PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 14, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.1 That’s why investing in zero- and low-emission transportation pays off big: It helps us breathe healthier air and slow down climate change,” said Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Executive Deputy Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On February 28, the Department of Environmental Protection awarded $1.5 million in 2022 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant funding to help municipalities, schools, and businesses around the state switch to clean transportation and improve air quality in their communities. Click Here for a list of projects funded.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

On September 30, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.9 Environmental Protection Agency emissions tests. By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

On April 3 and 6, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a total of three more Air Quality notices of violation to the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County. Shell also violated its 12-month emission limit for carbon monoxide-- 393.595-- by reporting 1,060.320 tons. tons of nitrogen oxides. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

On December 14, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it issued a notice of violation (NOV) to Shell Chemicals Appalachia, LLC (Shell) for exceeding its rolling 12-month total emission limitations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during commissioning of its petrochemical facility in Potter Township, Beaver County.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

With this agreement, the Department of Environmental Protection is taking steps to hold Shell accountable and protect Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to clean air and water while encouraging innovation and economic development in the Commonwealth,” said Rich Negrín, Acting Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. “We

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

The Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council are taking steps to force Shell to take their responsibility to residents and the environment seriously. Shell also emitted the dangerous pollutants nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide from sources at the plant in the final months of 2022 at rates that exceed permit limits.

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