2004 Air Pollution Regulations 
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs?
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 28, 2023
Northeast Pennsylvania suffers from that, as well, in the development of landfills, power plants and other major polluters on mine-scarred land that can’t be used for much else. But on August 17, the DEP announced an upgraded environmental justice policy for the first time since 2004 that it will begin to enforce as of September 16.
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PA Environment Daily
APRIL 16, 2023
These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. Additionally, direct and fugitive air emissions from oil and gas well sites can worsen local air quality and have the potential to increase health risks among residents living nearby (i.e., within one-half mile). Of Health Awards $2.5
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 2, 2023
. -- Bursts Of Intense Natural Gas Emissions From Pigging Unit: On December 27, CNX Gas Co LLC’s Oak Springs stand-alone pig launcher/receiver along Farmer Lane in South Franklin Township, Washington County released bursts of dangerous methane emissions into the air around homes 1,500 feet away for over an hour.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 17, 2023
2023 is the 20th anniversary of the drilling of the first shale gas well in Pennsylvania that was also the first shale gas well fracked in 2004. Spreading wastewater on roads from conventional oil and gas wells is illegal because it does not meet the requirements of DEP’s Residual Waste Regulations, but it’s still going on.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The first shale gas well was drilled in 2003 and that well was the first shale gas well fracked in 2004. Shale Gas + 20 The first commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859. The first oil or gas well hydraulically fracked was in 1963.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
As early as 1966 , the state began to take regulatory action to reduce pollution from passenger cars and trucks. As a result of continuing progress on regulations, the air-polluting emissions of new passenger vehicles currently for sale are thankfully much lower than those of older vehicles. Combining the PM 2.5
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