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EPA withdraws proposal to drop pyrolysis from regulation following criticism

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Waste Dive. Clean Air Act emissions limits will remain in place for a category of facilities that includes small MSW combustors and certain institutional waste incinerators after Monday’s decision.

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DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County

PA Environment Daily

On May 4, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will receive public comments and host a May 17 in-person public hearing regarding a plan approval application for Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT III) requirements for Covanta Delaware Valley, LP, a waste to energy facility in the City of Chester, Delaware County.

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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM. State regulations are also filled with gaps that allow unsafe practices for radioactive oil and gas waste.

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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

The case involved the lynchpin of the Clean Air Act, EPA’s power to set national air quality standards. The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANC) v. Army Corps of Engineers.

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UCS Testimony on the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Union of Concerned Scientists

Because the 45V credit has the potential to dramatically accelerate investments in hydrogen production infrastructure, it’s critical that implementation of the credit ensures that “qualified clean hydrogen” is indeed climate-aligned from the outset. This is the starting point from which all of Treasury’s implementation decisions must follow.

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Greenberg Traurig Celebrates Earth Day

E2 Law Blog

Earth Day was created in 1970 by Senator Gaylor Nelson to draw attention to ongoing issues with toxic air and waste. Twenty million Americans participated in the first Earth Day, eventually leading to the formation of the EPA and then the passing of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.

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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

Yet EPA isn’t proposing standards consistent with those plans, let alone actually driving the industry beyond what it already promises to do, as required under the Clean Air Act. And there’s no time to waste. This fight by industry to delay, obstruct, and otherwise thwart stronger regulation has devastating consequences.