PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

“Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water, and my Administration will hold all companies – no matter how big or small – accountable when they violate the laws and regulations protecting our air and water,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro. Shell recognizes that as a company, it must do better, and this $6.2

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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. In 1960, there were 61.6 That’s not healthy.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2022

The original air quality permit for a proposed LNG plant in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County was issued by DEP on July 24, 2019. As a result, all parties agreed in a voluntary settlement that Bradford County Real Estate Partners would have to apply for a new air quality permit before moving ahead with the project.

Natural Gas 97

Natural Gas Air Pollution Pollution Control Environmental Protection 97

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. In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v.

Clean Air Act 197

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2022

Portable hydrogen sulfide monitors were deployed around the impacted areas to provide important data. -- Added a new section to the county’s Air Pollution Control Regulations, the Mon Valley Air Pollution Episode Rule. Posted: August 15, 2022] PA Environment Digest

2021 59

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Joe fought tirelessly to raise awareness on urban air pollution in the1980’s by establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report that is still used today. And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion.

Fossil Fuels 52

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

2017 52

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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.

2013 52

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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.

2013 52

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

2017 52

2017 2021 2011 Air Pollution 52

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.

2013 52

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government 52

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.

2013 52

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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.

2013 52

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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.

2013 52

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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.

2013 52

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution posted this special report August 23, 2022 on its Blog on the power outages at U.S. They are also the same control rooms impacted by the July 4 outage – #1, #2, and #5. Steel should be charged with 12,000 violations of clean air laws. If so, had U.S.

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Electricity Pollution Control 2018 Air Pollution 59

Renewable + Law

DECEMBER 22, 2020

On December 21, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) set forth its plans to amend the state’s clean air rules to adopt Low-Emission Vehicles (LEV) and Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) standards, known as the Clean Cars Minnesota rule. and continuing until all parties are heard or until the ALJ adjourns the hearing.

Greenhouse 40

Greenhouse Pollution Control Air Pollution 2024 40

E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1346 , which will require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and emissions from small off-road engines (SORE), such as lawn mowers, portable generators, and the profusion of other equipment utilizing small gasoline engines for power, by July 1, 2022.

Regulations 52

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Shapiro Touts Connellsville, Fayette County As An Example Of Success Investing In Outdoor Recreation -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Gov.

Natural Gas 83

Natural Gas Climate Change Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 83

Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. Units with existing advanced NOx controls must optimize their utilization by 2023. million tons, a reduction of 5.1 million tons, or 87 percent, from 1995 levels.

Ozone 40

Ozone Clean Air Act 2026 2015 40

Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2022

On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act), which would provide about $369 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below their 2005 levels by 2030 as well as reduce carbon emissions and invest in renewable energy. Tax Credits.

Air Pollution 130

Air Pollution Pollution Control 2005 Carbon Emissions 130

Law and Environment

MARCH 22, 2022

The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission has formally adopted its “Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Phase 1 Regulations.” The Phase 1 regulations are really all about the “disclosure” side of BERDO. As a result, the first reporting under the new regulations will be June 15, 2022.

Regulations 130

Regulations Pollution Control Air Pollution 2023 130

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Real Parties in Interest) (2022) Cal.App.5th While TRPA had “jurisdiction by law” in that it exercises authority over resources affected by the project, it was not a responsible agency. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. County of Placer, et al.

Renewable Energy 86

Renewable Energy Clean Energy Conservation 2013 86

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.

2016 52

2016 Air Pollution 2017 Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Wolf’s existing authority under Pennsylvania law to enter the Commonwealth into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative," according to PennFuture. Pennsylvania’s final regulations implementing the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative became effective on April 23, 2022. Read more here. NewsClips: -- AP: U.S.

Carbon Dioxide 52

Carbon Dioxide Regulations Clean Air Act Greenhouse 52

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

An objection to that regulation was raised by the Republicans on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee questioning whether the regulation met the requirements of a 2016 law (Act 52) requiring separate regulations for conventional oil and gas operations. Read more here.

Regulations 96

Regulations Ozone Pollution Control 2008 96

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2022

Laura Legere of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported DEP was re-evaluating the final methane regulation over a 2016 law requiring separate regulations for conventional oil and gas operations. See March 2022 EQB meeting for a copy of the regulation.) (See March 2022 EQB meeting for a copy of the regulation.)

2016 52

2016 Regulations Pollution Control Environmental Protection 52

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

An objection to that regulation was raised by the Republicans on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee questioning whether the regulation met the requirements of a 2016 law (Act 52) requiring separate regulations for conventional oil and gas operations. Read more here.

Regulations 52

Regulations Radiation Ozone Pollution Control 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2022

On May 6, Laura Legere of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the Department of Environmental Protection is re-evaluating the final regulation to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations over a 2016 law requiring separate regulations for conventional oil and gas operations. Read more here.

2016 52

2016 Regulations Pollution Control Air Pollution 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2022

And that clean air RGGI promises to deliver? It won’t exist either, since nothing can prevent carbon dioxide and other air pollutants emitted from power plants in Ohio or West Virginia from drifting across state lines. Even the most optimistic projections today show a CO2 reduction of less than 1% by 2030.

Natural Gas 96

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 2030 96

Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

July 12, 2022 — On June 30, the U.S. EPA held the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan Rule exceeded EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to address air pollution from both new and existing sources if the pollutant endangers public health or welfare.

Clean Air Act 45

Clean Air Act Greenhouse Natural Gas Politics 45

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2022

The Department is working toward completing both submittals by December 16, 2022, to avoid the Federal Highway sanctions.” Since this final-form rulemaking is being promulgated under the APCA [state Air Pollution Control Act] in Title 35, the requirements of Act 52 do not apply. Read more here.

Regulations 52

Regulations Radiation Ozone Pollution Control 52

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

DEP again repeated their legal position that Act 52 does not apply to regulations promulgated under the state Air Pollution Control Act like the one before the Board for the vote. Seif, Former EPA Region III Administrator, Secretary of DEP [PaEN] [Posted: October 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest The alternative for Rep.

Regulations 97

Regulations Natural Gas Clean Water Act Environmental Protection 97

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court. 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

Clean Air Act 55

Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 55

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2022

.] -- “Exempt Pennsylvania from plant-closing EPA regulations such as the Wastewater Rule and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.” [ Note: That’s not the way it works. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Regulations Pollution Control 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2022

State law now actually prohibits DEP from setting any bonding requirements covering plugging for conventional wells drilled before April 1985, which is most conventional oil and gas wells. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Code Chapters 78 and 78a.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Regulations Law Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

.] -- “Exempt Pennsylvania from plant-closing EPA regulations such as the Wastewater Rule and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.” [ Note: That’s not the way it works. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Regulations Pollution Control 98