PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its determination that 57 major industrial facilities across the state meet Air Quality RACT II and RACT III requirements and the 2015 national ozone pollution standard. Martin, at ramartin@pa.gov or (717) 772-5828.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

volume mixing ratio), together with a number of trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium, radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio), and ozone. Fluorinated gases are sometimes used as substitutes for stratospheric ozone-depleting substances (e.g., Greenhouse Gas (GHG).

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Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 20 PA Bulletin inviting comments on five draft stream evaluation reports for watersheds located in Chester, Fulton, Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming and Sullivan counties, including Loyalsock Creek. Blair County. ( Berks County. ( PA Bulletin, page 2128 ) Read more here.

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Nitrogen Oxides Environmental Protection 2024 Ozone 87

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Unfortunately, not all the changes were so great—one notable revision would delay the electrification of thousands of natural gas-fueled waste trucks by several years. A battery-electric waste truck operated by Recology, which services multiple cities on the West Coast.

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Electricity Nitrogen Oxides Fossil Fuels Regulations 246

Environment, Law, and History

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Its theoretical contribution lies foremost in the thick narratives of the development of our major international environmental conventions – including reversing the depletion of the ozone layer, regional seas pollution, chemicals and waste, climate change, as well as tackling land degradation, and the loss of biodiversity and forests.

Ozone 52

Ozone Politics Climate Change Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

Air Pollution 85

Air Pollution Natural Gas Waste Ozone 85

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

Air Pollution 75

Air Pollution Waste Natural Gas Ozone 75

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

Air Pollution 71

Air Pollution Waste Natural Gas Ozone 71

Physics World

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The world produces than 40 million tonnes of electronic waste each year, yet only about 20% of this e-waste is recycled. This year, a team at Rice University in the US led by James Tour developed a “flash Joule heating” method to recover metals like rhodium, palladium gold and silver from e-waste.

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2021 Waste Electricity Fossil Fuels 127

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For the first time at any Olympics, China is using CO2, collected from industrial waste gases, to cool ice rinks in its four ice sports venues. This is replacing the traditional hydrofluorocarbons which have been found to damage the ozone layer. Cooling ice rinks.

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Renewable Energy Technology Technology Cooling 98

Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 7, 2022

Organic waste sent to landfills emits CH4. Waste management. When solid waste decomposes in landfills, it creates landfill gas, which is primarily comprised of CO2 and CH4. Emissions from natural gas consumption represent 79% of the direct fossil fuel CO2 emissions from the residential and commercial sectors in 2020.

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Greenhouse Fossil Fuels Waste Cooling 52

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The boundary for ozone depletion, for example, while not transgressed globally, was headed for increasing regional transgressions. Katherine Richardson from the University of Copenhagen, a lead author of the report, further explains: “We can think of Earth as a human body, and the planetary boundaries as blood pressure.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Ozone Deforestation 2009 52

Acoel

JUNE 21, 2022

For that project, Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio entered into an agreement with BQ Energy Development, LLC, to lease the approximately 173-acre property that once served as the landfill to design, build, operate and maintain a solar facility. These indexes take various environmental factors (ex: ozone, PM, Superfund, etc.)

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Ozone Renewable Energy Clean Energy Government 52

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The environmental justice movement began with a focus on neighborhood struggles against toxic waste facilities and other local pollution sources. The SIPS cover all sources of pollution – everything from smoky diesel trucks to coal-fired power plants to use of ozone-causing chemicals.

Air Pollution 226

Air Pollution Ozone Waste Regulations 226

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 68

Ocean Sea Level Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 68

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. Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Earthava

MAY 28, 2021

If all campers travel via car, we’re facing hundreds of thousands of vehicles emitting fumes that are ravaging the ozone layer. Prepare waste-disposal stations. To be perfectly frank, a couple of cars will not destroy the environment, but that’s precisely the sentiment that most people have.

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2021 Carbon Monoxide Ozone Solar Power 72

Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Some background — As required by the Clean Air Act, North Carolina has a State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone pollution describing how the state will meet the federal ozone standard. ’s current ozone SIP based on vehicle emission inspections in 19 N.C. SOLID WASTE Disposal of lithium- ion batteries.

