestation, air and water pollution, and lack of sanitation systems have led to public health problems and resource scarcity.

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PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Paul O. Swartz - From Photojournalist To Susquehanna River Basin Commission

PA Environment Daily

In 2010 the Pennsylvania Conservation Commission awarded Paul with the Leadership Excellence Award for his outstanding leadership in water resource management spanning back to 1974. In 1969 Ralph W. Abele was named as the first Executive Secretary of the JLCC; Abele became Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission in 1972.)

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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.

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EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Have A Dramatic Impact on Texas and Louisiana

The Energy Law

As for Louisiana, the Louisiana Public Service Commission’s consultant notes that CSAPR requires Louisiana power plants to reduce NOx emissions by 42 percent compared to 2010 levels. Tribune, Sept. See David E. See Luminant News Release, Luminant Announces Facility Closures, Job Reductions in Response to EPA Rule (Sept.

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Fifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Disapproval of the Texas Flexible Permits Program

The Energy Law

To determine the amount of the emissions cap, the state agency (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, which later became the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”)) would first determine the corresponding emissions from each emissions unit under the cap if it had pollution controls at the BACT level.

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