Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

One issue in the Seven Counties case is whether the impact statement should discuss air pollution caused by refining the oil shipped over the proposed rail line. The argument is that the Board shouldn’t have to consider that because EPA has authority to regulate air pollution, not the Board.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These approaches create a more secure and sustainable supply chain Electrifying our transportation system has sizeable benefitswe can reduce climate-changing emissions and air pollutants that cause serious health problems. But how we get to fully electric matters.

Recycling

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 7, 2025

by Jenni Shearston, University of Colorado Boulder The Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site. While these neighborhoods have long suffered from air pollution, theyre not the only ones in Colorado.

Air Pollution

New Scientist

JULY 22, 2025

This warming influence is even greater in populated places, where there tends to be more air pollution. Reducing aerosol pollution is a public health imperative,” says Geeta Persad at the University of Texas at Austin. This means efforts to clean up air pollution to benefit human health come with a warming effect on the climate.

Air Pollution

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Assessing public support for air pollution mitigation and control policies: Health, socioeconomic, and ideological predictors in an overburdened and vulnerable region of the U.S. Zarate-Gonzalez, G., Brown, P., & Cisneros, R. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 263.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Before being cut, real Christmas trees absorb air pollutants and sequester carbon dioxide and emit fresh oxygen. Important to water quality, the trees stabilize soil and reduce erosion, reducing polluted runoff by filtering and absorbing pollutants that would otherwise flow into local rivers and streams.

Biodegradable

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 14, 2025

And walking or using a traditional bike means avoiding air pollution and climate-changing emissions altogether. But the emissions savings from not driving altogether are even higher. Replacing driving with public transit or e-bikes can greatly reduce emissions.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 7, 2025

Of course, continuing to strengthen public health-based standards to cut harmful air pollution from burning fossil fuels, including sulphur dioxide and particulate matter, is essential and lifesaving.

2024

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing , and these vehicles are important to reduce fossil fuel use and air pollution. Increasing sales means more EVs eventually reaching their end of useful life. When an EV retires, the battery can be recycled and the materials recovered to make new batteries.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

Over $120 million in DEPs budget would be at risk, including basic support for the Air Quality, Water Quality, Safe Drinking Water, Radiation Protection, Storage Tanks and related grants to support local projects. million -- Air Pollution Control Grants - $6.8 million -- Water Pollution Control - $$5.5

Pollution Control

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells.

Air Pollution

Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2025

Lets fast forward to today; more than half a century of government housing policy favoring sprawling, car-dependent development has spawned long commutes, increased exposure to air pollution, and segregated communities. And across the United States, the transportation sector is now the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Resource Link: -- Exploding Water Well Shed Triggers DEP Investigation Of 59+ Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Cyclone, McKean County; Highlights Limits On Providing Temporary Water For Well Owners Impacted [PaEN] PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard- Oct.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties In May 2023, the Shell Petrochemical Plant served by the pipeline signed a consent order that included over $17 million in penalties to resolve air pollution violations-- over $12.6 million in penalty payments and $5 million in local community environmental restoration funding. Read more here.

Law

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While it is obvious that such communities could be impacted, analyzing the impacts could be intractable given the difficulty of predicting precise locations and the potential for intervention by air pollution regulators.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Families need protection from the petrochemical industry’s harmful air pollution and planned expansion that impacts health, contributes to climate change, and perpetuates environmental injustices."

Fossil Fuels

Real Climate

JULY 31, 2025

EPA in 2007: An air pollutant is defined as any substance, or combination of substances, including physical, chemical, biological, or radioactive matter, that is emitted into or otherwise enters the ambient air and may reasonably be anticipated to cause or contribute to air pollution.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- Williams Field Services Company, LLC - White Compressor Station: DEP renewed the GP-5 General Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution sources for the facility located in Springville Twp., Susquehanna County. Application received Sept. 30, 2024, approved Oct. 9, 2024. ( Susquehanna County.

2024

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 10, 2025

Peel Public Health points out that this area of Peel already has significant air pollution and people living there are more likely to suffer from certain health conditions, including diabetes and COPD, points out Steve Papagiannis of the Brampton Environmental Alliance.

