Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2022

Students who are interested in conservation biology may often be interested in other issues like air pollution; they may also seek jobs that address sustainability as a broad topic. Sustainability issues have many interconnections, however.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Today, he is a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Napoleon Nelson with the Champion of the Environment Award for his commitment to environmental justice and green technologies in Philadelphia and across the state.

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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.

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 21, 2017

One of the AQAST projects resulted in a brief video with President Obama explaining how satellite data has been helpful in tracking nitrogen dioxide, a common air pollutant. AQAST was instrumental in showing how satellites can ‘see’ trends in air pollution, even in areas where no other monitors exist. air pollutants.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2022

7 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction Environmental, Watershed Groups Appeal Stormwater Permit For Proposed Swiftwater Solar Project In Monroe County Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26 DEP Invites Comments On Electric Grid Resilience Plan At Aug.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 20, 2022

Community scientists will map heat and air quality across the city by driving one-hour routes in the morning, afternoon and evening with heat and air quality sensors mounted to their cars. The sensors will produce detailed heat and air pollution maps that will be shared publicly to catalyze equitable solutions to these issues.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Local cleanups are low commitment options that still make big environmental and scientific impacts. A database of numerous community-organized projects and events, SciStarter is a great place to find a way to contribute to science simply through your own curiosity.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 30, 2021

Note: Nearly one-third of food produced in the world goes to waste, contributing to land, water and air pollution. Freeze leftovers and excess fresh fruits and vegetables before they go bad. Top image: Rambutan fruit is native to Southeast Asia and is rich in many vitamins and minerals.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 4, 2022

Now that we’ll have this data, the next step is to make sure we use it and disseminate it so people who are making these decisions at the community and city levels see where there needs to be more targeted work to deal with heat and air pollution.”.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Abatement : The process of reducing the quantity, intensity, or saturation of a pollutant or other harmful substance by way of treatment. Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above). Indoor air is anything contained with a building.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Last week, EPA finalized its new rule imposing emission limits on new heavy trucks. The new regulation was clearly a massive undertaking. EPA’s formal announcement of the new rule is 1100 pages long. The accompanying summary of comments on the proposed rule and EPA’s responses is another 2000 pages.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Non-scientists and imprecise scientists use a more layman concentration unit of “parts per million” which tells you nothing about the sample type and can be interpreted incorrectly for air samples. For concentration, use the metric system of mass per unit volume or mass per unit mass if you want a job from me in environmental science.

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Breezometer

MARCH 7, 2022

in Atmospheric Science). Given this desire and my aims to improve awareness of air pollution, I came to join the ranks of BreezoMeter’s team of environmental superheroes as their Chief Scientist! As part of the Algorithm team in BreezoMeter, I work on the scientific aspects of our product – air pollution.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Delayed Formaldehyde Critique by Science Advisers Set to Begin – Bloomberg. EPA says state agencies’ regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents – Nola.com. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. EPA begins work to set up $27 bln green bank – Reuters.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2023

[PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June (..)

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2022

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Inside Climate News: Q/A With Eliza Griswold Pulitzer Winning Author Of Deep Dive Into Fracking In PA, How Extractive Industries ‘Gut’ Communities - By David Shribman, Former Editor Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [PaEN] -- PA Assn.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Geostatistics can be applied to any spatially dependent data, and it is commonly used in environmental science investigations. But Big Ag pollutes more than water. From toxic air pollution to climate-changing emissions, large corporate agribusinesses threaten public health and the environment.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

Click Here to watch online. -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Room 8E-B East Wing.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As you’ll see, it’s not exactly light reading unless you happen to be an expert on health impacts of air pollution: “While these studies provide a broader estimation of PM2.5 exposure levels. exposures compared to monitor-based studies (i.e.,

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Legal Planet

APRIL 21, 2022

We also know that environmental effects aren’t limited to the immediate neighborhood — think of the fertilizer runoff in the Midwest that causes dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. In ecology, causal chains are often complex, and the same is true for atmospheric physics and other parts of environmental science.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2023

This is another indication of how little weight science and law carried in the Trump Administration. EPA has been able to quantify a lot of the impacts of the most common air pollutants. We know much less about water pollutants and their health and ecological effects.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

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

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2022

Releases Air Quality Annual Review Covering 2021 [PaEN] -- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26 [PaEN] -- New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Signed Into Law; PA Groups React [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: How Will New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Help PA Fight Climate Change?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

14 Webinar On Outreach & Marketing To New, Existing Members, Donors [PaEN] -- U.S.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

To date, vinyl chloride has never been subject to regulation under TSCA’s program for existing chemicals, despite repeated calls from environmental groups and others to do so (including recent calls to classify vinyl chloride as a high priority chemical under the new TSCA framework that Congress adopted in 2016 ).

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

EPA: air pollution rule should be delayed – despite its effect on children. Federal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution. When Trump attacks science, he attacks the heart of the Declaration of Independence. . Updated: Trump pick for USDA science post has drawn darts for lack of technical background.

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