PA Environment Daily
JULY 1, 2025
While DCNR took the lead in managing parks and forests, DEP was entrusted with the vital responsibility of protecting Pennsylvania’s air, land, and water resources, an increasingly complex and critical mission. A Strong Start: Building a Modern Environmental Agency The formation of DEP in 1995 was a strategic step forward.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 16, 2025
On July 15, the Department of Environmental Protection awarded more than $3.47 This program builds on Governor Shapiro's agenda to create a bold, comprehensive climate and energy plan that will grow the Commonwealth's economy, protect and create jobs, and address climate change.
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PA Environment Daily
APRIL 7, 2025
This legislation would give the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection the authority to designate environmental justice areas in communities with increased pollution burdens and vulnerable populations. However, that is not always the case in practice, especially in burdened communities, said Rep.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 21, 2025
The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. Secondary PM 2.5 The report compares PM 2.5
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
If you are interested, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or DEP, publishes multiple interactive resources. Editor's Note: the Department of Health Environmental Health Indicators Map and DEPs Oil and Gas Mapping application are good tools to local oil and gas threats near you.]
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 17, 2025
We can rebuild it—we have the technology (and lax regulations) Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency sets emissions standards for engines in new locomotives. Each successively more stringent standard is defined as a particular “tier,” with today’s new engines currently required to meet Tier 4 emissions standards.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 21, 2025
Our health, some of the largest climate actions in US history, and more Transportation is the largest source of US climate emissions, so its not surprising that undermining recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions targeting climate emissions from cars and trucks will be a major setback in meeting climate targets.
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