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Air Regulators Tackle Trucking at Southern California Warehouses

Clean Energy Law

At a contentious board hearing on May 7, 2021, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) approved a first-in-the-nation rule to regulate trucking emissions from warehouses by a 9-4 vote. Bledsoe and Jennifer Garlock.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Clean Energy Law

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012.

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Part I - Environmental Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction

PA Environment Daily

Setback Distances Not Sufficient Interestingly, there is no national regulation in place for how close wells can be built to residential structures or schools. This is known as a setback distance and is commonly regulated at the state level. Pennsylvania does not regulate the water quality of private well water.

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House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setbacks Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts, From Physicians On Health Studies And The Gas Industry On Job Impacts; Sen. Yaw Calls Bill ‘Stupid’

PA Environment Daily

Read more here. -- Comprehensive Regulations Needed With Setbacks: The industry also explained safety zones work together with other regulatory requirements and “are not a substitute for a comprehensive and robust regulatory regimen, or for the industry’s best practices that supplement and often serve as the basis for the regulatory requirements.”

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Examples are benzene, hydrofluoric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many, many other toxic pollutants. A study of the causes of the explosion suggested the need for stronger safety regulations. Refining uses many risky industrial processes. Bermix Studio/Unsplash PM2.5:

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Tackling Agricultural Methane: An Overview of the Science

Legal Planet

However, leaks which allow gasses to escape can mitigate reductions or result in overall increases in emissions relative to alternate storage methods, and generating energy via anaerobic digesters can emit pollutants like nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide, among others. 2016 , Benchaar and Greathead, 2011 , Gutierrez et al.,

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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

Vermont Law

1) The EPA permits states to draft and execute regulations to satisfy national standards in most circumstances. (2) 1) The EPA permits states to draft and execute regulations to satisfy national standards in most circumstances. (2) 27) The human body’s respiratory system is also harmed by Nitrogen oxide exposure. (28)