Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

The shift from fossil fuels in the 100-percent RES scenario reduces the amount of toxic power plant air pollution much more than what we called a “no-new-policy,” or business-as-usual, scenario. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in alliance states drop 88 percent and 77 percent respectively by 2040.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal In the summer of 2021, a twin-engine special research aircraft took off from State College, PA. Read more here ] The mission was to pinpoint sources of high levels of methane gas, or “super emitters,” for the nonprofit group Carbon Mapper and its funding partner, U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Hurricane Ida (2021), on the other hand, resulted in a major and long-lasting curtailment of offshore gas production. Yet none of these storms have come in the midst of a war tightly interconnected with global energy markets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Although the nuclear bailout was repealed and refunded in 2021, some of the law’s other egregious provisions requiring ratepayers across the state to subsidize money-losing coal plants and gutting renewable energy and energy efficiency standards are still in place today. Even if you don’t live in Ohio, you may have heard about H.B.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2021

“For 17 years, EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership has empowered businesses to move goods in the cleanest, most energy-efficient way possible, while protecting public health and reducing air pollution.” Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have avoided emitting more than 143 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2,), 2.7

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In Germany, after the successful decision from 2021 in Neubauer et al. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash. In Smith v.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We are grateful to the awardees for their commitment to converting their vehicle fleets to clean diesel-powered vehicles, which decreases air pollutants, making Pennsylvania’s air cleaner,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell. The recommended projects will also reduce hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2021, the District Court ruled that the Berkeley ordinance was not preempted by EPCA , rejecting the notion that EPCA preempts local ordinances that do “not facially address any of those [energy conservation or energy use] standards.” New York is located in the Second Circuit, further insulating it from the CRA v. Berkeley decision.)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2641 ) Air Quality Permits -- Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Gasoline Loading Racks: DEP invites comments on renewal of Title IV Air Quality Permit for this major source of VOC and Hazardous Air Pollutants in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. ( Jefferson County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Find more temperature and rainfall data at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Learn about these and other current and projected climate change impacts at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Pennsylvania is acting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. We've funded over 1,000 chargers?installed

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Breezometer

JUNE 21, 2021

What is the indoor-outdoor air pollution continuum? Why do smart home brands develop connected indoor air products? In this guide, we explore the subject of indoor air quality and smart home IoT in-depth and explain why indoor air brands are increasingly turning to environmental intelligence to add value and drive sales.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

Extreme Scenarios Following the lessons of Winter Storm Uri in early 2021, PJM models now incorporate more extreme scenarios that have no historical precedent, including the combination of multiple unlikely conditions occurring at the same time. “We

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Figure 1: Size reference for atmospheric particles (US EPA 2016) and a general structure of freshly created black carbon. Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 link] Climate & Clean Air Coalition.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2023

PA Oil & Gas Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs [PaEN] -- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills [PaEN] (..)

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HumanNature

MARCH 30, 2021

Guest Post By Shelby McClelland , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. But agriculture impacts our planet through more than just climate ; it is also one of the leading causes of biodiversity loss and water and air pollution. Greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks in agriculture. Credit: Amy Swan.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2023

PA Oil & Gas Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs [PaEN] -- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills [PaEN] (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Completed in December 2021, the county installed a 2.5-acre The Township was awarded the grant in May of 2021 and performed water sampling over the summer months. Lower Allen Township located water sampling locations along the Yellow Breeches Creek and Cedar Run that were in the vicinity of potential point source pollutants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Gas plants proposed as of the close of 2021 were estimated to result in up to $74 billion in health costs over their lifetime, and that’s just from the burning of gas at the power plant, ignoring all of the polluting upstream impacts from drilling and transporting gas.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs) to 18 cleaner fuel transportation projects statewide that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. Vehicles alone release 21 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the state, a known greenhouse gas and direct contributor to climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That’s why I like to pause at the end of each year and share some good news from the previous months (see my previous recaps from 2022 , 2021 and 2020 ). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the California Air Resources Board (CARB) waiver request for the Ocean-Going Vessel At-Berth Regulation.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In a 2022 press release introducing New York’s then-unprecedented Climate Superfund bill, one of the bill’s sponsors directly stated that the bill was inspired by source attribution research (specifically, research on carbon dioxide and methane emissions attributable to fossil fuel and cement producers).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Strong federal standards to reduce pipeline leaks are critical for delivering on the Biden administration's commitment to curb climate-warming methane pollution while increasing public health and safety.” Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas over 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in the near-term.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

In June 2018, DEP finalized an Air Quality General Permit to reduce methane emissions from new unconventional oil and gas operations. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide – nearly as much as all the carbon dioxide emitted by the power sector in 2021. On December 2, the U.S. Read more here.]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In that case, I used math to estimate the new rule’s devastating impacts and drew maps to show which communities’ waters would suffer more industrial and agricultural pollution. In 2021, a US district court vacated the Trump rule, but the fight against clean water continued. But Big Ag pollutes more than water.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Methane is particularly dangerous because it is up to 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide – warming our planet and contributing to air pollution that damages our lungs and our hearts. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter [PaEN] -- WESA: Allegheny County Levees $307,000 In Fines On US Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: U.S. Steel Ready To Close 3 Of 10 Batteries At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works -- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

DEP issued 1,360 NOVs to unconventional shale gas well operators in 2022 and 1,323 NOVs in 2021, according to DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. tons, carbon dioxide- 13,222,354.96 Methane emissions were reported as 165,793.87 tons, volatile organic compounds - 6,837.05 tons, Particulate Matter 2.5 - 917.62

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

Section 5(a)(1) of the APCA specifically empowers EQB to “[a]dopt rules and regulations, for the prevention, control, reduction and abatement of air pollution. throughout the Commonwealth.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Public Health -- Berkeley Lab: Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector ( April 2021 ) “Switching from coal to natural gas for power generation played a big role in lowering carbon emissions. Natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices.”

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire November 15 PA Environment Digest 36 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic Good Environmental Bills Are Missing On The List Of Senate, House Accomplishments For 2021 House Republicans Schedule Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2022

They experience truck traffic and their diesel exhaust emissions, transient workforces, air pollution, including volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, ozone, oxides of nitrogen and fugitive methane emissions. Finally, this industry has fugitive emissions of methane and the burning of gas releases carbon dioxide.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The industry’s rapid move toward BEVs confirms that EV technologies are not just effective at reducing pollution; they are also eminently marketable, and have a range of important benefits for consumers, including saving thousands on avoided fuel costs.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

8) Conversely, under President Biden, the EPA has advanced the new Clean Air Act rule to significantly and environmentally reduce methane emissions and other health-harming air pollutants that put nearby communities at risk. (9) Greenhouse gases—such as carbon dioxide and methane—have a heat-trapping impact on climate. (12)

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). July 19, 2021). July 16, 2021). On July 30, 2021, the district court (which previously determined that the revocation of the permit did not render the case moot) denied the developers’ motion to dismiss. July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v. July 30, 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency announced it is strengthening its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution. The updates, which supplement proposed standards EPA released in November 2021, reflect input and feedback from a broad range of stakeholders and nearly half a million public comments.

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