Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

Leading up to Earth Day this year, I’ve been reflecting on the meaning and purpose of the annual celebration. Earth Day began under the Nixon Administration in 1970 as a day to support environmental protection and has grown to include nations and communities around the world in appreciation of Mother Earth.

Earth Day 238

Earth Day 2024 Renewable Energy Air Pollution 238

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clean Water Act 272

Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 272

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Being located in a non-attainment area, where air pollution requirements are especially rigorous, does impact jobs, resulting in the loss of about 40,000 jobs a year in those areas (out of a 17 million total U.S. Overall, there seems to be no reason to cede the jobs issue to opponents of environmental protection.

Regulations 223

Regulations Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Earth Day 223

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Improves Western PA Region’s Air Ratings, But Says More Needs To Be Done -- PennLive: American Lung Assn. Report Harrisburg Area’s Air Quality Is Among Worst On East Coast -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Harrisburg, Lancaster Get F Grades For Air Pollution In American Lung Assn. Report -- TribLive: American Lung Assn.

Conservation 78

Conservation Earth Day Fossil Fuels 2024 78

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

There is no EPA standard for indoor air.) Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7

2013 352

2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 352

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

Earth Day 65

Earth Day Nitrogen Oxides 2024 Conservation 65

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

“It would be silly to open more to leasing when they haven’t developed what was considered prime leasable land back in 2008,” said Dave Hess, a former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and author of the Pennsylvania Environment Digest blog. Reprinted from Chesapeake Bay Journal.)

Natural Gas 91

Natural Gas 2008 Natural Resources 2010 91

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Vitali -- Morton Family Partners With French Valley Conservancy To Donate 340 Acres In Crawford County -- Farm Families Partner With Dept.

Conservation 63

Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change 63