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Cars, Smog, and EPA

Legal Planet

This is part of an occasional series of posts about the evolution of pollution standards. Today’s subject is pollution control for new vehicles, which have been known to cause smog since the 1960s. The history of these pollution standards is quite distinctive. Tier 3 standards were phased in starting with 2017 cars.

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FRESH, July 12, 2022: Michigan Agency Launches Mercury Monitoring Program

Circle of Blue

July 12, 2022. The Ohio EPA spars with federal agencies over pollution control in Lake Erie. Unusually wet conditions lifted the lake to record levels in 2017 and 2019, damaging property and critical infrastructure across the St. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds. Lawrence River basin.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7 Since May 2018, 15 of these state and regional front groups spent $3.6

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation Toxic manure discharges from large livestock operations is major source of water pollution. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – December 1, 2022. The Trump and Biden administrations ignored the 2017 petition, meant to compel the E.P.A

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

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s 2022 Water Quality Report now shows fully one-third of Pennsylvania’s streams and rivers-- 27,886 miles-- do not meet water quality standards-- up over 2,000 miles from just two years ago. What else has to collapse or how many people have to get sick from polluted water and air, before the General Assembly acts? Read more here.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

September 27, 2022. Farmers who don’t agree to adopt the new pollution-control measures would lose the insurance subsidy. . The number of adult female blue crabs declined 61 percent since 2017. Keith Schneider 2022-09-08 07:33:59 2022-09-27 10:57:54 Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms. Photography by J.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

The case was still ongoing in 2022. Oil workers go on strike at Exxon Mobil in Nigeria: union Reuters | May 11, 2017 Nigerian workers at U.S. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell paid no tax in Australia for 2016 Sonali Paul | Reuters | December 7, 2017 Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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