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Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties

PA Environment Daily

Shell Falcon Pipeline will pay $300,000 in penalties-- a $25,000 fine to the Department and $275,000 to the Independence Conservancy to support environmental restoration efforts. and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state Air Pollution Control Act and the plant's permit.

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Introducing Your Legal Planet Weekly

Legal Planet

The South Coast Air Quality Management District is weighing new WEAKENED rules to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides , or NOx, the smog-forming byproducts of combustion, by limiting the sale of home gas-fired furnaces and water heaters. Subject of a public hearing yesterday, stay tuned to the outcome.

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Biden’s Proposed Power Plant Rule is a Solid First Step

Legal Planet

To avoid the same fate as the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was struck down by the conservative Supreme Court in West Virginia v. Fenceline communities will continue to face harmful health impacts from this pollution, even if greenhouse gas emissions decline over time.