PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2024

On January 18, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has awarded more than $1.28 million in 2023 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant funding to municipalities and businesses to improve air quality in communities through cleaner fuel transportation infrastructure.

Nitrogen Oxides 102

Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Natural Gas Waste 102

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. Note: “Natural gas” is an industry misnomer; UCS considers methane, fossil gas, and gas to be much more appropriate terms. I’ll be using the term “gas” from here on out.) And now, as the U.S.

Fossil Fuels 225

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Nitrogen Oxides Electricity 225

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

million commercial trucks on California roads, and although they make up just seven percent of vehicles on the road, these trucks are responsible for more than one-quarter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, more than 60 percent of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) and more than 55 percent of lung- and heart-harming fine particulate (PM2.5)

Electricity 246

Electricity Nitrogen Oxides Fossil Fuels Regulations 246

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.

Nitrogen Oxides 60

Nitrogen Oxides Ozone 2026 Pollution Control 60

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On February 17, the Clean Air Council and the Environmental Integrity Project sent a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection urging the state to temporarily halt operations at a Shell plastics chemical plant in Beaver County that has repeatedly violated air pollution limits and recently released plumes of black smoke for several hours.

Air Pollution 97

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act Pollution Control 97

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

DEP’s Office of Environmental Justice will collaborate on this effort. 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.

Air Pollution 86

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 2023 86

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

The roughly $6 billion Shell Monaca plant transforms a product of natural gas (ethane), extracted through hydraulic fracturing in the region’s shale formations, into tiny plastic pellets used to manufacture single-use plastic goods like soda bottles and plastic packaging.

Air Pollution 92

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Natural Gas Clean Air Act 92

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.

Air Pollution 92

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Fossil Fuels 92

Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most significant air quality challenges in the Basin is reducing emissions of the ozone precursor nitrogen oxides (NO x ) to meet the ozone standard attainment deadlines. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

Ozone 130

Ozone Regulations 2020 2019 130

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Shell Plant had over 26 malfunctions and received 13 notice of violations and was penalized $10 million by the Department of Environmental Protection. It uses fracked ethane gas to create nurdles, the building blocks of single-use plastic. These pollutants include things like benzene, a known cancer-causing agent.

Air Pollution 79

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Natural Gas 79

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 - Nitrogen Oxides -- 83.6

Air Pollution 66

Air Pollution 2012 Carbon Dioxide 2022 66

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clean Water Act 290

Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 290

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 28 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of a revised GP-1 Air Quality General Permit for Natural Gas and Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units. PA DEP Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan.

Natural Gas 60

Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Air Pollution 60

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Less known is the fact that the gas utility industry has been engaged in the same kind of deceit. That would of course include fossil gas, which consists of 85 to 90 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide. There is no EPA standard for indoor air.)

2013 358

2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 358

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

Earth Day 65

Earth Day Nitrogen Oxides 2024 Conservation 65

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency show that CO2 accounts for the vast majority of heat-trapping greenhouse gases emitted by the U.S. They also worry that the injections could touch off small earthquakes, similar to those that were triggered in Ohio and Texas by underground injections of wastewater from natural gas and oil drilling.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98