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DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County

PA Environment Daily

On May 4, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will receive public comments and host a May 17 in-person public hearing regarding a plan approval application for Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT III) requirements for Covanta Delaware Valley, LP, a waste to energy facility in the City of Chester, Delaware County.

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DEP Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County

PA Environment Daily

On September 3, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will receive public comments and host a virtual public hearing regarding a Title V/State Operating Permit renewal request for Covanta Delaware Valley, LP, a waste to energy facility in the City of Chester, Delaware County.

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U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes

PA Environment Daily

On November 15, 2022, Erie Coke Corporation, along with the plant superintendent, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on among other charges, violation of the Clean Air Act. Such hazardous air pollutants were released directly into the air to avoid the plant’s environmental monitoring system.

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Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations

PA Environment Daily

May 11, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a federal lawsuit against the Shell Petrochemical Plant for repeatedly violating permitted air pollution limits from a massive new plastics production plant in Beaver County, which opened last year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own. Indoor air is anything contained with a building.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit.

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