PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2024

At the macro level of planning, incorporating and protecting natural areas such as wetlands, stream and river corridors, unique habitats, trails and forest canopy can help communities start tackling issues such as flooding, water quality and air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 1861 ) Air Quality Permits -- Montour LLC - Montour Power Plant: DEP invites comments on a Title V Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution sources at the coal/gas-fired power plant located in Derry Twp., Beaver County. ( Washington County. ( Montour County. ( Fayette County. ( Dobrosielski, S.

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Acoel

JUNE 9, 2023

People stay inside and use their air conditioners to stay cool and filter out the air pollution. We get the side benefit of reduced conventional air pollution, whether from traditional stack emissions or from wildfires. And so we have a vicious cycle. Climate change makes wildfires worse.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

These protections could include: Mandatory, paid rest and recover breaks every hour, More accessible cool water in the areas where workers spend their shifts, and. Consider lowering the Air Quality Index (AQI) level for PM 2.5 AQI is a measure that runs from 0 to 500 and is used to measure concentrations of air pollutants.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

Source: [link] Cool Spaces: Trees offer cooling benefits to cities and towns, which are typically warmer due to hard surfaces. Safety Buffer: Trees provide a natural barrier between cars and people enjoying walks in their neighborhoods, creating a safer space for everyone.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

New building codes and rebates for clean cooling measures in homes are scrapped, so low-income households can’t afford to cool their homes. In the winter, homes are drafty, windows leak in cold air, and heating bills are skyrocketing. Fossil fuel price volatilities continue year-round, and energy prices are unaffordable.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 686 ) Air Quality Permits -- Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC - Donegal Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval covering multiple sources of pollution, including an enclosed flare, at the facility located in Donegal Twp., Bradford County. ( Bradford County. ( Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 2575 ) -- Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining & Marketing LLC - 860 Unit Cooling Tower & Point Breeze South Yard: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with petroleum to meet Statewide Health Standards for a project located at 3144 Passyunk Ave., Indiana County. (

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 3, 2024

When the outside temperature is hot and humid, just perspiration is not enough to cool down the body since there is no evaporation of sweat,” says Abhiyant Tiwari, lead climate resilience and health consultant at India’s Natural Resources Defense Council. That day, Mumbai recorded a temperature high of 34C and 84% humidity levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Energy equity also means thinking about the unequal distribution of energy system costs in our country and how that directly reflects historical harms enacted through policy and siting of polluting facilities that have sacrificed communities of Black, Latinx, Native, low-income, and immigrant groups for decades.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Other studies have shown that Black Americans are more likely to have lower quality drinking water and higher exposure to air pollutants. Legionella bacteria live in lakes and rivers, but they become a public health problem in buildings, where they multiply in the nooks and crannies of plumbing, heating, and cooling systems.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3862 ) Air Quality Permits -- Hamilton Liberty LLC - Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant: DEP invites comments on proposed renewal of a Title V Air Quality Operating Permit for the facility located in Asylum Twp., Lycoming County. ( Bradford County. ( PA Bulletin, page 3888 ) -- Jim Smith - Former BP Terminal No.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2023

Steel for Article XXI Air Pollution Control violations (and as calculated in accordance with the 2019 Settlement Agreement and Order) that occurred at the Clairton Coke (Coal) Works during the second quarter of 2022. On March 15, the Allegheny County Health Department issued $ 307,800 in stipulated penalties against U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

A recent report found that one in five premature deaths is caused by air pollution from burning fossil fuels. Electric Heat pumps Instead of using “natural” gas furnaces to heat our homes (remember: natural gas is mostly methane, a highly potent climate pollutant), heat pumps (which run on electricity) are a much better option.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Urban trees provide cooling shade and windbreaks that reduce energy costs in all seasons, provide noise buffers for quieter neighborhoods, and reduce air pollution that improves air quality. “It was a pretty obvious relationship between those physical health events and trees,” Huling says.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 176 ) Read more here. -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - DCNR 010 Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Pollution Plan Approval covering multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Ward Twp., A public hearing has been scheduled for February 27 at 10:00 a.m. Harrisburg. ( Tioga County. (

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Particularly in areas of the Global South, up to 70% of toxic air pollution is attributed to cars (Coalition for Urban Transition, 2019). Green spaces actively cool down urban areas by mitigating the ‘heat-island’ effect in which urban areas are hotter than their surroundings (Foster, 2020).

