PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 6, 2022
more than 25 million people (7.9%), including six million children, have asthma (CDC, 2018). NOx and VOCs mix in the presence of sunlight to form ground level ozone (smog). 2018), examined the quality of life impacts on 34 residents who lived and worked amid UNGD in Appalachian eastern Ohio. In the U.S.,
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2022
These pollutants contribute to ground-level ozone, or smog, which EPA has shown has negative health impacts, including asthma attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Annually the project will remove 3.9 tons of NOx and other pollutants from the air. million settlement with Volkswagen.
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PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
The commitments under the settlements will significantly reduce pollution from these companies’ operations, including volatile organic compounds that contribute to ground-level ozone, and methane, a potent greenhouse gas.” The EPA identified the alleged violations through field investigations conducted in 2018 and 2019.
HumanNature
JANUARY 30, 2025
5] Additionally, the reaction of these volatile chemicals contributes to ground-level ozone production, which, unlike ozone in the stratosphere, is hazardous to human health. 52 56105618 (2018). [8] 359 760764 (2018). The volatile chemical precursors (e.g., Environmental Science & Technology vol.
Ocean Conservancy
JUNE 13, 2024
Methane emissions from international shipping increased by approximately 150% between 2012-2018, primarily attributed to the increase in use of LNG as a propulsion fuel with LNG accounting for around 3.8 – 4.6% times more potent than CO 2 over the near term. of energy consumed by international shipping per GHG4.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog. When Moody ran for attorney general in 2018, she promised she wouldn’t politicize the office. billion in damage in September 2018.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 17, 2023
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) released a draft set of recommendations calling on the EPA to tighten its current standard for ground-level ozone pollution to protect public health. But will the EPA follow CASAC’s recommendations?
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