PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days. In February, 2024, DEP confirmed Shell paid an additional $2,671,044.75

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Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 2023 Clean Air Act 122

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. Click Here for a copy of EPA’s order.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it approved funding for two Oil City recreation projects from penalties collected for Air Pollution Act violations at the Webco Oil City Plant in Venango County. Oil City is expecting to have both projects completed by August 31, 2024.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Guest Post by MJ Riches , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University Wildfire smoke billowing from the Rocky Mountains or clouds at sunset? Data is from the Environmental Protection Agency AirNow database: view an interactive map of this data here.

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Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Ozone 2020 105

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The forum included keynotes by senior leaders from the US Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Protection, who provided an update on Pennsylvania’s implementation of $400 million in federal investment to address pollution from small, medium, and large industrial facilities through the RISE PA grant program.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. The report compares PM 2.5

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2024

This growing network of warehouses and the freight vehicles that serve them contribute significantly to a community’s greenhouse gas emissions and exposure to harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter. Beginning in 2024, only ZEV trucks may be registered.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 21 PA Bulletin a revised application and instructions for the Air Quality General Permit for Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (GP-21) is now available.

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