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2023 Ozone Clean Air Act Air Pollution 98

HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

AMAP Assessment 2015: Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic Climate Forcers.” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 56 (6): 709–42. “Significant Economic and Environmental Gains Can Be Achieved by Applying Best Available Technology in the Oil Sector in the Arctic.” Arctic Council. June 25, 2020. link] Brook Robert D.,

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Atmosphere Carbon Emissions 2020 2012 52

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

yes, each year, a single cow will belch more than 220 pounds of methane] to rice cultivation), followed by solid waste management (decay of food and other organic waste in landfills). Co Benefits for Human Health : Methane is a key precursor of tropospheric ozone (ground level), a harmful air pollutant.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

Nuclear Power 84

Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Waste Air Pollution 84

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

Climate Change 58

Climate Change Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Waste 58

Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Green buildings reduce negative effects on the natural environment and improve the human condition by using less water, energy, and other natural resources; employing renewable energy sources, eco-friendly and responsibly sourced materials; and reducing emissions and other waste.

Climate Change 97

Climate Change 2002 Ozone Fossil Fuels 97

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

After the 2014 shutdown Toledo spent $53 million to install an ozone treatment system at the city’s drinking water plant to safeguard customers from algal toxins, said Andrew McClure, the plant’s administrator. Then there is the ongoing cost of putting that equipment to work. Mitigating those blooms costs another $21 million.

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2014 2022 Climate Change Politics 359

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

So, the further buildout of the gas-fired power fleet would not only be completely incompatible with addressing climate change, it would also be a huge waste of ratepayer and investor money because that fossil-fueled electricity would mostly have nowhere to go.

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Fossil Fuels Electricity 2014 Climate Change 213

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Million tons/yr of waste: 7,600 industrial, 250 municipal, 25 hazardous. 1,900 landfills, 21 for hazardous waste. 100 nuclear reactors; 2,000 tons/yr nuclear waste. For example, most states now have optional “lookup tables” to look up the action trigger concentrations for groundwater and soils related to hazardous waste sites.

Clean Water Act 52

Clean Water Act Waste Clean Air Act Regulations 52

Physics World

OCTOBER 20, 2021

They do this by analysing the electromagnetic absorption spectra of an exoplanet’s atmosphere as it transits its sun, seeking the presence of gases such as oxygen, methane, water vapour and ozone (a proxy for oxygen).

Technology 144

Technology Technology Atmosphere 2014 144

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Clean Air Council, and Clean Wisconsin filed a petition seeking review of EPA’s administrative stay of performance standards and emission guidelines for municipal solid waste landfills. The standards and guidelines were published on August 29, 2016. They asserted that “[r]oughly 40 percent of U.S.

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

Natural Gas 106

Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Fossil Fuels 106

ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill. This award honors federally funded researchers whose work may sound silly, odd, obscure, wasteful of taxpayer funding, or serendipitous, but has had a major positive impact on society. More News: Readout: OSTP, CEQ, and CPO Host Roundtables on Nature-based Solutions – White House.

2022 40

2022 Climate Change 2023 Ozone 40

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

Air Pollution 93

Air Pollution Waste Natural Gas Ozone 93

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

Air Pollution 72

Air Pollution Waste Natural Gas Ozone 72

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

Air Pollution 71

Air Pollution Waste Natural Gas Ozone 71

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

NOx and VOCs mix in the presence of sunlight to form ground level ozone (smog). Exposure to shale gas air pollution and resulting ground level ozone may impair lung function and trigger asthma attacks. -- In a case-control study conducted by Rasmussen et al.

Air Pollution 59

Air Pollution Natural Gas Ground-Level Ozone Nitrogen Oxides 59

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.

Conservation 98

Conservation Natural Gas Recycling Electricity 98

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

Krishnan Ramamurthy, DEP Deputy Secretary for Waste, Air, Radiation and Remediation, explained it this way-- “Conventional wells [were] pretty much exempted from any permitting requirements, regulatory requirements. For the first time we are addressing those. The Preamble to the revised rulemaking says “.

Regulations 52

Regulations Radiation Ozone Pollution Control 52

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 26-27 In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- TribLive: Sen.

Conservation 88

Conservation Natural Gas Recycling Ozone 88