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Danger Season Underscores Need for Strong EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards

Union of Concerned Scientists

As a major emitting nation, we in the United States have a responsibility and an opportunity to reduce climate pollution, which will require swift, committed action by every sector of the economy. Done right, a transformative shift to clean energy can also be a tremendous boon to community well-being, public health, and the economy.

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EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 45 States, MSAs To Submit Priority Climate Action Plans As Part Of $5 Billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency announced a record 45 states , plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and dozens of Metropolitan Statistical Areas have now developed priority climate action plans through investments made possible by the federal Inflation Reduction Act’s Investing in America program. On March 11, the U.S.

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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

All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). And more gas is slated to come. Will EPA use CCS or other means as the BSER?

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Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

Just a year later, however, the industry encountered a potentially major obstacle: A study conducted by the government’s National Air Pollution Control Administration found a link between outdoor NO2 exposure and childhood respiratory problems. There is no EPA standard for indoor air.)

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 16

PA Environment Daily

Tioga Compressor Station: DEP issued Air Quality Plan Approval for the operation of air pollution control equipment to meet RACT III requirements for the facility located in Farmington Twp., The following DEP notices were published in the March 16 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Tioga County. ( Bucks County. (

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.27.22

PA Environment Daily

-- York Conservation District Hosts March 4 Manure Management Plan Workshop; DEP Conducting Farm Compliance Inspections [PaEN] -- ErieT Guest Essay: PA Shortchanges Environmental Protection, Tell Lawmakers To Fully Fund It Now - Rep. EIA: Proved Reserves Of Natural Gas Fell 4% In U.S. During 2020 -- Rep.