Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

They accounted for most of the failed generating capacity in a number of recent extreme weather events, including Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and Winter Storm Elliott in 2022, according to Gas Malfunction , a new Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) issue brief. percent higher than the number of wealthier residents, according to a 2022 UCS study.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

Several cities in California, including Los Angeles and in the Bay Area, have outlawed new gas hookups, but these are the first regulations that would effectively ban the sale of gas appliances. Furnaces and water heaters are even bigger polluters, with major contributions to outdoor air pollution in the Bay Area.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 23, 2021

On Monday, Boston released a draft of the first phase of regulations intended to implement the amended BERDO ordinance signed by then-Mayor Janey in October. . The first phase of the regulations is focused only on reporting issues. The “informal” public comment period on the draft regulations will remain open until January 14.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2022

million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement covering longstanding air pollution violations. Settlements like this serve notice to companies that they must follow the law to keep workers and neighbors healthy and safe.”

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

On June 13, 2022, Chile published its Climate Change Framework Law (“the Climate Act”). The country meets seven of the nine criteria, including an extensive low-lying coastline, areas prone to natural disasters, areas susceptible to drought and desertification, and urban areas with high air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In 2022 alone, cities in Arizona, California, Nevada , Texas , and Utah recorded temperatures of 105°F on multiple days and often over long stretches. In April 2022, a farmworker picking strawberries in Florida passed away due to heat, and according to news reports, it was just his second day on the job.

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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.

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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.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2022

AB32 then provides an extensive list of factors that the board must consider in crafting regulation to implement the plan. A 2015 law, AB197, requires that the scoping plan discuss the following for each emission reduction measure: (a) The range of projected greenhouse gas emissions reductions that result from the measure. (b)

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

On January 19, 2024, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal reinstated the Formosa Plastics (“FG LA”) facility air permits, which the lower court had previously vacated. These analyses showed declining criteria pollutant and toxic air pollutant emissions for the community.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

June 14, 2022. Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. A Wisconsin judge delays enforcing an April decision that would limit the state’s power to clean up pollution.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

During the spring semester, students in the Food Law and Policy Clinic continued to support AB 2243 by developing fact sheets, proposing amendments, and engaging with farmworker communities to better understand the impacts of extreme heat and poor air quality on workers and their families. city for particulate matter pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

On November 22, the Clean Air Council , PennFuture , and the Center for Biological Diversity announced they appealed an extension of Renovo Energy Center’s air pollution permit for a large gas-fired power plant — a significant source of new pollution within an environmental justice area.

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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

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Vermont Law & Graduate School and Articles Editor, Production Coordinator, and Personal Notes Editor for the Vermont Law Review October 1, 2023 The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry noted that “most people in the United States have one or more specific PFAS in their blood, especially PFOS and PFOA.” (1)

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

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

High Prices and New Programs Washington’s “Cap and Invest” program launched this year, and Oregon’s “Climate Protection Program” issued its first allowances in March 2022, joining the three existing U.S. Hochul’s office has said that her plan “will not allow the use of offsets that could allow high-emitting sources to continue to pollute.”

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. Civil law cases. By Yumeno Grace Nishikawa, LLM*. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On November 17, Erie Coke Corporation, along with a corporate officer, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on among other charges, Violation of the Clean Air Act, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. The eight-count Indictment, returned on Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

When we first started Eyes On Shell in early 2022, there was more concern about lighting than anything else,” said Terrie Baumgardner, Outreach Coordinator in Beaver County for the Clean Air Council. The Shell Exterior Lighting Study was originally promised to the Potter Township supervisors in December of 2022, Baumgardner said.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Read the full story at the National Law Review. On October 17, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding that lead air pollution may reasonably be anticipated to endanger the public health and welfare within the meaning of Section 231(a) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a “supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking,” calling for comments on air pollution standards for control of methane emissions from new and existing facilities in the oil and natural gas industry. See 87 Fed. 74,702 (Dec.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2022

EPA proposed changes to its MON rule in 2019, regulating toxic emissions for about 200 chemical plants that produce solvents, plastics, and pesticides across the country. 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.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

. -- Peoples Natural Gas - Roaring Run Compressor Station: DEP issued a State Only Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution resources at the facility located in Kiskiminetas Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Armstrong County. ( Centre County. ( Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Clearly, there is significant non-compliance with relevant laws in the conventional oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania. Read more here.] [ Note: The new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law well plugging program provided DEP with funding to plug 277 conventional oil and gas wells in 2022-23. Why The Assessment?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Appalachian Power is currently seeking approval from Virginia regulators to increase residential electric rates by nearly 16 percent due to higher fuel costs.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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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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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In addition to these requirements, DEP is also reviewing its policies for allowing the on-site disposal of radioactive and nonradioactive wastes where oil and gas well plugging will be done under the new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law plugging program. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After AB 525 was signed into law, the CEC set offshore wind state planning goals in 2022 (2 to 5 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045). One gigawatt is sufficient to meet electricity demand for about one million average homes in the state, according to the CEC ).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

Neighbors Clifford Cole, Pamela West, Brian Weirback, Kathy Weirback, Todd Shelly, and Christine Shelly oppose the DEP permit, an air quality Plan Approval, which would allow Adelphia to emit hundreds of tons of air pollution into the community. Adelphia appealed that decision to the Third Circuit, resulting in today’s outcome.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Wolf Signs Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies Into Law For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards York Dispatch Editorial: Energy Companies Are Reporting Record Profits, PA Lawmakers Don’t Need To Give Them More Tax Breaks Gov. 15 DEP Hosts Dec. 15 DEP Hosts Dec.

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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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