Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In its legislative findings, which remain in air quality statutes today , Congress justified air pollution regulation because “the growth of the amount and complexity of air pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting dangers to the public health and welfare.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

After all, these agencies actions often have a direct impact on how well the public is protected from threats such as climate change impacts, natural disasters, unsafe food and drugs, transmissible disease, and air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2023

23 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites Comments On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit; Hearing Set For Feb. 22 RiverWatch Video Report -- First Street Foundation: Over 3.2

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 2011), and the World Health Organization has recommended evaluating a separate health standard for black carbon exposure independent of other particle concentration measurements (World Health Organization 2012). link] Climate & Clean Air Coalition.

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Breezometer

JULY 27, 2021

Wildfires create a toxic mix of pollution that appears as smoke and ash and pollutes the air we breathe, as well as soil and water. That’s what this study found out - it’s air pollution - so the fire smoke that forms in a wildfire. Ronit, do you know how fire creates its own lightning?

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

None of that means climate change isn’t, and won’t continue to be, a factor in global health, particularly if action to prevent it also reduces air pollution, or removes other health stressors. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

TODAY 9:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 791 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) establishing measures to prevent the theft of vehicle catalytic converters ( sponsor summary ). A hearing was held on the bill June 5. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

TUESDAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

Why go for gas when renewables like wind and solar, and the battery storage technology that makes them reliable, are now the cheapest source of new electricity generation in Canada ? Gas plants are also big industrial facilities that create air pollution for surrounding communities. times more than reported.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

This level of forced retirements is far in excess of any prior EPA projections of plant shutdowns resulting from implementation of a Clean Air Act rulemaking. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule. million tons, a reduction of 5.1

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The World Health Organization reports that nearly 4 million premature deaths per year are “attributable to household air pollution from inefficient cooking practices.” They experience greater exposure to household air pollution since they are typically responsible for household chores, and spend multiple hours per day collecting fuel.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 24, 2020

The space treaties and conventions of the 1960s and 1970s failed to account for today’s rapid growth of technological capabilities in space, especially the proliferation of non-state commercial activity in space. [9]. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2007, 1, 4 (. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2007, 1, 4 (.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. In addition, the bill would set a schedule for establishing drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS under the Safe Drinking Water Act and would establish a grant program to assist community water systems with capital costs for treatment technologies to address PFAS.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Horizontal drilling with high intensity hydraulic fracturing was a new technology and a new method for [natural] gas extraction in many ways, but at the same time, it wasn't altogether new. So starting in Act 13, passed in 2012, which I know lots of people are familiar with, that was really an act of deference to the oil and gas industry.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Clean and renewable energy makes up 16 percent of investments, and investments in these technologies are expected to return $785.8 After the 2012 program review, RGGI lowered the cap by 45 percent between 2014 and 2020. [46]. Funded programs are expected to return $1.3 Whether or not RGGI has been successful is the subject of debate.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

6, 2012). [7]. Commercial technologies do not exist for removing CO. and indeed the world, face a number of pressing environmental issues, most notably climate change, but other threats to the environment remain, including contaminated drinking water, air pollution, and ancient wastewater treatment systems. 2, 2014). [8].

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Of Environmental Professionals Award Scholarships To Isaac Nulton, Poppy Northing; Conference Starts Oct.

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