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State Air Regulations Can Go Above and Beyond National Standards 

Legal Planet

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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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

How the environment is tested. What we think about as “chemical contamination” today, was typically measured with a wet chemistry test for “phenols” and for “oil and grease.” Clean Water Act. The stated goal of the Clean Water Act is “zero discharge.” The Clean Air Act. Limitations.

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Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

PA Environment Daily

Horizontal drilling with high intensity hydraulic fracturing was a new technology and a new method for [natural] gas extraction in many ways, but at the same time, it wasn't altogether new. We know when testing was done. milligrams per liter, with the Department of Environmental Protection's action level at 7 milligrams per liter.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

White House: President Biden met with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology after a meeting of the council, which focused on efforts to improve monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate innovation in energy technology. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

2 trillion plan includes $50 billion to create a new technology directorate for NSF. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy forms Interagency Task Force on Scientific Integrity. . EPA seeks new members of the Scientific Advisory Board and Clean Air Advisory Committee. In this issue: . Executive Branch.

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

Todd Young’s (R-IN) proposal to increase competitiveness with China by creating a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and authorizing $100 billion in NSF over five years. The Senate Commerce Committee also amended the Endless Frontiers Act to add several standalone STEM bills including the RISE Act ( S.

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