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

With this loss goes flood protection, air pollution removal, plants and animals (including some of the most rare and endangered), food production, and recreational opportunities. Protecting Nature As we mentioned, Southern Ontario has a sprawl problem.

2025

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These fires, often deliberately set as part of land clearing efforts for cattle or agriculture, are becoming even more intense in the face of the climate crisis and exposing millions to dangerous air pollution.

Deforestation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

This testimony was submitted by Vanessa Lynch , mother, Allegheny County resident and Pennsylvania Campaign Coordinator for Moms Clean Air Force. Oil and gas air pollution isn't a theoretical threat to my family. I support the adoption of a strong and durable methane state plan. Durability. It is a daily reality of our lives.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Additional inspection reports may be added to DEPs Oil and Gas Compliance Database.] Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Local residents began reporting water contamination, air pollution, and health problems such as respiratory illnesses and headaches. However, the rapid expansion of fracking in Washington County came with significant environmental and health concerns.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Carbon capture aggravates air pollution. Industrial sites with carbon capture will have increased emissions of air and water pollutants, such as fine particulate matter. Australia banned carbon storage in the largest groundwater basin to avoid irreversible harm. Carbon capture requires large amounts of freshwater.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7705 ) -- Chrinergyy Power, LLC - Chrin Brothers Landfill Gas Project Title V Air Quality Permit: DEP invites comments on a Title V Air Quality Plan Approval Permit for a landfill gas project located in Glendon Boro, Northampton County. ( Received May 17, Administratively complete Nov. Received Oct. 15, Approved Oct.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

CA gasoline regulations are ready for an update California’s gasoline regulations were an important part of the state’s strategies to address air pollution caused by gasoline-powered cars. CEC noted that the air pollution impacts of this proposal were not well understood, so UCS stepped up to fill the void.

Regulations

Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

by Shao Lin, University at Albany, State University of New York; Arshad Arjunan Nair, University at Albany, State University of New York; Fangqun Yu, University at Albany, State University of New York, and Quan Qi, University at Albany, State University of New York Long-term high ultrafine particle concentrations in New York state neighborhoods are (..)

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 28, 2025

The expansion would mean a steep increase in highly toxic pollution linked to serious health problems. Brampton, a community of workers and immigrants with a large proportion of people whose first language is not English, is already exposed to high levels of air pollution from transportation and industrial emissions.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

10 Hearing On A State Air Quality Implementation Plan Amendment For Holcim Solutions & Products Plant In Westmoreland County DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Agreement With Venango County On Cleaning Up Unlined Landfill Site DEP Awards $18.9 26 to Nov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

Families like mine are in danger because of MarkWests Harmon Creek facility, which has a history of violating protective air pollution regulations while processing fracked ethane gas for use in the overproduction of plastics.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For example, potential air pollution effects from atmospheric oxidation enhancement might differ from local ecosystem impacts from adding materials to soils as part of ecosystem uptake enhancement. Another key distinction between the approaches is in potential environmental impacts.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

"That’s why so many residents take time out of their busy schedules to call on their elected officials to implement policies to expand clean energy, improve energy efficiency, reduce climate and air pollution, and protect our children and future generations."

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 8, 2025

The transportation sector in California makes up the majority of our greenhouse gas emissions and a significant portion of our toxic air pollution. And this is objectively a good thing. The state must continue this transition full speed ahead. Refiners are gonna call it off The transition is happening and must happen.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 4, 2025

A Brief History Of Conservation In Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania we have actively applied these words to a series of environmental harms and threats during our history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing (..)

Government

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2025

-- Williamsport Sun: Beaver Dams Can Improve Watersheds In PA; Freshwater Institute, Susquehanna University -- PennLive: Hummingbird Migration Underway In Pennsylvania -- WHYY: These Philly-Area Doulas Want Parents To Think About Their Exposures To Heat, Air Pollution, Lead, Other Toxins [Posted: April 23, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Earth Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In addition, OAR’s research improves weather forecasting models, helping to predict severe weather and air quality issues more accurately. These efforts save lives by providing advanced warning and helping communities prepare for hurricanes, wildfires, and air pollution events.

Climate Change