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Promoting Coal, Trump Looks Backward

Circle of Blue

The Paris Climate Agreement seemed well-positioned to join the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (halting atomic explosions above ground that contaminated the atmosphere) and the 1987 Montreal Protocol (ending use of chemicals that damaged the ozone layer) as one of the three most significant environmental treaties ever negotiated.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Latest Report -- Erie Times: Canadian Wildfires Drop Erie Countys Grade In State Of The Air Report -- WTAE: Wildfire Smoke From Canada Impacted Air Quality In Pittsburgh -- Beaver Times: State Of The Air Report Gives Beaver County Passing Grade For Ozone, Particulates -- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Earths Warming Affecting Americans From Coast (..)

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Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates House Passage Of Community Solar Energy Legislation In PA

PA Environment Daily

Pennsylvania has historically been an energy leader, but were falling behind other states in the necessary transition to clean energy. Billion [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates House Passage Of Community Solar Energy Legislation In PA [PaEN] -- PJM Releases List Of 51 Fast Tracked Power Projects To Provide 9.3 And Saved $44.2

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The 2024 Election Outcome Could Boost the Case for Geoengineering

Legal Planet

and other countries are currently stumbling their way to a sharp reduction in carbon emissions. We definitely seem to be on the path to reducing emissions but having trouble doing so quickly enough. loss of stratospheric ozone); important aspects of regional climate (e.g.,

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EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Union of Concerned Scientists

A multi-decade legal history, including four Supreme Court decisions, has led to unimpeachable clarity on this one point: EPA has a statutory obligation to regulate carbon emissions from power plants under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

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PUC Invites Comments On Petition To Issue A Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging

PA Environment Daily

. -- Air pollutant reductions and human-health improvements – the DEP Electric Vehicle Roadmap indicates that a number of Pennsylvania counties consistently exceed EPA human-health standards for ozone and fine-particulate matter. The burning of transportation fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, is a substantial source of air pollution.

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The Climate Commitment Act: A Promise to Washington's Communities

Washington Nature

A key critique of California's Cap & Trade program has been that it hasn’t reduced health-harming criteria pollutants , including carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, and particulates. — can continue to speak up to help it live up to its promise to communities across our state.