Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide and 52 percent of the rise in global average temperatures between 1880 and 2015. It can, and must, start now to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014.

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Breezometer

MAY 5, 2021

Air Pollution Exposure Contributes to Asthma Development - True or False? The effect of air pollution on the development of asthma has been studied for many years and increasingly, evidence shows that both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure can contribute to asthma development. Correct Answer: True.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

“Additionally, medical research shows that air pollution from carbon-based fuels claims up to 200,000 American lives each year.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. Since 2015, USAID support for new renewable energy generation capacity in Indonesia has brought clean energy to more than 3.3 Zul Kifli / AFP / Getty Images.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Section 111 employs a two-phase process where, once EPA moves to regulate pollution from a new source—here, power plants—(111(b)), it is then required to regulate that pollution from existing sources, too (111(d)). As a result, EPA will be updating standards for new plants and fully developing standards for existing plants.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 Take the Arctic Circle, a region that contributes around 10% of global black carbon emissions but whose emissions are responsible for 30% of the warming effects in the region (Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Program 2015). million deaths globally (Cohen et al.

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Breezometer

OCTOBER 17, 2021

One France-based study found that hay fever prevalence in a particular region rose from 8% of the local population in 2004 to 12% in 2015, possibly attributed to rising allergenic ragweed pollen. At BreezoMeter, we often find that businesses integrate either pollen information or air pollution information.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

OCTOBER 24, 2021

There are other quality of life factors such as air pollution and local climate and topography. In our 2015 paper, Dora and I document the historical mortality gains that cities achieved back in the 1930s by investing in clean water infrastructure. Those cities with higher death risk will feature lower housing prices.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to the Indictment presented to the court, from in and around October 2015 and continuing until in and around December 2019, Erie Coke Corporation and Nearhoof tampered with measurements on heating systems which emitted contaminants and pollutants into the air including volatile gases such as benzene, toluene, and xylene.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Thanks largely to the Clean Air Act, new passenger vehicles are 98 to 99 percent cleaner than they were 60 years ago when it comes to most tailpipe pollutants, including hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulate matter. Tailpipe pollution also is a major contributor to the climate crisis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United States voluntarily pledged to reduce its global warming emissions at least 50 percent below their 2005 levels by the end of this decade and reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

For example, natural gas production went up by around 50% from 2011-2015, displacing a lot of coal-fired generation. Another problem is that many coal-fired plants apparently found ways to comply without relying on the expensive new equipment assumed in EPA’s modeling.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. Subsidiaries Note: Most recent list is not always the most complete list.

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 30, 2020

coal companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy since 2015 and analysts expect more as the economy dives. Will the local Communist Party increase its efforts on renewables to counter the downturn and the air pollution? In the US, electricity generation from coal went from 50% in 2007 to 15% now. billion to do so.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. Subsidiaries Note: Most recent list is not always the most complete list.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. Subsidiaries Note: Most recent list is not always the most complete list.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

“The current proposal places this big source of pollution in a residential neighborhood near an elementary school. Since it was formed in 2015, Nacero has not built any of the nine plants it set out to build. Although Nacero says that its business is based on proven technology, little is known about the process.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. 16 of 22 counties) of the 2015 Base Case nonattainment counties are projected to be reduced by 1 ppb or more as a result of CAIR. Exceedances of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS are predicted to decline in nonattainment areas by 14 percent with CAIR controls in place in 2015.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. Subsidiaries Note: Most recent list is not always the most complete list.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Pact also reset the target for achieving net-zero GHG emissions from the 2015 Paris Agreement’s focus on the end of the century to a much more aggressive goal of net-zero emissions “by about mid-century,” interpreted by most as 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Between 2015 and 2021, 274 North American oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy with a debt load of $177 billion. Here’s why the claims are wrong: UCS has pointed out that while gas burns cleaner than coal at a power plant, it is far from a “clean” fuel because it still results in significant toxic air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

. -- Bursts Of Intense Natural Gas Emissions From Pigging Unit: On December 27, CNX Gas Co LLC’s Oak Springs stand-alone pig launcher/receiver along Farmer Lane in South Franklin Township, Washington County released bursts of dangerous methane emissions into the air around homes 1,500 feet away for over an hour.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. Subsidiaries Note: Most recent list is not always the most complete list.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. Subsidiaries Note: Most recent list is not always the most complete list.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. Subsidiaries Note: Most recent list is not always the most complete list.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2024

Friel-Otten, Rep. Abney Introduce Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

According to the Indictment presented to the court, from in and around October 2015 and continuing until in and around December 2019, Erie Coke Corporation and personnel tampered with measurements on heating systems which emitted contaminants and pollutants into the air including volatile gases such as benzene, toluene, and xylene.

Clean Air Act 52

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 20, 2012

By Stephen Wiegand On April 17, 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for natural gas wells that are hydraulically fractured.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In August 2015, the Obama administration announced the. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. Nevertheless, in December 2015, 195 countries adopted an. Air pollution generally has many proven. Air pollution also. jointly committed. Clean Power Plan.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The issues on appeal were limited to the adequacy of certain aspects of the project EIR’s analyses of GHGs and criteria air pollutants. Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015) 62 Cal. Tsakopoulos Investments, LLC v. County of Sacramento, et al. Mather South, LLC, et al, Real Parties ) (2023) Cal.App.5

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Additional impacts included noise and air pollution.” In a 2015 ATV Policy, “DCNR specifically reiterated its policy “not to expand the current system of ATV trails on state forest lands,” except for “limited development of connectors, as deemed appropriate by the Department.”

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Science Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Their definition of pollution comes from the European Union: "unwanted, often dangerous, material that is introduced into the Earth’s environment as the result of human activity, that threatens human health, and that harms ecosystems.". Air pollution. Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. soil pollution.

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CEQA Developments

JULY 7, 2022

While the project would create needed new housing and eliminate blight, it would result in significant unavoidable environmental impacts including air pollution emissions from increased traffic. City of Berkeley (2015) 60 Cal.4th Resources Code, § 21083.1; Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. 4th 1186, 1107.)

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The goal of the Clean Air Act is to achieve national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), with the primary requirement being protection of public health. As our understanding of the health effects of air pollution has improved, there has been a general trend toward tightening the standards. ppm in 2015.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

That is A LOT of EVs and A LOT less oil use, air pollution and climate emissions. Billions of dollars have been invested as a result of the VW settlement in 2015 which established Electrify America. For the first time ever, annual sales surpassed one million vehicles , accounting for more than seven percent of new vehicles sold.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 4, 2016

According to the London-based policy institute Chatham House in its 2015 report, Cyber Security at Civil Nuclear Facilities. Might a nuclear plant be subject to a successful cyber siege? Perhaps that sounds like a far-fetched, bad disaster movie plot, but perhaps not.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation. Indoor air is anything contained with a building. The first and most visible way in which the public is aware of and engaged with environmental law is pollution.

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