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. Source: Energy Information Agency Despite the economics increasingly favoring renewables, an additional 21.8

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Breezometer

OCTOBER 17, 2021

The global pollen allergies market is predicted to grow dramatically between 2019 and 2026. At BreezoMeter, we often find that businesses integrate either pollen information or air pollution information. However, when it comes to human health & what your customers care about, pollen and air pollution are entirely linked !

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Thanks largely to the Clean Air Act, new passenger vehicles are 98 to 99 percent cleaner than they were 60 years ago when it comes to most tailpipe pollutants, including hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulate matter. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

AB 2446 requires reductions of average carbon intensity in construction materials for new buildings and also sets comprehensive targets to achieve a net 40% reduction from 2026 building material GHG emission levels by 2035. Two new laws address this issue on different fronts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

California’s air pollution regulator, the Air Resources Board, is poised to adopt one of the most important steps that the state has ever taken to reduce exposure to air pollution and limit climate changing emissions. Source: California Air Resources Board GHG Emissions Inventory Data.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Shell Polymers Monaca started operating just over a year ago but has since stumbled through continued production delays, blown past air pollution limits, and racked up more than two dozen technical malfunctions.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

Current estimates are that the law will impact over 10,000 companies, which will have to draft a report every two years, beginning January 1, 2026, and publish it on their own website. This bill captures more companies, with a lower revenue threshold of over $500 million instead of $1 billion.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2020, sources in both the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) NOX annual program and the A(cid) R(ain) P(rogram) together emitted 0.78 Such an incremental approach could avoid many of the projected retirements under the rule, with minimal impacts on projected air quality improvements. million tons, a reduction of 5.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

By rewarding performance against a standard that literally 100 percent of the truck fleet performs at or better than, EPA could significantly delay the adoption of much cleaner diesel engines.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Several provisions – a few of which are directly available to local governments – can additionally help address local air pollution and other inequitable impacts to vulnerable communities. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding. Second, $11.97

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

Recent findings from the World Meteorological Organization predict a 50:50 chance at least one year between 2022 and 2026 will exceed 1.5°C Time is not in our favor, as this warming scenario may be upon us sooner than people would expect. C above pre-industrial levels. What Will this Kind of Global Warming Look Like?

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Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

When the Biden Administration ramped up fuel efficiency requirements through 2026, ideologues such as the Heartland Institute and states like Texas were quick to wheel out this attack. No doubt the same attack will be made on the Administration ambitious proposed post-2026 standard.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

GW of gas capacity will no longer be needed as early as 2026. While there were plenty of gas plant retirements in the first half of the 2010s, there haven’t been many in recent years due primarily to reliability concerns. However, the IRP modeling shows that, as California builds more and more clean resources, roughly 2.7

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

As directed by a state law enacted in 2021, as HB 1286, the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division developed the newly finalized standards. As part of its target methodology , the state determined about 40% of the 8,000 buildings covered under the program already meet standards for the 2026 target.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s Monroe coal plant is the largest single emitter of carbon pollution in Michigan. Converting the Belle River plant: DTE proposes to switch its Belle River plant from coal to fossil gas fuel in 2025 and 2026, saying that the plant would run only in limited amounts following the transition but could be kept in operation until 2040.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 519 ) -- Lewis Run Natural Gas Plant LLC - Lewis Run Gas Plant: DEP invites comments on renewal of Minor Air Quality Permit for the facility in Bradford Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Warren County. ( McKean County. ( Butler County. ( Greene County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Lehigh County. (

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

By 2032, new light-duty vehicle climate emissions would decrease by nearly 50 percent (to 85 grams/mile) compared to existing standards that go through 2026. Air quality and public health But climate pollution isn’t the only thing coming out of tailpipes that’s harming us, and the impact of these tailpipe emissions isn’t equally shared.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

65 percent of respondents would like to see Pennsylvania produce more solar, citing reasons ranging from reduced air pollution to energy bill savings. In 2021, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would increase Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) goal to 18 percent by 2026.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

EPA considering a range of alternatives EPA proposed standards that would aim to reduce greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions by about 70 percent compared to today’s vehicles (or about a 60 percent reduction from the 2026 standards currently on the books), to a lab certification level of emissions of 82 grams per mile (g/mi) by 2032.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

1 -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Costs Much Higher Than Previously Disclosed,-- $14 Billion; Won’t Be Fully Up And Running Until 2025, 2026 -- TribLive: Multi-Million Dollar Power Line Project Needed To Make Up For Closure Of Springdale Power Plant -- Sen. Month Starting Feb.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

While EPA has projected gasoline vehicles to improve by close to 20 percent between now and 2032 in order to meet its standards, largely the result of standards already on the books through 2026, this could and must be closer to 30-35 percent to be consistent with our urgent need to address climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recently, the CEO of Shell said the plant cost $14 billion to build and would not be fully operational until 2025 or 2026. million on the Shell Petrochemical Plant and associated pipeline for repeated air pollution and construction violations. Read more here.] The PRM tax credit is equal to $0.05

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A couple other issues came up: The preemption waiver challenged in Ohio is a reinstatement of a waiver initially granted in 2013, but rescinded in 2019 by the Trump Administration’s rollback of air pollution protections.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Shapiro’s Support For RGGI Puts Us On A Dangerous Path - By Commonwealth Foundation -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: US Steel Appeals $2.2 Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. Westmoreland County?

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Legal Planet

APRIL 7, 2022

No one of them is transformative standing alone, but their cumulative impact will be substantially cleaner air and lower carbon emissions. EPA proposed an unexpectedly strong expansion of the existing rules governing interstate air pollution. The new rules will require an average of 49 miles per gallon for the 2026 model year.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In its legislative findings, which remain in air quality statutes today , Congress justified air pollution regulation because “the growth of the amount and complexity of air pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting dangers to the public health and welfare.”

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

percent by 2026 under the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards. Senate Bill 501 (Laughlin-R-Erie, Haywood-D-Montgomery) and House Bill 1080 (Quinn-R-Delaware, Herrin-D-Chester) to raise the mandate for solar energy from 0.5 percent to 5.5 Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2022

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Sen. Casey: Announces $2.1

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

percent by 2026 under the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards. Senate Bill 501 (Laughlin-R-Erie, Haywood-D-Montgomery) and House Bill 1080 (Quinn-R-Delaware, Herrin-D-Chester) to raise the mandate for solar energy from 0.5 percent to 5.5 Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

Committee Meets May 25 On Bill To Prohibit Communities From Moving To Clean, Cheaper Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN] -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Environmentalists Petition Feds To Reverse Rule Allowing Shipping Liquid Natural Gas By Rail -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Warn Of Dangers If LNG Is Allowed To Be Shipped (..)

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

We recommit ourselves to working tirelessly to defend life from all environmental harm, especially those most at risk but least responsible for air pollution and climate volatility. “As Reactions The York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network released this statement on the final approval of the U.S.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026. This bill creates a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases NSF’s overall authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. In this issue: Senate Passes U.S. Scientist Elected to Congress.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

A future free from the air pollution that cuts short lives and damages the lungs, hearts, and brains of our children and the most vulnerable. “A Senate vote-- “Today, we celebrate with the majority of Americans and the world that the United States is again assuming its leadership responsibility to address the climate crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Of Environmental Professionals Award Scholarships To Isaac Nulton, Poppy Northing; Conference Starts Oct.

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