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DEP To Hold May 21 Meeting/Hearing On Renewal Of Air Quality Permit For Covanta Municipal Waste Combustion Units In Montgomery County

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 6 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the Covanta Plymouth Municipal Waste Combustion units located in Plymouth Twp., tons per year (tpy) carbon monoxide, 0.008 tpy Lead, 93 tpy hydrogen chloride, 520.3

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DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75 In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order

PA Environment Daily

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 on June 20, 2023 -- $1,046,766.94

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DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $7,606,067.75 In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order

PA Environment Daily

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 on June 1, 2023 -- $521,549.62

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DEP Publishes Final Air Quality General Permit For Installation Of Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares

PA Environment Daily

formal notice ) The general permit sets Best Available Technology requirements to meet emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and other pollutants. Million In Funding For 6 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects In 5 Counties; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec.

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Top 5 ECO-Friendly Outdoor Camping Hacks – 2021 Edition

Earthava

Carbon monoxide pollution is a huge problem in a society that can’t even begin to imagine living without a car, so one of the first steps you can take to make your camping ‘greener’ is to come with bicycles instead. Prepare waste-disposal stations. BYOB – Bring your own bikes.

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How Are Solar Panels Made?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The recipe for cooking up metallurgical grade silicon is Add 1 part silicon dioxide (gravel) and 2 parts carbon (sourced from coal, charcoal, or wood chips) to an electric arc furnace Crank up the heat to 2200 degrees Celsius (this is a third of the temperature of the sun!!) Which countries are driving PV material mining and PV manufacturing?

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Black carbon is one type of airborne particulate matter (PM), which is a title for all the microscopic solid and liquid particles suspended in our air. vehicles, cook stoves, oil and gas processing, and wildfires to name a few), there will be black carbon. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 56 (6): 709–42.