2017 Nitrogen Oxides Ozone 
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 26, 2024
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 27 PA Bulletin inviting public comments on a proposed declaration of an Exceptional Air Quality Event due to 2023 wildfires from Canada and New Jersey causing elevated levels of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds impacting ozone pollution in Pennsylvania.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Examples are benzene, hydrofluoric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many, many other toxic pollutants. Between 2017 and 2023 there were over 1500 injuries and seven deaths in 153 refineries across the US. One good example of the nexus between global warming and local pollution is ground-level ozone.
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Clean Energy Law
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
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. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
I got involved after the city filed reports and maps to support its claim that it was fulfilling the requirements of a historic 2017 settlement to find and replace Flint’s lead pipes. When community members found out that their drinking water had dangerously high levels of lead, they sued the city of Flint and the state of Michigan.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The authors of the study based their results on industry-disclosed Hazardous Air Pollutants data submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as part of natural gas infrastructure applications between 2017-2020. This includes new regulations in Pennsylvania. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 17, 2023
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) released a draft set of recommendations calling on the EPA to tighten its current standard for ground-level ozone pollution to protect public health. But will the EPA follow CASAC’s recommendations?
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
For example, recent attention has focused on tightening the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone smog, which is formed by atmospheric reactions on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). 2017); [link].]] 2019); Birckhead v. FERC , 925 F.3d 3d 510 (D.C. 2019); Sierra Club v.
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