PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

tons of nitrogen oxide emissions in 2023. These fuels produced 430.4 tons of sulfur dioxide emissions and 291.5 The group says the plant neither measures particulate emissions nor carcinogenic polyaromatic hydrocarbons which are specifically produced by burning tires.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On February 12, environmental groups announced the US Environmental Protection Agency formally objected to an air quality permit for the US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in August 2023 saying it was not in compliance with the Clean Air Act. Steel Edgar Thomson by ACHD.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Much of this air pollution comes from diesel trucks rumbling along the state’s many highway corridors, in particular I-95 which connects many major cities along the East Coast. This all makes Maryland one of the deadliest states for diesel particulate pollution. The benefits of these rules are sure to touch many of our lives.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

nitrogen oxides, 21.63 hazardous air pollutants. Posted: June 30, 2023] PA Environment Digest Potential emissions from all sources after completion of the project are estimated to be-- in tons per year-- 0.46 volatile organic compounds; 12.31 carbon monoxide, 5.61 Particluate 10 , and 3.39

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to hold a public hearing on October 31 on a proposed Title V Air Quality Permit for the Eastern Gas Transmission South Oakford Natural Gas Compressor Station located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. tons/12-cmp total Hazardous Air Pollutants. tons/12-cmp of PM2.5

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 beginning at 6:30 PM at Chester City Hall (Chester City municipal building), 1 E 4th St. DEP is accepting written public comments on this application, which may be submitted to RA-EPSEROAQpubcom@pa.gov or mailed to the Southeast Regional Office, Air Quality Program, 2 E.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Comments due March 8. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed 2024 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

In addition to emissions violations, DEP cited Shell for -- Flaring violations from June 2022 through April 2023; -- Malodor violations from its wastewater treatment plant in January, February, and April 2023 - which included discharging benzene into the Ohio River. 12,671,044.75 12,671,044.75 Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

billion per year in net societal benefits (the monetized value of climate and public health benefits resulting from reduced greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter; as well as net cost savings to light-duty vehicle owners from operating zero emission vehicles and savings to all electricity customers).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

Shell will also pay additional monthly civil penalties for the rest of 2023 for any further exceedances. Following the COA, Shell plans to restart operations at the facility on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. On March 25, 2023 Shell suspended ethylene and polyethylene production to make repairs and perform maintenance.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its intent to issue a Title V Air Quality permit for the Monessen Coke (Coal) Plant in Monessen, Westmoreland County. ( The annual sum of all Hazardous Air Pollutant emissions is 15.2 It also emits 5.2

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

These trucks, which move shipping containers and goods from ports and railyards, are among the dirtiest on the road and are a primary source of air pollution in disproportionately impacted communities. pollution from vehicles. pollution from vehicles. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2023

The locomotives at issue in this settlement burn diesel fuel which produces significant emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter. The settlement is expected to reduce tons of nitrogen oxide and particulate matter pollution and improve air quality where their trains operate.” “By

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, helping to address climate change.

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

Ammonia: ​a cost-effective priority for cleaner air​ China International Champion Prof Baojing Gu from Zhejiang University presented a game-changing map of how nitrogen emissions contribute to deadly air pollution, plus an analysis showing that ammonia is a better target than nitrogen oxides for tackling this global health threat.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency announced the final Good Neighbor Plan , a rule that will significantly cut smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states. On March 15, the U.S.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The hydrogen for the buses is currently being produced at Air Liquide’s plant in Runcorn, harnessing waste hydrogen as a by-product from an industrial chlor-alkali plant. By 2023, the hydrogen will be even greener as it will be produced by electrolysis powered by a direct connection to an offshore wind farm.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

gigawatts of capacity from gas plants are planned to go online from 2023 to 2026. Because unlike moving sources of air pollution like cars, gas plants are completely stationary. But gas plants also release emissions of nitrogen oxides, more commonly referred to as NOx emissions, that contribute to smog and other pollutants.

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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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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

New in this UCS analysis is a look at the public health co-benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuels that occur from decarbonizing our economy. A net zero pathway that substantially reduces harmful air pollutants results in tens of thousands of lives saved—compounding on the benefits of the IRA/IIJA.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council This guest essay first appeared in the Beaver County Times on March 19, 2023 -- If the first three months of operations at Shell’s petrochemical plant are any indication, the next 30 years are going to be stressful and hazardous for nearby Beaver Country residents.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Unconventional, conventional, pipeline, storage and other oil and gas facilities have been self-reporting air emissions from their facilities since 2012 and do so regularly under Title V and other Air Quality permits issued by the Department of Environmental Protection. tons - 1,3 Butadiene [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 55.68

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In its first year of operations, Shell exceeded four air permits limits for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and hazardous air pollutants. These pollutants include things like benzene, a known cancer-causing agent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

But Big Ag pollutes more than water. From toxic air pollution to climate-changing emissions, large corporate agribusinesses threaten public health and the environment. And that pollution has compounding consequences.

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Environment, Law, and History

AUGUST 27, 2023

Dan Farber at Legal Planet recently posted on "Cars, Smog, and EPA" An excerpt: For the first 20 years of federal regulation, Congress set the NOx [nitrogen oxides] standards for new cars itself. That’s quite different from the standards for industrial pollution sources, which Congress has always delegated to EPA.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

Posted: January 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest As a general rule (Section A.9) Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN] -- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN] -- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

At every phase of oil and gas production, harmful air pollutants are deliberately released. These air pollutants include such things as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, naphthalene. “I Unconventional gas development cannot happen without significant air pollution, even under the best of circumstances.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. Meanwhile, a 2023 study in Environmental Research Letters concluded that as little as 0.2 percent of childhood asthma cases in the United States, comparable to the risk posed to children by secondhand smoke.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

[PaEN] -- New Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Podcast Features Pollinator Habitat Certification Program [PaEN] -- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Register Now For 2024 Summer Student Nature Camps -- DCNR Daily Forecast Wildfire Danger Map Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April (..)

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