PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

[However, in some programs like air quality, hazardous waste, safe drinking water, radiation protection, storage tanks and others, Pennsylvania chose to adopt many federal regulations by reference. [So So if the federal regulations disappear, so could Pennsylvanias regulations.]

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. EPA plans to issue a Clean Air Act rulemaking for commercial sterilizers later this year and for other chemical facilities soon, as well.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency issued for public input a draft white paper on control techniques and measures that could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new stationary combustion turbines. On April 21, the U.S. These turbines, which are currently projected to be a significant part of U.S.

Natural Gas

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Greenhouse gas : A group of gases known to be responsible for increasing the “greenhouse effect” - that is, gases that absorb infrared radiation and increase atmospheric density. Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above). Radiation : The transmission of energy through space.

Government

Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

The sun receives a constant stream of energy produced by nuclear processes that generate an immense amount of heat, light, and radiation. This radiation hits the atmosphere and is absorbed by the ozone layer which reduces the most harmful. At the center of our solar system is a star that we call “The Sun”.

Atmosphere

EPA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Children’s Health Protection (OCHP) leads the agency’s work regarding children’s environmental health and aims to ensure that all EPA actions and programs address the unique vulnerabilities of children. the Safe Drinking Water Act , the Clean Air Act , and.

Toxic Substances Control Act

EPA

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. Ozone layer protection in the United States reaches an important milestone in 2020. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been helping to protect and heal the Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out ozone-depleting substances (ODS).

Clean Air Act

ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

The full Committee also approved amendments adding solar radiation management and wildfire science to the list of climate change research topics funded by the bill. billion increase for the Environmental Protection Agency over FY 2022. . Another amendment from Rep. An amendment from Rep. This includes a $2.11 Water Alliance.

2021

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

She had previously worked in EPA’s air and radiation office where she “played a key role in the administration’s efforts to address . Prior to working for the EPA, McCarthy worked as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. [4]. global warming. The Washington Post (Jul.

2017

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

’s climate policy: a finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The Clean Air Act tasks EPA with regulating “pollutants” from numerous sources. C limit the global community committed to in the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015.

Clean Air Act