2017 Nitrogen Oxides Regulations 
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Gasoline consumption is down by more than two billion gallons per year since 2017, when 15.6 These regulations (both state and federal) that UCS has advocated for have saved drivers money and reduced emissions. But even though we’ve added six million passenger cars to the road in the last 10 years, gasoline use has dropped.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Meanwhile, on the West Coast, a 2017 PSE Healthy Energy study found that nearly half of California’s gas power plants are in communities that are among the state’s 25 percent most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Gas plants and infrastructure emit nitrogen oxides (NOx) during combustion, which degrade local air quality.
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PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet on November 12 to consider a proposed regulation on notification of spills, corrections to Air Quality regulations on RACT requirements for nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds and final-omitted regulations on noncoal mine blasting.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
On November 12, the Environmental Quality Board approved for public comment a proposed regulation on notification of spills and corrections to Air Quality regulations on RACT requirements for nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds. Also approved was a final-omitted regulations on noncoal mine blasting.
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. In other words, if an action was required for compliance with a regulation, then WAIRE Points cannot be generated.
Breezometer
JUNE 21, 2021
A 2017 study attributed an annual €20 billion spent on healthcare in France to six different types of indoor air pollutants like radon, CO, and secondhand smoke. Rising IAQ Standards & Regulation. Indoor air pollution is expensive in terms of associated healthcare costs. particles contributed to about 75% of these costs.
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. A study of the causes of the explosion suggested the need for stronger safety regulations.
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