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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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.

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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. This feasible and commonsense regulation would result in 46.45

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is currently considering one of the most critical rules for air quality and climate change in many, many years. Regulating big rigs will have big impacts. By regulating just 13 percent of California tractor truck fleets, nearly 90 percent of their emissions will be covered under the ACF.

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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

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

In late April, California air regulators are poised to pass one of the most meaningful regulations to reduce pollution from commercial trucks, vans, and buses. pollution from vehicles. pollution from vehicles. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035. There are more than 1.8

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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. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? All through its eNotice system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 4, 2023

In the coming years, Californians will begin to see a massive switch away from highly polluting fossil-fueled trucks to zero-emission electric trucks. ACF is anticipated to accelerate the annual adoption of zero-emission trucks in California by around 80% , which will reduce exposure-related health complications from air pollution.

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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

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs?

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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

JANUARY 24, 2023

and numerous affiliated companies (collectively, GWRSI) for violation of Clean Air Act (CAA) locomotive regulations. The locomotives at issue in this settlement burn diesel fuel which produces significant emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter.

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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

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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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or less. million deaths globally.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Because unlike moving sources of air pollution like cars, gas plants are completely stationary. But gas plants also release emissions of nitrogen oxides, more commonly referred to as NOx emissions, that contribute to smog and other pollutants. Why is this inequitable and disproportionate siting a problem?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

“Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water, and my Administration will hold all companies – no matter how big or small – accountable when they violate the laws and regulations protecting our air and water,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro. Shell recognizes that as a company, it must do better, and this $6.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Coming off its recent decision requiring all new passenger cars and trucks be zero-emission by 2035, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is developing a first-of-its-kind regulation to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles like delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. pollution from vehicles. Volvo Trucks USA.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days. 12,671,044.75

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 was enacted, the plants have emitted more than 29 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, 28,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx), and 16,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SOx). Ohio regulators need to act. The Ohio utilities that purchase power from OVEC are imprudently buying polluting, expensive electricity—and the H.B.

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Breezometer

JUNE 21, 2021

What is the indoor-outdoor air pollution continuum? Why do smart home brands develop connected indoor air products? In this guide, we explore the subject of indoor air quality and smart home IoT in-depth and explain why indoor air brands are increasingly turning to environmental intelligence to add value and drive sales.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

California’s air pollution regulator, the Air Resources Board, is poised to adopt one of the most important steps that the state has ever taken to reduce exposure to air pollution and limit climate changing emissions. Source: California Air Resources Board GHG Emissions Inventory Data.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2022

Often an oddity when considering environmental goals, manufacturers seem to be well ahead of regulators when it comes to electrification. It’s a vital missed opportunity that regulators are so out of step with the technology in this realm. Heavy-duty vehicles have an outsized impact on climate change and air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

The overall combination of reductions in particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants are expected to deliver $13 billion in annual health benefits. This is a common sense step that relies on affordable, proven technology already in use in millions of gasoline vehicles outside the US.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

The community is locked into a lasting and significant source of plastics production and dirty air pollution that will degrade the Commonwealth’s air quality and our environmental legacy for decades to come. Our organizations have filed a notice of intent to sue Shell for the consistent violation of air pollution limits.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2022

18 On Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater; Methane Regs, Conventional Regs, Well Plugging, More Environmental Health Project: Setback Distances And The Regulations We Need To Protect Public Health From Oil & Gas Facilities Ohio River Valley Institute: 6% Population Loss, 3.3%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Climate action requires more than what industry would prefer As EPA looks to finalize its next regulation, it’s important to understand what’s at stake. Aggressive action is needed to address climate change and transportation pollution, and every new batch of regulations results brings the same ol’ song and dance from opposing automakers.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The study-- Hazardous Air Pollutants In Transmission Pipeline Natural Gas: An Analytic Assessment -- was accepted for publication in Environmental Research Letters journal September 16. This includes new regulations in Pennsylvania. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

Electrification can eliminate tailpipe emissions entirely, which means directly reducing harmful pollution affecting the air we breathe. Were EPA to set a more ambitious standard, that would help ensure the level of investment needed in infrastructure and manufacturing to meet this goal.

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Environment, Law, and History

AUGUST 27, 2023

Dan Farber at Legal Planet recently posted on "Cars, Smog, and EPA" An excerpt: For the first 20 years of federal regulation, Congress set the NOx [nitrogen oxides] standards for new cars itself. That’s quite different from the standards for industrial pollution sources, which Congress has always delegated to EPA.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Ground-level ozone pollution is a nasty air pollutant that can cause lung problems and asthma attacks. And it is a big deal when CASAC weighs in on the EPA’s scientific and policy reports for a pollutant such as ground-level ozone. Here’s how the process is supposed to work.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 1) The EPA permits states to draft and execute regulations to satisfy national standards in most circumstances. (2)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

As a general rule (Section A.9) Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN] -- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN] -- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

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