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State Air Regulations Can Go Above and Beyond National Standards 

Legal Planet

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

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. May 1, 2020).

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

Shellenberger, Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020 Good morning Chairwoman Maloney, Ranking Member Comer, and members of the committee. To read the testimony with its references as endnotes, click here to download the PDF Testimony of Michael D.

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Why is future sea level rise still so uncertain?

Real Climate

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 ). 2020) or Sadai et al. eaaz1169, 2020. The last major revision (BedMap2) was in 2013 ( Fretwell et al.,

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.26.23

PA Environment Daily

Shapiro, The Fracking Clock Is Ticking - By Megan McDonough, Food & Water Watch -- DEP: Find Out More About Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy; 9 Upcoming Public Hearings -- PUC Investigating Delaware County Natural Gas Pipeline Leak, House Explosion And Evacuation Of 100+ People [PaEN] -- PUC Orders Philadelphia Natural Gas Works To Stop (..)

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Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Union of Concerned Scientists

California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule passed in 2020, which required manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emissions MHD vehicles, was an excellent start. and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state.

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BreezoMeter Teams Up with Experts to Improve Air Quality Monitoring

Breezometer

One such project is the AQ-Watch initiative, for which BreezoMeter, together with 11 other partners, won the prestigious Horizon 2020 grant. What is the EU Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program ? To determine the exposure of the local population to harmful hydrocarbon and ozone levels.