PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

tons of nitrogen oxides. tons of nitrogen oxides. From Norfolk Southern to Shell, we deserve transparent and real-time information about what pollution is being dumped on our communities. The PADEP must do more to hold these polluters accountable.” Shell reported emissions of 370.688 tons.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

A policy brief published by the Emmett Institute in March 2022 outlines California air districts’ legal authority to adopt these kinds of regulations and suggests policy mechanisms to help ensure the transition to electric appliances is equitable and affordable. Richard Trumka Jr.,

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

tons of nitrogen oxide emissions in 2023. The Nesquehoning site burns waste coal and tires to produce electricity for its bitcoin mining operation. These fuels produced 430.4 tons of sulfur dioxide emissions and 291.5

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Steel Edgar Thomson Plant is an iron and steel making facility with a history of noncompliance with air pollution regulations and a major source of air pollution in Allegheny County. EPA’s order directs ACHD to ensure that this Title V permit has air quality monitoring and testing requirements sufficient to assure U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

First, there’s air pollution. Gas plants and infrastructure emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) during combustion, which degrade local air quality. Exposure to NOx and other gas infrastructure air pollutants has been associated with respiratory illnesses and an increase in childhood asthma rates.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Much of this air pollution comes from diesel trucks rumbling along the state’s many highway corridors, in particular I-95 which connects many major cities along the East Coast. This all makes Maryland one of the deadliest states for diesel particulate pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The pollutants included in these additional penalties were-- volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants and “other pollutants,” excluding carbon dioxide emissions. Paragraph 14.b b of the May 24, 2023 Consent Order and Agreement-- -- $521,549.62

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

nitrogen oxides, 21.63 hazardous air pollutants. Potential emissions from all sources after completion of the project are estimated to be-- in tons per year-- 0.46 volatile organic compounds; 12.31 carbon monoxide, 5.61 Particluate 10 , and 3.39 Public comments are due July 31.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Air pollution Gas-fueled power plants and compressor stations release emissions that pollute local air and have dangerous health impacts to nearby residents. Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 16, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday morning announced finalized new rules on interstate air pollution, regulating downwind interstate pollution. The latest “Good Neighbor” rule will affect nitrogen oxide pollution that is a key ingredient in smog from facilities in 23 states.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 4, 2023

Trucks and buses on California’s roads and highways are responsible for the majority of lung-damaging fine particulate and ozone-forming nitrogen oxide emissions, and a sizable amount of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as well.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Beyond the climate harms of fossil fuels, they also impose a terrible toll on human health, as numerous recent studies show—including the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change , a BMJ study on global deaths from air pollution caused by fossil fuels, and a study on US deaths attributable to coal-fired electricity generation.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Along with their contribution to larger climate change impacts, gas plants also cause local air pollution – mainly nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Respected bodies like the International Energy Agency have been clear – there is no room for new fossil fuel infrastructure if we want to hold warming to 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Despite their low numbers, these trucks are responsible for around one-third of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, a quarter of lung-damaging fine particulate matter (PM2.5) Tractor trucks make up just about 1 percent of all on-road vehicles in California.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

And we’re still trying to recover from a pandemic that has made even more clear the disproportionate impacts of air pollution on overburdened communities, making them even more vulnerable to the negative impacts of COVID 19. And our modeling shows renewables’ power.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Comments due March 8. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed 2024 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The pollutants included in these additional penalties were-- volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants and “other pollutants,” excluding carbon dioxide emissions. Paragraph 14.b b of the May 24, 2023 Consent Order and Agreement-- -- $4,935,023.00

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 29, 2023

Even with promising zero-emission vehicle sales in recent years, gasoline-fueled cars and trucks continue to emit 40% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions and 45% of our smog-forming nitrogen oxides, more commonly referred to as NOx emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

billion per year in net societal benefits (the monetized value of climate and public health benefits resulting from reduced greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter; as well as net cost savings to light-duty vehicle owners from operating zero emission vehicles and savings to all electricity customers).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air. The projects are located in high-population areas with dense traffic and high air pollution levels.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

Covanta Delaware Valley, LP is a permitted waste-to-energy facility that has filed an application for a Plan Approval to install equipment that would reduce the amount of the pollutant nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted from the facilities six (6) waste combustors to meet the new federal and state standards for air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to municipalities and businesses for 99 electric vehicles and more clean fuel transportation projects to improve air quality in their communities. Transportation is one of the biggest sources of air pollution in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

tons/ 12-consecutive month period (12-cmp) of Nitrogen Oxide, 159 tons/12-cmp of Carbon Monoxide, 15.5 tons/12-cmp total Hazardous Air Pollutants. After the completion of the project, the facility will be limited to 78.5 tons/12-cmp of PM10 Particulate, 15.5 tons/12-cmp of PM2.5 Particulate, 0.5

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2023

The locomotives at issue in this settlement burn diesel fuel which produces significant emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter. The settlement is expected to reduce tons of nitrogen oxide and particulate matter pollution and improve air quality where their trains operate.” “By

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its intent to issue a Title V Air Quality permit for the Monessen Coke (Coal) Plant in Monessen, Westmoreland County. ( The annual sum of all Hazardous Air Pollutant emissions is 15.2 It also emits 5.2

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, helping to address climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

These trucks, which move shipping containers and goods from ports and railyards, are among the dirtiest on the road and are a primary source of air pollution in disproportionately impacted communities. pollution from vehicles. pollution from vehicles. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

California’s leadership on reducing truck pollution has been on full display the past few years, passing critical regulations requiring 90 percent reduction in smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) emissions from diesel trucks and requiring manufacturers sell an increasing share of electric trucks to move away from fossil fuels altogether.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2022

Most household appliances, like furnaces and water heaters, are powered by fossil fuels and emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) —toxic and highly reactive gases that endanger human health and the environment. Zero-NOx appliance standards would benefit public health, cut greenhouse gas pollution, and create jobs.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Instead, this false solution will foist more waste and air pollution on a community that is already overburdened with both. Instead of subsidizing these polluting waste and fossil-burning projects, the government should invest in truly renewable energy, which is a cleaner and more affordable source of power.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

"After a comprehensive literature review, our research found that the household use of methane gas, wood, propane and heating oil impacts indoor air quality, health, and drives climate change through the emission of compounds such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, formaldehyde and others."

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Breezometer

MARCH 23, 2022

In the world of air pollution and air quality, there is a lot of discussion about Particulate matter (PM) and its impact on the health of people all over the world. But what exactly is PM pollution and how does it affect us? We’ll explain what each of these PM pollutants is in a moment.).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Shell’s air quality plan approval states that the facility’s emissions of VOCs shall not equal or exceed 516.2 This exceedance is a violation of Shell’s plan approvals ( PA-04-00740A , PA-04-00740B , and PA-04-00740C ) and the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act and regulations. tons of VOCs in a 12-month period.

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