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EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations

PA Environment Daily

These settlements are the latest in EPA’s urgent efforts to limit the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change and hold corporate polluters accountable for jeopardizing public health.” Uhlmann for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

It presents air pollution data at the county-level for two pollutants, deadly fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and ground-level ozone. is emitted directly from the tailpipes of gasoline and diesel vehicles, while ozone and even more PM 2.5 and ozone pollution 1. Secondary PM 2.5 In comparison, PM 2.5

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

We breathe oxygen from the atmosphere, weather systems distribute water, and the ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation. One of the most well-known ways we have impacted our atmosphere is through the emission of greenhouse gases, which have adversely affected our climate. The volatile chemical precursors (e.g.,

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Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Testimony: Rachel Meyer, Mother, Beaver County Resident - My Home Is Near A Natural Gas Compressor Station, 8 Shale Gas Well Pads, And The Shell Petrochemical Plant Is In My County

PA Environment Daily

VOCs, such as benzene, are harmful to health and can contribute to ground level ozone or smog that damages lungs and can trigger asthma attacks. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas -- 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere.

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DEP Awards $1.5 Million To Help Municipalities, Schools, Businesses Switch To Clean Transportation

PA Environment Daily

It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air. Gasoline and diesel vehicles generate 47 percent of nitrogen oxides emissions in Pennsylvania, contributing to ground-level ozone.

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DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

PA Environment Daily

million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs) to 18 cleaner fuel transportation projects statewide that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions in Pennsylvania, contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone.

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DEP Awards $2.9 Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15

PA Environment Daily

Gasoline and diesel vehicles generate 47 percent of nitrogen oxides emissions in Pennsylvania, contributing to ground-level ozone. The transportation sector makes up 22 percent of Pennsylvania’s total greenhouse gas emissions.