PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

The COA resolves air quality violations during commissioning of Shell’s petrochemical facility in Potter and Center Townships, Beaver County. Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Backgrounds After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were temporarily shutdown due to safety concerns. Sendai Power Station , the first climate change case in Japan, withdrew a claim based on greenhouse gas emissions and focused on air pollution arguments. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). EPA issued CSAPR in August 2011 pursuant to Sec. The restrictions placed on those states, however, were based on region-wide air quality monitoring projections.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

By: Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching Clean Air Act rule intended to address the interstate transport of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from upwind to downwind states. See 76 Fed. 48208 (Aug. Tribune, Sept.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Moreno: On August 23, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that significantly expands the applicable air emissions standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector. The public comments period for the proposal ends on October 24, 2011. By Carlos J. See 76 Fed. 52738 (Aug.

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Environment Next

JULY 22, 2021

House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2011 , requiring EPA to establish nationwide drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the thousands of PFAS compounds. On July 21, 2021, the U.S. EPA has previously established non-enforceable drinking water health advisories for PFOA and PFOS of 70 ppt.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At the same time, we’d like for it to produce less soot, and thus, less air pollution. 2011): 1239-1249. Since we want our new biofuel to be a drop-in replacement for diesel, it needs to have characteristics similar to diesel – for example, it should have similar reactivity and viscosity characteristics. Hughes, James P.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

That is A LOT of EVs and A LOT less oil use, air pollution and climate emissions. In January 2012, at a hearing of the California Air Resources Board I attended, the board considered updates to the Zero Emission Vehicle standards through model year 2025. Automakers pushed back, concerned the rules were too stringent.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. While the Governor’s veto message asserted that additional legislative direction was not necessary, communities in the Valley continue to suffer from serious air pollution.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The issues on appeal were limited to the adequacy of certain aspects of the project EIR’s analyses of GHGs and criteria air pollutants. Tsakopoulos Investments, LLC v. County of Sacramento, et al. Mather South, LLC, et al, Real Parties ) (2023) Cal.App.5 residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, agriculture, etc.).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

By Jason Lenker, Intern, PA Parks & Forests Foundation In 2011, the Audubon Society paired with the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape to aid counties along the Kittatinny Ridge (Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, Lehigh Valley, and Perry) in completing Return on Environment (ROE) reports.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

More Background Since March 2011, the state Department of Health has been attempting to document health complaints of residents initially in unconventional oil and gas drilling areas and maintains a Health Complaints Registry. These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

During her career, she supported students who were frequently affected by asthma, which was worsened by air pollution. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt. Church was an elementary school counselor in Philadelphia until 2014.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

Background Immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were shut down. For the background on climate lawsuits in Japan as a whole, please refer to the previous blog , and for the Kobe cases, please refer to this blog.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. From 2011 to 2016, DEP’s Air Quality Program only required oil and gas operators to maintain records of how frequently they conducted pigging operations. Yes, three times a day, seven days a week for nearly a decade.] Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Coal also emits other air pollution factors such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter… All this causes smog and soot which in turn cause asthma, cancers of all sorts, cardiovascular diseases… Which brings us to its health effects: coal is a mass murderer and is responsible for immense suffering.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 31, 2022

Around 2010, Vietnam stopped building big dams, instead favouring coal power, when it released its seventh power development plan (PDP7) for 2011–2020. Burning coal releases fly ash, which is abundant in tiny particulates. When inhaled, these can lead to heart disease, lung and throat cancers and respiratory diseases.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

As an example of a recent enforcement action, he pointed to the $10 million penalty settlement with the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County on air pollution violations that included a $5 million community fund. Read more here. “We My creek ran with drilling mud, and you know what?

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Japan is the world’s 5 th largest CO 2 emitter, with 85 % of emissions deriving from the energy sector, which heavily relies on the use of coal-fired power plants.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

Specifically, EPA promised to: Develop a strategy for improving oil and gas sector emissions data, emissions factors, and measurement techniques by the first quarter of 2014, and begin implementing that strategy by the third quarter of 2014; Finalize revised emissions factors development procedures for data collected from traditional test methods by (..)

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

This level of forced retirements is far in excess of any prior EPA projections of plant shutdowns resulting from implementation of a Clean Air Act rulemaking. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule. EPA MATS Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2011.

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Vermont Law

JANUARY 18, 2016

Green-roofs are an overlooked solution to the complex problem of heat pollution, which contributes to anthropogenic climate change. One method of city greening is roof greening, planting vegetation atop buildings to offset some of the UHIE. According to the US Environmental Protection . gency (EPA). ,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2023

While the drilling boom has abated — this year there will be one-fifth as many fracking permits issued as the peak of 3,564 in 2011 — the study gives ample evidence that current rules about setbacks from residences are insufficient. The researchers caution, however, that limited data makes the strength of this conclusion weak.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

One important change is how the new definition of “associated equipment” modifies the aggregation rule for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP), which in turn modifies the applicability of the “major source” definition for oilfield operations, in particular as it applies to oil and gas wells, tanks and glycol dehydrators.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 23, 2016

In 2011, the city of Munroe Falls, Ohio sought to prevent Beck Energy Corporation from drilling until the company complied with the city’s relevant municipal ordinances. These issues range from potential water contamination, air pollution, noise, dust, truck traffic, groundwater spills, methane emission leaks, and even earthquakes.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

Whereas LOS focuses on the acceptability of roadway congestion, VMT measures the actual distance traveled by vehicles and can more easily be used to develop emissions estimates for GHGs and conventional air pollutants (as well as related metrics such as fuel consumption). Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 62 Cal.4th

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The people of Clairton, Pennsylvania breathe in some of the most toxic, cancer-causing industrial air pollution in the nation, thanks to the US Steel Clairton Coke Works Plant, the largest manufacturer of coke (a type of refined coal) in the country. million pounds of toxic chemicals into the community’s air supply.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

City of Rocklin (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th Citing Clover Valley Foundation v. 4th 200, 243; CEQA Guidelines, § 15064.7.). While TRPA had “jurisdiction by law” in that it exercises authority over resources affected by the project, it was not a responsible agency.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 2011), and the World Health Organization has recommended evaluating a separate health standard for black carbon exposure independent of other particle concentration measurements (World Health Organization 2012). link] Climate & Clean Air Coalition.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

Gas plants are also big industrial facilities that create air pollution for surrounding communities. Remember the gas plants in Mississauga and Oakville that were abruptly axed before the 2011 election, causing a massive scandal? Climate change, air pollution, and environmental racism are just a few.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And how are they linked to wildfire, air pollution and other hazards? In his book Making the Modern World , the Czech-Canadian energy researcher Vaclav Smil estimates that China used more cement between 2011 and 2013 than the US did in the entire 20th century. Where are they most likely? How extreme might such occurrences be?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

These associations can be attributed to the environmental impacts of fracking, including air pollution, water contamination, noise, traffic, and community impacts." So these are all problems that are known to be related to exposure to toxic air pollution. And I'm going to quote now from that study.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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