Pollution Control Related Topics 
Environment + Energy Leader
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has purchased new technology to remove and destroy bulk concentrations of PFAS from contaminated water in the environment.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Transportation air pollution air quality California corporate accountability diesel disinformation playbook electric trucks heavy-duty trucks NOx PM2.5 The EPA is under extreme pressure from industry to propose an absurdly ineffective standard for trucks.
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Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 17, 2022
The Maroon Group, now part of Barentz, completed several sustainability programs — everything from recycling to energy efficiency to pollution prevention.
Legal Planet
MARCH 28, 2022
Revising the standards will also help address air pollution. Changing the standards will require states to tighten their controls on all these sources, making it more expensive to burn fossil fuels. The post Pollution Control as Climate Policy appeared first on Legal Planet.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The Section 319 program is an essential source of support for state, territorial and tribal efforts to control NPS pollution, the prevailing cause of… Read more → Online training State government WaterThis training module, developed by U.S. EPA, is designed to provide a high-level overview of the Clean Water Act Section (CWA) 319 Nonpoint Source (NPS) program for State and Territory NPS Programs.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 5, 2021
The Armstrong County Conservation District is seeking qualified candidates to fill the position of Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control Technician. The person in this position will have an array of technical duties related to administration of the Chapter 102-Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control program.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
million penalty for allegedly selling aftermarket devices that were designed to defeat the emissions control systems on cars and trucks. The company’s actions allegedly violated the Clean Air Act’s prohibition on the sale of so-called “defeat devices,” which are designed to “bypass, defeat or render inoperative” a motor vehicle engine’s air pollution control equipment or systems. Today’s vehicles emit far less pollution than vehicles of the past.
Vorys Law
JANUARY 26, 2021
On January 20, 2021, the Ohio EPA’s Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) hosted a “Program Advisory Group” (PAG) meeting via Microsoft Teams to inform interested stakeholders of recent and upcoming DAPC activities. During the PAG meeting, Ohio EPA noted that, in the past, the agency has primarily relied on the minimum control measures required under the federal Clean Air Act to meet the NAAQS.
E2 Law Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
California carbon emissions Compliance Environmental Featured GT Alert Legislation Policy Pollution State & Local air pollution Emissions environmental policy GT Insight pollution controlOn Oct. 9, 2021, California Gov.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 4, 2022
This makes no sense: the Clean Water Act’s goal is to prevent pollution, not barriers to navigation. Pollution & Health U.S. USEPA Section 404 Supreme Court water pollution water pollution control wetland loss wetlands WOTUS
Environment + Energy Leader
AUGUST 9, 2022
Covanta, a provider of environmental solutions for businesses and communities, announced that the Covanta Fairfax Waste-to-Energy facility recently completed planned enhancements to its state-of-the-art pollution control technology aimed at further reducing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
A new report released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) shows that the state is moving toward its climate targets, although agriculture remains a large contributor of greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Read the full story from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced the purchase of new, state-of-the art technology to remove and destroy bulk concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated water in the environment.
Law and Environment
MARCH 8, 2022
Ameren Missouri submitted to the Court a proposal to shut Rush Island early rather than install expensive pollution control equipment. .
Environmental News Bits
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Code) Part 620 to the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board). Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced the Agency has submitted amendments to 35 Illinois Administrative Code (Ill. Admin. The proposed amendments update toxicity data for various chemicals, update exposure factors, and introduce groundwater quality standards for five Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances… Read more → Illinois PFAS Regulation Water
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 12, 2022
The agency’s External Civil Rights Compliance Office will investigate both the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s handling of its air pollution control program and whether the Louisiana … Continue reading EPA launches civil rights inquiry into Louisiana agencies. Read the full story from E&E News. EPA will probe alleged racial discrimination by two Louisiana agencies in a predominantly Black area, a senior official confirmed this week.
Environment, Law, and History
JANUARY 12, 2023
He also goes on to state that "The 1960s were also Congress’s first forays into issues like air and water pollution, wilderness protection, and the endangered species. Wolfe, Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District vehicle, Burbank, 1947-1950?
Environment, Law, and History
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Highlights include "a stimulating conversation between two water quality experts who were instrumental in drafting the Clean Water Act in 1972 and California’s landmark Porter-Cologne Act, the state’s comprehensive water pollution control statute that both predated and influenced the CWA."
Law and Environment
MARCH 22, 2022
The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission has formally adopted its “Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Phase 1 Regulations.” The Phase 1 regulations are really all about the “disclosure” side of BERDO.
