PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2024

This money will be used to fund projects which substantially improve, protect, restore, or remediate the environment, or improve, protect, or reduce risks to the public health or safety. Keystone must make those deposits within 30 days.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

New in this UCS analysis is a look at the public health co-benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuels that occur from decarbonizing our economy. for our purposes–refers to tiny particles in the air that can be found in sources like smoke, dust, soot, or even liquid. Fine particulate matter–or PM 2.5 micrometers.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Jessica Moerman on EPA’s proposed mercury and air toxics standards for coal-fired power plants-- At the Evangelical Environment Network, we believe no child should have their God-given potential cut short. The MATS rule has been a proven success in slashing toxic air pollution, but medical research shows that no level of mercury is safe.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane doesn’t linger for long in the atmosphere after being emitted. In other words, both industries intend to keep producing ever more of their products—and therefore increasing overall pollution— just with each unit of product having slightly lower emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan released proposed standards for the chemical manufacturing sector to protect people from the hazardous air pollution emitted by more than 200 of the largest, most toxic chemical and plastic manufacturing facilities in the country with at least three located in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Detlev Helmig: Colorado atmospheric scientist and air pollution expert – Speaking on data his team is presently collecting at an oil refinery in Denver, Colorado which involves the first ever continual real-time monitoring of oil and gas industry radioactive emissions. magazines, investigative sites and literary journals.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. What are the health impacts associated with breathing it? Have I been exposed to ethylene oxide?

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

AQ-Watch was formed as a response to the pressing global air pollution problem. Ambient air pollution poses the greatest environmental threat to public health, responsible for an estimated 4.2 Fighting Air Pollution On Multiple Fronts. What is 'AQ-Watch'? million annual deaths worldwide.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 14, 2022

Meanwhile, in the background, a coalition of conservative states, in concert with the fossil fuel industry, recently presented oral arguments to the Supreme Court asking the justices to choke the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate global warming gases. Have you heard anyone accusing the World Bank of extremism?

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

When fuels are burned to create energy in a process called combustion, black carbon along with carbon monoxide and other compounds are created because there is not enough oxygen in the atmosphere for the reaction to go to completion. Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 million deaths globally (Cohen et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Because unlike moving sources of air pollution like cars, gas plants are completely stationary. Gas plants release heat trapping emissions that go into the atmosphere and contribute to the climate crisis, and this affects us all. Why is this inequitable and disproportionate siting a problem?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with the Herculean and crucial task of assessing which chemicals are innocuous and which ones need to be banned or restricted because they pose a threat to our health or the environment. Graphite (pencil lead) and diamonds are a classic example.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. He emphasized that “The harms associated with climate change are serious and well recognized.”.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

On January 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced funding for more than $2.7 million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs) to 18 cleaner fuel transportation projects statewide that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide for the first twenty years that it remains in the atmosphere. Methane pollution is also responsible for more than 25 percent of the climate change Pennsylvania experiences today.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The Grand Jury Report was released by then Attorney General Shapiro in June 2020 after what he said then was a two-year investigation uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

million for the Department of Environmental Protection to speed up permit reviews and expand the agency’s oversight inspections, conduct more responsive air sampling, increase the number of dam safety inspections and implement the CO2 Budget Trading Program. Click Here for Senate Testimony/Summaries.

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

On Friday, November 22, the Sabin Center submitted comments opposing an Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposal to rescind regulations limiting methane emissions from new oil and natural gas facilities (the “Methane New Source Performance Standards” or “Methane NSPS”). By Romany Webb.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 11) Global warming, in part, is a result of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 21, 2017

The NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team , or HAQAST, is collaborating with health departments, county and state agencies, and university researchers to get the word out about its satellite data. AQAST was instrumental in showing how satellites can ‘see’ trends in air pollution, even in areas where no other monitors exist.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

million for the Department of Environmental Protection to speed up permit reviews and expand the agency’s oversight inspections, conduct more responsive air sampling, increase the number of dam safety inspections and implement the CO2 Budget Trading Program. On March 7, Gov. I’ve seen some of those wells myself.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Senators requested an IFO review after the Department of Environmental Protection refused an invitation to testify before the before the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, of which Sen. And zero carbon emissions will be removed from the atmosphere. Thousands of jobs will disappear.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

million of their product not leaking into the atmosphere, at current natural gas prices. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations by December 16 or face the potential loss of $500 million or more in federal highway funds. Environmental Protection Agency.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2022

Cheswick is one of only a half-dozen remaining coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania, and the state Department of Environmental Protection predicts that none will operate after 2025. Even though the plant is brought online only during times of high demand, and thus high prices, it is still one of the biggest air polluters in the county.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

That’s why, since the price spike, the industry has doubled down on lobbying for weaker environmental protections to clear the way for more oil and gas production and the further lock-in of gas pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

As human activities continue to spew heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, temperatures rise and cause the air to become “thirstier.” This thirstier air evaporates more water from rivers, lakes, and canals, as well as from soil, forests, vegetation, and crops, making drought conditions extreme.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

The bill was referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) serves as Majority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7647 or sending email to: gvitali@pahouse.net.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. However, these notices typically lump together a number of air pollution sources covered by these General Permits, like compressor stations, flares and other equipment and frequently do not mention pigging operations. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency announced it is strengthening its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution. If finalized, these critical, commonsense standards will protect workers and communities, maintain and create high-quality, union-friendly jobs, and promote U.S.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

“Section 3 defines “AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCE” as “[a]ny place, facility or equipment, stationary or mobile, at, from or by reason of which there is emitted into the outdoor atmosphere any air contaminant.” throughout the Commonwealth. It doesn’t stop here – we will continue to fight. “We

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

In China, cadmium in soil mainly comes from atmospheric deposition of the metal after it has been emitted from coal-burning, metallurgical facilities and animal-source fertilisers. A technician at Yonker Environmental Protection Company in Hunan takes soil samples collected during the 2016 project to be analysed.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

Environmental hazards include spills, fires and explosions leading to polluting streams and drinking water.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On October 6, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the 13 schools, businesses and community organization winners of the 2021 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy. million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

According to its Oil and Gas Program Compliance Database , the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued 315 Notices of Violation (NOV) just for the first three-quarters of 2022. Leaking methane is a powerful greenhouse gas 86 times more potent than CO2 in its first twenty years in the atmosphere.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. CO 2 levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in early May. We need to strengthen environmental protection to build back better.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 The science advisors recommended that the EPA revisit how they treat wildfire-related air pollution, given the increase in the number and severity of wildfires due to climate change.

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