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DEP: Penalties Collected From Air Pollution Violations At Webco's Oil City Facility Funds Local Park Projects In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

On November 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it approved funding for two Oil City recreation projects from penalties collected for Air Pollution Act violations at the Webco Oil City Plant in Venango County. Posted: November 13, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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White House OSTP Extends Comment Period for RFI on NNI EHS Research Strategy

Nanotech

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has extended the comment period for its April 5, 2023, request for information (RFI) seeking public input in updating the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy. EDT) on June 16, 2023.

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Machine Learning and the Future of Sustainability Science

HumanNature

Guest Post by Sabari Kumar , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. At the same time, we’d like for it to produce less soot, and thus, less air pollution. 2011): 1239-1249. 2023-32-0052. SAE Technical Paper, 2023. ” (2023). ” (2023). ” Nature (2023): 1-6.

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White House OSTP Publishes RFI on NNI EHS Research Strategy

Nanotech

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a request for information (RFI) on April 5, 2023, seeking public input in updating the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy. EDT) on June 2, 2023. Comments are due on or before 5:00 p.m.

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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

The COA resolves air quality violations during commissioning of Shell’s petrochemical facility in Potter and Center Townships, Beaver County. Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities.

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Japanese Courts Admit the Operation of New Coal-Fired Power Plants in Kobe

Law Columbia

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. The Plaintiffs argued that the coal-fired power plants would emit large amounts of pollutants such as NOx, SOx, and PM2.5,

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Third District Affirms Judgment Denying CEQA Writ Petition Challenging Sacramento County’s Approval of Mather South Community Master Plan, Issues Narrow Holding Rejecting Challenges to County’s GHG Thresholds Methodology In Partially Published Opinion

CEQA Developments

The issues on appeal were limited to the adequacy of certain aspects of the project EIR’s analyses of GHGs and criteria air pollutants. Mather South, LLC, et al, Real Parties ) (2023) Cal.App.5 Tsakopoulos Investments, LLC v. County of Sacramento, et al. residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, agriculture, etc.).

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