Law and Environment
JANUARY 13, 2022
According to Inside EPA (subscription required), the Department of Justice (and the Sierra Club) have opposed Ameren’s Missouri’s motion to allow it to close its Rush Island generating facility early, rather than install otherwise required pollution control equipment.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
has made over the past half-century in abating water pollution; focus on some of the law’s most contentious, current features; and predict how the Act will likely–and should–evolve in the decades to come.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The political movement culminating in the passage of the Clean Water Act was triggered by several environmental disasters in the late 1960’s that shocked Americans and motivated them to take action to clean up the nation’s heavily-polluted waterways. (credit: Amazon).
Environment, Law, and History
OCTOBER 18, 2022
An excerpt: The CWA as enacted a half-century ago was enormously ambitious and, with the benefit of hindsight, quite naive: in the law’s legislative findings, Congress declared that “it is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985.”
Cleannovate
JUNE 28, 2021
Among the pollutants of concern, metals and dissolved industrial chemicals are significant. Though several treatment strategies have been used before, efficiency of pollutant removal still has a long way to go. But among the prevailing pollution control strategies desalination holds the key in not only reclaiming polluted water but also in recovering important dissolved substances in water. Desalination involves the removal of dissolved pollutants from water.
Law and Environment
DECEMBER 23, 2021
The Air Pollution Control Commission will later hold a “formal” public comment period at a time TBD. On Monday, Boston released a draft of the first phase of regulations intended to implement the amended BERDO ordinance signed by then-Mayor Janey in October. .
Law and Environment
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
The Air Pollution Control Commission has authority to suspend some or all of the requirements of BERDO 2.0 Last week, the Boston City Council approved amendments to the Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 26, 2023
This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. Developing those pollution diets takes years. Broad-based is the classic definition of non-point pollution.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Wisconsin ’s environment agency once again begins drafting rules to limit PFAS pollution. . As septic pollution roils Higgins Lake, Michigan lawmakers consider reform — Bridge Michigan. Wisconsin faces difficulty enforcing pollution control from small farms.
Water Research & Technology
JANUARY 27, 2021
His group analyzes reaction mechanisms and develops novel environmental processes, with the goal of expanding environmental engineering from pollution control to sustainable development of resource recovery systems.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2022
The 2022 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference , sponsored by EPA in conjunction with the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies and the National Association of Clean Air Agencies will be held in Pittsburgh August 22-25.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 22, 2022
Several provisions – a few of which are directly available to local governments – can additionally help address local air pollution and other inequitable impacts to vulnerable communities. billion for grants to implement GHG pollution reductions. By Amy Turner.
Legal Planet
MARCH 21, 2022
Second, the agency needs information about the costs of facility-by-facility changes, such as shifts in how often facilities are used, their fuel consumption, and how pollution controls were actually operated.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2022
pollution. discussing the ways in which local air districts can take action to end harmful air pollution from building appliances. In California, CARB and the state’s 35 local air districts share authority to adopt and enforce control strategies to achieve these standards.
Law and Environment
AUGUST 17, 2022
million to the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality to support the collection and tracking of data relating to disparate impacts of environmental pollution and climate burdens.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Land use regulation, pollution control laws, regulatory programs to protect wildlife (including endangered species), rent control laws, and the administration of state water rights systems have all been challenged on regulatory takings grounds. Credit: ABA for Law Students.
Circle of Blue
JULY 28, 2021
The Hindustan Times reports that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board identified six major drains as the main sources of the pollution. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Argentina declares a state of emergency for the Parana River as it reaches historic lows.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Since then, neither EPA nor SEMA (the Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Association) has let up their respective efforts to curb or increase pollution.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 25, 2021
For instance, EPA has required pollution controls that dramatically slash emissions of carbon monoxide from vehicles. We may know that air pollution helps cause deaths from respiratory conditions, but it’s more difficult to estimate the number.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
First, the Act tells EPA to issue national air quality standards for major air pollutants and requires states (or as a back-up, the Feds) to create plans to meet those standards by certain deadlines. If it weren’t for the new source standards, it would add 2% to the state’s pollution.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
The Second Circuit framed New York City’s claims as targeting “lawful commercial activity” in a way that would compel development of pollution control measures, thereby regulating cross-border emissions. By Korey Silverman-Roati. Background. Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution will host a December 14 webinar on Making the Connection - What the Donora Smog Disaster Can Teach Use 74 Years Later starting at 6:30 p.m.
3BL Media
DECEMBER 7, 2022
This money has been used to expand energy efficiency offerings to low-income households and protect coastal Virginia from flooding—all while helping the entire East Coast reduce power plant pollution.”. KEYWORDS: Youngkin, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, pollution, CERES.
Legal Planet
JUNE 30, 2022
Massachusetts made plain that emissions of carbon dioxide qualify as air pollution subject to regulation under the Act. caus[e], or contribut[e] significantly to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.” §7411(b)(1)(A).
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