Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For example, inclusion of a non-chemical stressor—higher daily temperatures—was considered in the scientific document used to support the ozone standard , since there is evidence that exposure to higher daily temperatures together with ozone exposure is associated with higher mortality.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were developed to replace a type of chemical that impacted the ozone layer in our upper atmosphere, but these replacements are potent greenhouse gases. Phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons There are several rules that inform and facilitate the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons.

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Of State Election Results Website -- DEP Invites Comments On Draft 2024 Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment Report -- DEP 2024 Water Quality Report Shows 28,820 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (34%) - An Increase From 27,886 In 2022 [PaEN-10.24.23] -- Center For American Progress: LNG Natural Gas Exports Raise Natural Gas Prices (..)

Ozone

Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Recent science doesn’t support this optimism, as new studies show that the increased release of Black Carbon, one of the most potent climate change forcers—as well as soot, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone from more traffic in the Arctic—could lead to a 20% increase in the global heating that is causing warmer ocean temperatures.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

28 Public Info Sessions [PaEN] -- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Berks Battery Plant Site Proposed For Federal Superfund List -- AP: EPA Delays New Ozone Pollution Standards Until After 2024 Election -- PA Capital-Star: PA Cong. 24 Features Headliner Bands [Posted: September 10, 2023]

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

On June 4, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Saturday, June 5 in the southwestern counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 2318 ) Grants -- The Department of Agriculture published notices in the April 27 PA Bulletin announcing it is now accepting applications for Agricultural Conservation Research Grants ( formal notice ) and Agricultural Research Grants ( formal notice ). Bucks County. ( Carbon County impacting Black Creek (High Quality). (

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Comments due March 8. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed 2024 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units. Visit the Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Deadline March 29.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

DEP Agricultural Advisory Board , State Conservation Commission and Nutrient Management Advisory Board meeting. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Room 309, Dept. Of Agriculture Building, 2301 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg. 23 In Western Region, Including Part Of PA; Aug.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

29 [PaEN] -- Observer-Reporter: Hydropower Makes Splash As Washington & Jefferson College Center Resumes Series -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Duquesne Light Reaches Last-Minute Deal With Union To Avoid Strike -- TribLive Guest Essay: Manufacturers Need Pragmatism From EPA On Ozone Pollution Rule - By Former Rep.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2021

On June 5, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Sunday, June 6 in the Lehigh Valley, Southwest and Southeast PA and the Susquehanna Valley. Conditions will be favorable for ozone concentrations on Sunday to climb into the code ORANGE range.

Ozone

Washington Nature

OCTOBER 25, 2022

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Nature Conservancy in WA (@conserve_wa). A key critique of California's Cap & Trade program has been that it hasn’t reduced health-harming criteria pollutants , including carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, and particulates.

Carbon Monoxide

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

24 Features Headliner Bands -- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Hosts Sept. 29 Online Training On New Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Guidance [PaEN] -- GreenGov Council, Penn State Sustainability Hosts 2023 Commonwealth Sustainability Week Oct.

Natural Gas

ESA

JULY 11, 2022

We closed the hole in the ozone. There are books like “Astrophysics for Babies,” which is great, other science books, and there are some conservation books for kids, but there’s no other ecological restoration book for kids, not a single one. Gornish: Right, and in the past, we’ve done it. They’re small wins, but they are there.

Climate Change

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Co Benefits for Human Health : Methane is a key precursor of tropospheric ozone (ground level), a harmful air pollutant. Increased methane emissions are responsible for more than half of the observed increase in tropospheric ozone levels.

Climate Change

Acoel

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The resulting predictive analytics showed a 47% improvement of identifying violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.” Or: “Write a history of EPA’s regulation of ozone.” And EPA undertakes many regulatory tasks that could utilize artificial intelligence to synthesize large data sets.

Ozone

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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.

