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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. Bush administration.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.22.22

PA Environment Daily

Million To Help Cover Home Energy Costs -- WHYY: Philly Area Finally Off The ‘Worst 25’ List For Ozone Pollution, But Still Gets Failing Grade -- DCED Announces Grant To Fund Industrial Site Reuse Environmental Assessment In Clarion County -- MCall: Emmaus Sues Makers Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Over Groundwater Contamination -- Insurance Dept.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

ESA

Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022. EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations.

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Policy News: April 25, 2022

ESA

In an executive order made in honor of Earth Day, the White House announced the creation of a U.S. After the inventory, the agencies will develop policies for climate-smart management and conservation of old-growth forests. EPA – Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Panel (April 29).

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

Congress toyed with water pollution control since 1948, but 2 years after Earth Day it passed the first comprehensive federal law, ever, to control water pollution, the 1972 Clean Water Act. There remain some problem areas; for example Boston tends to be a non-attainment area for ozone in the summer. Clean Water Act.