Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The Supreme Court clipped the agency’s wings in its 2022 West Virginia v. EPA decision, but it did not ground EPA.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Donora Smog Disaster of 1948 in Washington County is perhaps the most infamous air pollution event in American history. For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved, visit the Group Against Smog and Pollution website. Posted: November 16, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The EPA also plans to issue a rule by the end of 2022 with strengthened emissions requirements for approximately 100 commercial sterilizer facilities across the country. EPA plans to issue a Clean Air Act rulemaking for commercial sterilizers later this year and for other chemical facilities soon, as well.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days. 12,671,044.75

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

On April 25, the Eyes On Shell citizens initiative reported fenceline air pollution monitoring data at Shell's Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County reported benzene levels of over 185 µg/m3 and 89 µg/m3 they said was above the 29 µg/m3 minimum risk level established by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. At the end of 2022, there were more than 283 million. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

The information may assist states and local air pollution control agencies, Tribal authorities, and regulated entities in their consideration of technologies and measures that may be implemented to reduce GHG emissions from stationary combustion turbines. EPA is asking for public comment for 45 days, through June 6, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On November 15, 2022, Erie Coke Corporation, along with the plant superintendent, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on among other charges, violation of the Clean Air Act. Such hazardous air pollutants were released directly into the air to avoid the plant’s environmental monitoring system.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. This level of forced retirements is far in excess of any prior EPA projections of plant shutdowns resulting from implementation of a Clean Air Act rulemaking. It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

May 11, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a federal lawsuit against the Shell Petrochemical Plant for repeatedly violating permitted air pollution limits from a massive new plastics production plant in Beaver County, which opened last year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Carol F. One such tool is EPA’s Geospatial Measurement of Air Pollution (“GMAP”) mobile laboratory. As explained in its fact sheet , the GMAP is a mobile air monitoring vehicle that is equipped with analyzers for methane, BTEX, total VOCs, H? In actions in St.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

On February 2, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a notice of intent to sue Shell Chemical Appalachia for repeated violations of air pollution permit limits at its petrochemical plant in Beaver County. We can’t allow these pollution events to become the cost of doing business.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Toxic Substances Control Act section 7 imminently hazardous chemical. Supreme Court regarding the Clean Air Act and other environmental statutes as to whether EPA is required to consider costs when promulgating a rule. Parties will have until November 7, 2022 to comment on the proposed rulemaking.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

The Heritage Foundation’s argument against the 2022 rule reads the West Virginia case very broadly: “Under West Virginia v. In West Virginia , the Court stressed that EPA had used an obscure, seldom used provision of the Clean Air Act to adopt an unprecedented regulation. Circuit are slim to none.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since the beginning of 2022, electric vehicle sales in the United States have been downright electrifying. This has been particularly true in your home state of California, which historically has set the clean car agenda for the rest of the country because of its waiver under the Clean Air Act to set its own air pollution standards.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants under the federal Clean Air Act. EPA does have authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and the Court’s ruling did not address that existing authority.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 26, 2022

On October 21, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released a request for information (RFI) regarding Section 60103 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) , also known as the IRA’s “green bank” provisions. Public comments may be submitted on the RFI’s docket until December 5, 2022. By Amy Turner.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Recently, EPA issued a protective supplemental proposal under the federal Clean Air Act to reduce methane pollution from new and existing sources in the oil and gas sector. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.

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