Government

PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2022

Tom Wolf recognized employees from the departments of Conservation and Natural Resources, Environmental Protection and Transportation with the Governor’s Award for Excellence for environment-related projects. On May 20, Gov. The projects included Pennsylvania’s first Litter Action Plan, a creative “Let It Grow!”

Ground-Level Ozone

Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Equally exciting, in August 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld agencies’ ability under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include the. Critics of environmental policies often draw upon the tension between economic security and environmental conservation to generate opposition to such policies. formally join.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas that can lead to the formation of ozone and methane. Emissions Performance Standards The process of hydrogen production and delivery poses significant leakage risks if not actively managed. CCS will also require significant policy development and rigorous protection standards.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2023

15 Webinar: A Walk In The Woods - A Look Into Private Forests In PA And Beyond [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Women And Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop Oct. 18 -- PA Forestry Assn. . -- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Hosts Nov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

24-26 In Altoona [PaEN] -- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- CleanScapes Hosts Nov. 15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- CleanScapes Hosts Nov. Of Agriculture Highlights Investments In Success Of Military Veteran Farmers -- WNEP: Former Trexler Scout Camp Now Source Of Help For Veterans In Poconos -- DCNR Blog: Who Will Plant All Those Trees?

Conservation

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

A San Francisco-based conservation group, along with NRDC and Defenders of Wildlife, filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging a biological opinion prepared under the Endangered Species Act for the California WaterFix project. filed June 15, 2017).

2017

Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 13, 2024

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. A new report from Ocean Conservancy and Energy and Environment Research Associates, “Analysis of Liquified Natural Gas as a Marine Fuel in the United States,” takes a comprehensive look at the full life cycle (i.e.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or less.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

This Area Offers An Example -- How Penn State Extension Launched One Of The Most Successful Volunteer Training Programs In The US To Help Revive Struggling Local Watershed Groups - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center [PaEN] -- Altoona Mirror: Western PA Conservancy Working On Juniata River Watershed Plan -- WeConservePA: In Their Own Words, (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

WEDNESDAY 10:00: DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. TODAY 9:00: House Game and Fisheries Committee informational meeting on problems with Game Commission launch of license sales. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch live online. Tiadaghton State Forest Resource Center, Lycoming County.

Natural Gas

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Senate considering annual defense policy bill, which includes authorizes funding for tropical forest and coral reef conservation. This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. Executive Branch. Executive Branch.

2022

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2022

PaEN] -- Bay Journal: With Waters Rising, Baltimore Eyes $138 Million Plan To Limit Coastal Flood Damage -- Reuters: EPA To Use Limits On Ozone, Coal Ash To Encourage Retirement Of Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants After U.S. Louis And Kentucky -- Pennsylvanians It Will Flood Here: Are You Prepared? Get Flood Insurance Now!

Natural Gas

ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. In the final rule , the US Fish and Wildlife Service determines that climate change is the biggest threat to the species’ continued survival. .

2022

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

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.

Ozone

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

There are only 6 NAAQS - ozone, carbon monoxide, particulates, lead, sulfur dioxides, and nitrogen dioxides - but they dominate most air quality concerns ranging from smog to health effects, such as from particulates and lead. There remain some problem areas; for example Boston tends to be a non-attainment area for ozone in the summer.

Clean Water Act

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

What is Conservation? We define conservation as a broad approach to preserving what is already there and the due care and attention to protecting it for the future (1). Resource conservation is the active ways in which we seek to limit the use of resources to reduce the strain put on supply. Conservation, Ethics, Philosophy.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Now, I come from an evangelical conservative faith perspective. They experience truck traffic and their diesel exhaust emissions, transient workforces, air pollution, including volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, ozone, oxides of nitrogen and fugitive methane emissions. There's often large withdrawals of surface water.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

MAY 16, 2025

History shows that once consensus is achieved, such as with ozone depletion or lead in gasoline, governments, industries and societies act decisively. Scientific consensus is pivotal for mobilising coordinated global action, said Henry Markram, president of the Frontiers Research Foundation.

Ozone