Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or less.

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Real Climate

JULY 10, 2022

For some parts of the spectrum, the IR can be either absorbed by CO 2 or by water vapour or by clouds, but taking those overlaps into account we find that 50% of the greenhouse effect is from water vapour, 25% from clouds, and about 20% from CO 2 and the rest absorbed by ozone, aerosols, and other trace gases ( Schmidt et al, 2010 ).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Carbon dioxide emissions are the leading cause of climate change, and nitrogen oxides contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, which affects the health of children, older people, people with lung diseases such as asthma and emphysema, and people who work or are active outdoors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

There arecurrently carbon standards in place for new power plants , which were set back in 2015; however, there are no standards for existing plants as neither the 2015 Clean Power Plan nor the 2019 Affordable Clean Energy Rule —both of which targeted existing facilities—remain in place.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is requesting stakeholder feedback on the discussion draft rule by December 6, 2019. 20, 2019). [6] Looking Forward.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

As previewed in a 2019 Latham blog post , despite the warehouse sector’s limited control over the types of trucks servicing its facilities (warehouses generally do not own or operate trucking fleets), the ISR imposes obligations on warehouses to indirectly reduce trucking emissions. more stringent permitting requirements for new sources).

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Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

The state funded the two studies through the 2019 Budget Act. Particulate matter harms lungs and hearts, while nitrogen oxide compounds contribute to ozone pollution and other health impacts. A second study led by UC Santa Barbara was released simultaneously.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

After the 2014 shutdown Toledo spent $53 million to install an ozone treatment system at the city’s drinking water plant to safeguard customers from algal toxins, said Andrew McClure, the plant’s administrator. Then there is the ongoing cost of putting that equipment to work. and they have largely failed outside of tribal courts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

But in reality the proposed emission targets were achieved 11 years early in 2019—without the plan ever even taking effect. Research has shown that the country’s remaining coal plants are responsible for 3,800 premature deaths per year, based on 2019 data.

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Real Climate

MAY 12, 2021

Simplified schematic of atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions (Zalasiewicz et al, 2019). The CPDW is thought to be affected by the shift in the westerly winds around Antarctica which have increased in recent decades due to a combination of greenhouse gas forcing and the polar ozone hole ( Miller et al, 2006 ). 132-137, 2019.

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Physics World

MAY 4, 2022

The lines form a chemical fingerprint that could be used to find “biosignatures” such as oxygen or ozone. The craft maintains a constant view of our planet as it rotates, observing ozone, vegetation, cloud height and aerosols in the atmosphere. 2019 ApJL 882 L1 , reproduced by permission of the AAS). Courtesy: Fan et al.

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ESA

JULY 11, 2022

She was elected an Early Career Fellow of the Society in 2019. We closed the hole in the ozone. Elise Gornish is a life member of ESA and a founder of the Ecological Restoration Section. In June, she published her first children’s book, what she believes is the first children’s book on ecological restoration. People need to know that.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Motor vehicle exhaust is one big source of ground-level ozone or smog, fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. As of 2019, the Indego system has about 150 stations and 1,500 bikes available all over the city 365 days of the year. Don’t own a bicycle or nervous about investing in one?

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Physics World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

There was also the Breakthrough Listen Candidate 1 (BLC1) radio signal observed in April and May 2019 by the privately funded Breakthrough Listen project at the Berkeley Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Research Center at the University of California. While the WOW!

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

She is a founding member of ESA’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge section and was a plenary speaker at the 2019 Annual Meeting. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board (Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

2 source of methane emissions, and to end pollution from the routine flaring of associated gas, a common problem in oil fields that contributes to climate change and ozone pollution across multiple states. Advocates continue to press EPA to expand retrofit requirements for pneumatic pumps designed to pollute, which are the industry’s No.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 14, 2022

In September 2019, the Trump administration’s EPA, for the first time ever, attempted to revoke California’s waiver, specifically with respect to its GHG and ZEV program. On March 14, 2022, EPA rescinded its 2019 waiver withdrawal and established a new standard for revisiting approved waiver determinations.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

These include known cancer-causing toxics like benzene, VOCs that increase ozone levels, and methane. Rising temperatures not only pose the threat of heat illness and death during heat waves, but also directly contribute to worsening ozone levels. The medical and scientific literature is clear – living within 0.5

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

In this issue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill Fifteen ESA members and graduate students visit Congressional offices for the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event since 2019.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

US electricity sector emissions decreased 34 percent from 2005 to 2019, including an astonishing 10 percent in 2019, which is the largest year-on-year decline in history. By 2019, German household electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2023

[PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Title V Air Quality Permit For Eastern Gas Transmission Compressor Station In Westmoreland County At Oct. 23-24 In State College [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: 4-Part Webinar Series: Primer For Forest Management And Birds Thru Oct. 18 -- PA Forestry Assn.

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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. After she took office in January 2019, that pledge went out the window. But he became even more entwined with the industry after becoming AG.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In October 2019, the agency deprioritized listing the species, citing state conservation efforts. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. More News: Fed announces pilot program on climate risk with six major banks – The Hill.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. degree limit of the Paris Agreement is a pipe dream unless emissions peak in the coming three years and fall by almost half from 2019 levels by 2030, the scientists said.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

For example, recent attention has focused on tightening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone smog, which is formed by atmospheric reactions on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). 2019); Birckhead v. 2019); Sierra Club v. 17-1271, 2019 WL 847199 (D.C. FERC , 925 F.3d

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

BLM – Notice of Intent To Amend the Moab, Price, and Vernal Resource Management Plans and Prepare Environmental Assessments To Comply With the 2019 Dingell Act. EPA – Request for Nominations of Candidates for the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Panel. All comments must be received in writing by Nov. 14, 2021.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2019, the Trump administration rolled back standards put in place under the Obama administration following the 2010 BP oil catastrophe that killed 11 people and spewed oil for five months. The Trump administration ended this rule in a 2019 regulation ( see ESA Policy News, Sept.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

In 2019, the Trump administration disbanded the ISAC and cut funding for the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) secretariat by 50 percent. This body will review the EPA’s scientific review of current ozone pollution standards. In 2019, the Trump administration opted to keep ozone pollution standards the same.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Executive Branch The Invasive Species Advisory Committee will meet publicly March 6-8, the first time since the committee was disbanded in 2019. In 2019, NISC disbanded the ISAC when the Trump administration cut funding for the council by 50%. Congress House and Senate leadership announce committee leadership positions.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

This bill passed the full House in 2019 but did not advance in the Senate. The full House similar legislation in 2019. Environmental groups sued USFWS for not protecting the less prairie chicken in 2019 and a court decision required the agency to complete a 12-month species status review for the lesser prairie chicken.

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