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DEP Invites Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022

PA Environment Daily

Terrible Compliance Record Energy Transfer’s environmental compliance record in Pennsylvania is absolutely terrible. Resources Links - Revolution Cryogenic Plant: -- Observer-Reporter: Explosion, Fire At Energy Transfer’s Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Plant Burned For Nearly 11 Hours On Christmas Day In Smith Twp.,

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Ask a Scientist: EPA Failing to Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to review—and update—its ethylene oxide emissions standards every eight years, but the last time it did so was in 2006. The study looked at cancer diagnoses between 2006 and 2019 and found “significantly greater than expected” cases of lymphocytic leukemia and breast cancer.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Acid Mine Drainage remains Pennsylvania's largest source of water pollution, impairing more than 5,500 miles of streams. During her career, she supported students who were frequently affected by asthma, which was worsened by air pollution. Church was an elementary school counselor in Philadelphia until 2014.

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What should cities of the future look like?

Our Environment

Particularly in areas of the Global South, up to 70% of toxic air pollution is attributed to cars (Coalition for Urban Transition, 2019). What are the effects on health of transport-related air pollution. Future cities need to focus on moving people around rather than cars. [link].

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) -- Sunoco Pipeline - Tinicum Release Site: DEP received a Remedial Investigation Report/ Cleanup Plan on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline in Tinicum Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Delaware County. ( PA Bulletin, page 2005 ) --Coterra Energy, Inc. -

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PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins

PA Environment Daily

PJM’s all-time, one-day highest power use was recorded in the summer of 2006 at 165,563 MW. PJM projects a non-diversified peak demand for electricity this summer at approximately 156,000 MW and has performed reliability studies at loads nearing 163,000 MW. One megawatt can power about 800 homes.

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

Local air pollution (and global climate change) ; 4. I have been advocating this since the writing of my Master’s thesis at Audencia all the way back to 2006. Biking could solve or help solve a laundry list of issues such as: 1. Crumbling infrastructure in the US ; 2. Road mortality (30,000+ every year in the US alone) ; 3.