Breezometer

JULY 3, 2021

Studies have also shown that fireworks can create a ‘burst’ of ozone formation, also harmful to human health. The blue line indicates the corresponding spike in indoor air quality following the Fourth of July: In 2021, researchers at the University of California substantiated these findings, stating that PM2.5

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2021

Electric vehicle technology has improved rapidly over the last decade, paving the way for new models of every vehicle class. Photos: Mack LR Electric refuse truck ,) Related Article: -- Pennsylvania, 14 States, DC Sign MOU To Zero Out Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Trucks By 2050 [Posted: July 20, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2022

Pascucci was nominated for this award for his work on the Reasonably Available Control Technology II (RACT II) regulation for reducing air pollution from coal-fired power plants in line with federal requirements. Wolf for exceptional accomplishments in 2021. The Governor’s Award for Excellence was created in 2002 by Gov.

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Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

by UC Davis News and Media Relations | April 21, 2021. The report recommends flexible policy approaches that can be adjusted over time as technologies evolve and more knowledge is gained. Particulate matter harms lungs and hearts, while nitrogen oxide compounds contribute to ozone pollution and other health impacts.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Significant Economic and Environmental Gains Can Be Achieved by Applying Best Available Technology in the Oil Sector in the Arctic.” AMAP Assessment 2015: Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic Climate Forcers.” Arctic Council. June 25, 2020.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

A local air district approved a rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies or pay a mitigation fee. At a contentious board hearing on May 7, 2021, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) approved a first-in-the-nation rule to regulate trucking emissions from warehouses by a 9-4 vote. By Joshua T.

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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 the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Capaccio

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were developed and introduced in the late 1980s to serve as replacements for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) primarily used in the air conditioning, refrigeration, aerosols, fire suppression, and foam blowing industries.

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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

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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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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Physics World

MAY 4, 2022

By predicting our planet’s appearance across interstellar space, we can tease out the tell-tale signatures of habitability, biology and even technology. By predicting our planet’s appearance across interstellar space, we can tease out the tell-tale signatures of habitability, biology and even technology. New eyes on alien worlds.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions in Pennsylvania, contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone. AFIG grants are awarded for projects in three categories: Vehicle Retrofit and/or Purchasing; Refueling Infrastructure; and Innovative Technology.

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Physics World

JANUARY 7, 2022

The scope was finally launched on 25 December 2021, at 7:20 a.m. That is because before it can push the envelope of what science and space technology can achieve, it had to first overcome a dangerous deep-space unpacking: its 6.5 Two decades of developmental hell have now passed and the JWST is finally ready to make its grand entrance.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Office of Science and Technology Policy solicits feedback about public engagement, organization, scenarios to include in the assessment and more. The Office of Science and Technology Policy is now soliciting feedback from the scientific community and the public about the scope of the assessment. Executive Branch. 30 and Dec.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

White House: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will meet Nov 9, 2022. The report also recommends strengthening laboratory biosafety and biosecurity, maintaining a strong science and technology base and improving domestic and international public health infrastructure. science and technology Oct.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Magic smartphone trees: technology for a circular economy. The book has some positive pictures too, such as one showing the dramatic global reduction in consumption of substances that damage the ozone layer as a result of the Montreal Protocol that was implemented in the 1980s. 2021 Bodley Head £16.99hb 208pp.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The court sided with the community and ordered the city to use an analytically sound model developed by Eric Schwartz of the University of Michigan and Jacob Abernethy of the Georgia Institute of Technology to efficiently locate and replace the pipes.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

innovation and manufacturing of critical new technologies, all while delivering significant economic benefits through increased recovery of wasted gas. 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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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1 In 2020, the Trump Administration promulgated a new rule for model years 2021 through 2026 that reduced the required emissions reduction to only 1.5%

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

As a result of cleaner-burning coal, the transition to natural gas, cleaner vehicles, and other technological changes, developed nations have seen major improvements in air quality. Short-term and focused subsidies and mandates may help accelerate technological innovation.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

billion to the National Science Foundation to start a Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). The directorate is tasked with accelerating use-inspired and translational research in technologies and innovations of national importance. 2225 ) to create a new technology directorate. Applications are due Dec.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used Kennedy’s “significant nexus” test when they sided with the EPA in a 2021 ruling in this case. White House : The Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality are requesting input to inform the development of a U.S. Executive Branch. Ocean Climate Action Plan.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The final bill includes just eight additional amendments, each of which added language to the bill but did not modify any of the initial provisions of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in mid-May 2021. by Annie Snider, Alex Gullien, Kelsey Tamborrino and Anthony Adragna, PoliticoPro, 6/11/2021.

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ESA

MAY 23, 2022

In response to a question from a BIO AC member, an NSF representative shared that the federal government is considering how to improve how it collects gender demographics at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy level. Biden signed an executive order in September 2021 expanding the size of the PCAST to 32 members from 26.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Between 2019 and 2021, total CO2 emissions from outside China fell by 570 million tons, but China’s emissions grew by 750 million tons and drove annual emissions to their highest level ever in 2021, according to the International Energy Agency. NOAA: Greenhouse gases spiked in 2021, with a record methane jump – Axios.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

March 8, 2021).]] Adding to the complexity, uncertainties regarding future costs abound: Among many others, how big will the affected population be in 100 years, and what technological advances may occur affecting climate resiliency? CV 17-80-BLG-SPW, 2021 WL 363955 (D. 23, 2021).]] N: Missouri v. Biden , Civ.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

2 trillion plan includes $50 billion to create a new technology directorate for NSF. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy forms Interagency Task Force on Scientific Integrity. . There is $180 billion pegged overall in the plan for investment in research and development and “technologies of the future.”.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

1260 ), which passed the full Senate during summer 2021. ESA endorsed the NSF for the Future Act in May 2021. 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. Innovation and Competition Act ( S.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Twenty-four ESA members and graduate students in ecology participated in virtual Hill visits, as a part of the 2021 Katherine S. Todd Young’s (R-IN) proposal to increase competitiveness with China by creating a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and authorizing $100 billion in NSF over five years. Lujan, Sen.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Bill would create a technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases authorized funding levels. billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mike Collins (R-GA) will chair the Research and Technology Subcommittee and Rep. In September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order reviving several lapsed federal advisory committees, including ISAC and in January 2022, the Interior Department issued a call for nominations for new ISAC members. Freshman Rep.

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