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ACT Delivers Cleaner, Efficient, and Cost-Effective On-Road Freight in a Feasible Package

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS/S&P Global Mobility 2024 This accelerated transition to cleaner on-road freight is vital to reduce harmful air pollution generated from trucks, given that theyre the largest source of ozone-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution in the nation and the largest source of lung-damaging fine particulates from vehicles on the road.

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EPA Extends Oil & Gas Industry Compliance Deadlines For Federal Clean Air Act Methane Reduction Rule; Deadline Extended For States To Submit Compliance Plan To 2027

PA Environment Daily

One of the key deadlines EPA is extending is the deadline for states to submit plans to implement Section 111, OOOOb/c from March 2026 to January 2027.

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Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Rachel Meyer, Mother, Beaver County Resident - My Home Is Near A Natural Gas Compressor Station, 8 Shale Gas Well Pads, And The Shell Petrochemical Plant Is In My County

PA Environment Daily

VOCs, such as benzene, are harmful to health and can contribute to ground level ozone or smog that damages lungs and can trigger asthma attacks. Where there are oil and gas operations, you can find methane leaking along with volatile organic compounds.

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Federal Grants: Duct Tape or Catalyst for Environmental and Climate Justice? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

For example, EPA rules limiting ozone pollution or carbon from power plants move the first lever, while the combined $1.25 However, all the money needs to be spent by September 30, 2026, several years sooner than for Solar for All and CPRG, per Congressional direction.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 These air quality impacts are minimal compared with the major ozone reductions resulting from the 1998 SIP Call, which resulted in more than 80,000 megawatts of coal capacity being retrofitted with SCRs. ppb by 2025.

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EPA: Power Plant, Pipeline, Cement, Paper, Glass And Other Industries In PA, Other States Face Tighter NOx Standards Under EPA’s Final Good Neighbor Rule

PA Environment Daily

Beginning in the 2026 ozone season, EPA is setting enforceable NOX emissions control requirements for certain sources at existing and new industrial facilities that have significant impacts on downwind air quality and the ability to install cost-effective pollution controls.

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Seeing the Earth through alien eyes: an extraterrestrial view of our planet

Physics World

The lines form a chemical fingerprint that could be used to find “biosignatures” such as oxygen or ozone. But the JWST and the European Space Agency’s PLATO mission , set for launch in 2026, should be able to take the first steps. a Taken in August 2015, this image is typical of what DSCOVR can see.