2019 Clean Air Act Environmental Protection 
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency announced the federal government has settled its final federal Clean Air Act (CAA) claim against Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing, LLC pertaining to the June 21, 2019 fire and explosion at its former South Philadelphia refinery. On October 8, the U.S.
Law Columbia
JANUARY 25, 2022
The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA , a case that is currently before the United States Supreme Court.
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PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
On November 17, Erie Coke Corporation, along with a corporate officer, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on among other charges, Violation of the Clean Air Act, United States Attorney Cindy K. The United States Environmental Protection Agency conducted the investigation leading to the Indictment in this case.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2023
Background In December 2019, Erie Coke [Coal] Plant locked out its employees and shuttered the plant in the face of significant and continuing environmental violations. Attorney's Office in Western PA indicted the Erie Coke Corporation and the former plant superintendent on criminal charges of violating the federal Clean Air Act.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. EPA plans to issue a Clean Air Act rulemaking for commercial sterilizers later this year and for other chemical facilities soon, as well.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Breathing ethylene oxide in the air over a long period of time is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer, especially white blood cell and breast cancers. The FDA, which is part of HHS, regulates approved methods for medical device sterilization and initiated a process to identify alternative sterilization methods in 2019.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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