PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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. Gasoline and diesel vehicles generate 47 percent of nitrogen oxides emissions in Pennsylvania, contributing to ground-level ozone.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 4, 2023

Trucks and buses on California’s roads and highways are responsible for the majority of lung-damaging fine particulate and ozone-forming nitrogen oxide emissions, and a sizable amount of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as well. Why did the state create this truck rule?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

The current draft of the ACF rule was released in late March and made several changes to the version that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) heard back in October 2022. An electric commercial fleet vehicle spotted in San Francisco, 2022. What’s in the proposal? There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Along with their contribution to larger climate change impacts, gas plants also cause local air pollution – mainly nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Background information: In October of 2022, the IESO recommended Ontario procure up to 1500 MW of new gas-fired power generation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. As of 2022, there were approximately 2,000 gas power plants with a combined capacity of 500 gigawatts on the grid. Between 2000 and 2022, gas capacity has grown more than four-fold with a big uptick coming online in the early 2000s.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

tons of nitrogen oxides. tons of nitrogen oxides. The Shell Petrochemical Plant has received a total of 11 Air Quality violations and two Water Quality violations since July, 2022. Shell reported emissions of 370.688 tons. Shell reported emissions of 393.595. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) emissions from power plants in USCA states fall 88 and 77 percent respectively by 2040, compared with 27 and 18 percent under current policies and plans. The value of the public health benefits totals almost $280 billion over the two decades. We can do this transition right.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

million registered vehicles, they contribute 39 percent of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, 48 percent of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and 21 percent of climate-changing emissions from all on-road vehicles in the state. pic.twitter.com/qL1U03CIxz — Kevin Xu Shen 沈志文 (@kevxshen) August 2, 2022 Can the grid handle it?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Shell Plant began operations in November 2022 and has been operating under a construction permit DEP keeps renewing. The federal Clean Air Act and US Environmental Protection Agency regulations require that a facility submit a Title V Operating Permit application within 12 months of commencing operation. 12,671,044.75

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Emissions which create smog and impact human health can also be mitigated; sulfur oxides can be reduced by 89% and nitrogen oxides by 78%. By using recycled instead of newly mined materials, reduction of climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions is approximately 64%. Information for this figure was taken from Dunn et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx). In the 2022 summer heat wave in Europe, 90% of heat-related deaths were people aged 65 and older. Air pollution Gas-fueled power plants and compressor stations release emissions that pollute local air and have dangerous health impacts to nearby residents.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

Switching to these zero- and low-emission fuels helps lower levels of many air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up our climate. Posted: April 14, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Primarily, these have focused on the 2007 EPA regulations, which were the first step in the phase-in of diesel engine standards meant to cut particulate emissions by more than 80 percent and smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emissions by 90 percent. Source: ERM 2022 ). Source: ERM 2022 ).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 1722 ). Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 25 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Order and Agreement with American Tinning & Galvanizing Company concerning the cleanup of wheelabrator dust pile at the Vallimont Site in Erie. (

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As described in Latham’s previous reporting on the rulemaking [iii] and adoption [iv] of Rule 2305, the regulation applies to warehouses in the South Coast Air Basin [v] of 100,000 square feet or more and aims to reduce regional nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and local diesel particulate matter emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The two groups also filed a notice of intent to sue Shell for violating the chemical plant’s 12-month permit limit on nitrogen oxides (NOx), which contribute to asthma attacks, lung disease, and (in the environment) smog and acid rain. In 2022, Shell emitted 346 tons of NOx, which exceeded its permitted annual NOx emissions (328.8

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the February 25 PA Bulletin -- -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

CARB will consider this first ACF proposal at a public hearing on October 27, 2022 and a hearing for final adoption of the rule is expected sometime next year and are accepting written comments through October 17, 2022. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

On April 26, 15 projects by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state were recognized with the 2022 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. Winning Projects The 2022 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence were awarded to: -- Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. . -- Vicinity Energy Philadelphia, Inc.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

IRA clean energy investments also will protect public health by cutting key toxic air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, by more than 50 percent by 2050, and drastically reduce fine particulate matter, which will save hundreds of billions of dollars in 2035 alone from avoided premature deaths.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2022

By replacing old diesel-engine trucks with zero-emission electric trucks, Rail Management Services has eliminated a source of nitrogen oxide pollution in the Chambersburg area, helping residents breathe healthier air,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell. Posted: March 16, 2022] PA Environment Digest tons; lifetime = 73.92

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

DEP hopes to get the proposed regulation to the Environmental Quality Board for action during the first quarter of 2022. Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide and 21 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania. There is no ban on traditional internal combustion engine vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

"After a comprehensive literature review, our research found that the household use of methane gas, wood, propane and heating oil impacts indoor air quality, health, and drives climate change through the emission of compounds such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, formaldehyde and others."

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

On November 7, 2022, Shell reported emissions data showing that for the 12-month period ending in September 2022, the total VOC emissions reached 521.6 tons and for the 12-month period ending in October 2022, VOC emissions reached 662.9 See below. ]

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

By reducing nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants from the transportation sector, we make the air quality healthier in our communities, while helping to slow down climate change and its impacts,” Ziadeh added. million settlement with Volkswagen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state. California’s Energy Commission committed over $300 million in investments toward MHD charging infrastructure for the 2022-23 fiscal year and even more funding is slated for the coming years.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

Shell exceeded its rolling 12-month total emission limitations for volatile organic compounds (VOC) beginning in October 2022 through April 2023, carbon monoxide (CO) from February through March 2023, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) from December 2022 through April 2023, and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) from December 2022 through April 2023.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Sam Gutter. A 2020 EPA study focusing on pick-up trucks estimated that, nationwide, emission controls have been removed from more than half a million vehicles over a 10-year period, a full 15 percent of the certified fleet, resulting in 570,000 tons of excess nitrogen oxides and 5,000 tons of particulate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2022

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: May 16, 2022] PA Environment Digest Million Poconos Residents Support More Action To Protect ‘Exceptional Value’ Streams, New Poll Finds North Penn Water Authority, Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Hold May 20 Groundbreaking, May 21 Planting Day For Rain Garden Project In Skippack Twp.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) and soot (or particulate matter, PM 2.5 ) from new heavy-duty trucks. This is the first time EPA has sought to limit emissions in over two decades, and it is long overdue.

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

Frontiers Planet Prize: meet the International Champions Launched in 2022 by the Frontiers Research Foundation, the Frontiers Planet Prize aims to promote and recognize the scientists who will help Earth remain within the nine planetary boundaries described by Prof Johan Rockström in his keynote talk.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The action against Shell Chemical Appalachia’s plant, located in Potter Township, is for illegal emissions of volatile organic compounds (or VOCs), which contribute to smog and can cause nausea, nerve damage, and other health problems, as well as nitrogen oxides, which can trigger asthma attacks and respiratory illness.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2022, Consumer Reports, EV Noire and Green Latinos collaborated with UCS on a national survey asking US residents in rural and urban areas if they would buy or lease an EV for their next vehicle. According to the 2022 survey, there are several factors which might explain this discrepancy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2022

Unfortunately, the Environmental Protection Agency recently missed an opportunity to begin requiring the electrification of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in its proposed update to the nitrogen oxide truck emissions standards. Electric trucks, on the other hand, emit no tailpipe emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Air Resources Board estimates that between 2026 and 2040, the ACCII rules will eliminate 69,569 tons of nitrogen oxides and 4,469 tons of particulate matter (PM2.5) , leading to over 1,200 fewer cardiopulmonary deaths due to air pollution. . The impact of the new rules goes beyond just lowering carbon emissions.

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