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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 21, 2025
The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. From 2000 to 2020, national PM 2.5
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
In 2020, Pennsylvania's oil and gas industry sent over 244,000 tons of drill cuttings to landfills. If you are interested, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or DEP, publishes multiple interactive resources. Most of the active wells are located in the northeast and southwestern parts of the state.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 21, 2025
Our health, some of the largest climate actions in US history, and more Transportation is the largest source of US climate emissions, so its not surprising that undermining recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions targeting climate emissions from cars and trucks will be a major setback in meeting climate targets.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Flaring, demonstrated in the photo on the right, is the uncontrolled burning of excess or unwanted petroleum pools such as, excuse me, flaring can be a significant source of air pollution such as nitrogen oxides and greenhouse gas emissions. It is also an additional source of noise and light pollution.
HumanNature
DECEMBER 5, 2023
peaked on the Google search engine in September 2020, coinciding with the western United States wildfires that, up until this year, set the precedent for wildfire smoke with the greatest impact to US population. Closer to home, skies in Fort Collins rained ash during the 2020 Cameron peak fire. The question “ why is the sky orange?
Clean Energy Law
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
If the SCAQMD’s development timeline holds, Proposed Rule 2305 will phase in on July 1, 2020. One of the most significant air quality challenges in the Basin is reducing emissions of the ozone precursor nitrogen oxides (NO x ) to meet the ozone standard attainment deadlines. Looking Forward.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
On September 8, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is offering bigger consumer rebates for electric vehicles, with a focus on working-class households, and providing $3.4 Battery electric vehicle registrations in Pennsylvania more than doubled from March 2020 to March 2022, from 11,343 to 23,689 registrations.
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