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 26, 2022

It raises awareness about the challenges of climate change, urban heat and air pollution and gives communities information they can use to explore and advocate for different solutions.” . The sensors will record temperature, humidity, air pollution, time and location every second. million measurements in 24 communities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

IRA clean energy investments also will protect public health by cutting key toxic air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, by more than 50 percent by 2050, and drastically reduce fine particulate matter, which will save hundreds of billions of dollars in 2035 alone from avoided premature deaths.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Rather than pouring money into outdated technologies like fossil gas which increase emissions and air pollution, Ontario should create jobs, grow our economy and reduce emissions by investing in new technologies and home energy efficiency. BONUS – COOL TECH ALERT!

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Breezometer

JULY 27, 2021

Wildfires create a toxic mix of pollution that appears as smoke and ash and pollutes the air we breathe, as well as soil and water. Dry hot air functions like a sponge - it sucks humidity from vegetation. When everything is dry, there is less evaporation which means less cooling.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And how are they linked to wildfire, air pollution and other hazards? Extreme heat is not just an abstract notion: if we can’t cool our bodies enough, we’re in danger of neurological failure, organ failure and even death, with the risks highest for children and the elderly. Where are they most likely?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

Properly planted and maintained, streamside trees and shrubs filter the runoff of sediments and fertilizers that are applied to lawns and crops; control erosion; slow stormwater runoff; cool stream temperatures; and improve fish habitat.

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Breezometer

MAY 23, 2022

Much like big volcanic eruptions, the smoke from fire tornadoes can block radiation from the Sun and potentially cause temporary climatic cooling. How Accurate Wildfire & Air Pollution Tracking Can Help People in Firenado Risk Areas. Air Pollution Tracking.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

This balance describes how much energy is being reflected back into space versus how much is being absorbed by our atmosphere; a positive change in the balance indicates that we’re taking more energy in (net warming) and a negative balance indicates that we’re reflecting more energy out (net cooling). link] Climate & Clean Air Coalition.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Natural gas cryogenic plants take natural gas and cool it to sub-zero temperatures-- minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit-- in order to condense and separate out liquids like butane, ethane and propane from the gas. Black smoke is an incomplete combustion and that’s a [air pollution] violation. Click Here for more.

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

Ammonia: ​a cost-effective priority for cleaner air​ China International Champion Prof Baojing Gu from Zhejiang University presented a game-changing map of how nitrogen emissions contribute to deadly air pollution, plus an analysis showing that ammonia is a better target than nitrogen oxides for tackling this global health threat.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

We celebrate trees for many other benefits including: -- Addressing climate change by cooling the air and sequestering carbon; -- Providing shade that lowers water temperatures, improves habitat and food for aquatic life like brook trout and hellbenders; -- Absorbing and filtering stormwater and reducing flooding; and -- Providing economic value from (..)

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Washington Nature

APRIL 9, 2021

Lack of trees in a neighborhood is often correlated with other types of environmental and health disparities – from air pollution to flooding to life expectancy. Trees are a key tool in building healthy urban spaces that are resilient to climate change by cooling our cities, filtering air and water pollution, and so much more.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

[PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Shell Shuts Down New Beaver County Petrochemical Plant For Repairs, And Burns Off Natural Gas In Flares, Company Says It Hasn’t Exceeded Air Emission Limits -- Shell Petrochemical Plant Beaver County: Bad And Dangerous Start; Shell Shut Down Part Of Plant For Repairs, Beings Full Natural Gas, Flammable Gases (..)

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Physics World

JUNE 1, 2021

Bogotá’s connection to the stars is cruelly severed by air pollution, but as a young girl, García found another way to introduce the wonders of space to her daily life. “I It was very cool indeed. Her motivation is her lifelong drive to understand the universe, which began in childhood with a quirky choice of bedroom decoration.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

As an example of a recent enforcement action, he pointed to the $10 million penalty settlement with the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County on air pollution violations that included a $5 million community fund. Read more here. “We

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

Everybody’s health stands to gain from reducing local air pollution from tailpipes: communities located near roads, families getting into a car in their garage, children boarding a school bus, and anybody in the vicinity of an idling vehicle.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A surge tank was installed to collect stormwater runoff from three acres of roof space; the water supplements cooling tower water. Environmental Benefits Collectively, the award-winning projects engaged hundreds of partners and resulted in: -- Buffers/Wetlands: Creation of 8.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements. The system, which went live in early 2022, can generate up to 30% of the facility’s energy needs during peak hours (although performance will vary depending on conditions.)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council This guest essay first appeared in the Beaver County Times on March 19, 2023 -- If the first three months of operations at Shell’s petrochemical plant are any indication, the next 30 years are going to be stressful and hazardous for nearby Beaver Country residents. tons in any consecutive 12-month period).

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2022

As the state moves toward all-electric buildings, replacing older gas-powered furnaces and air conditioning units with heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions and indoor air pollution while increasing efficiency, comfort and resiliency, especially as extreme heat events increase.

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