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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Clean Energy Law

If the SCAQMD’s development timeline holds, Proposed Rule 2305 will phase in on July 1, 2020. 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. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Smoke & Mirrors: Wildfire Smoke Beyond the Source

HumanNature

peaked on the Google search engine in September 2020, coinciding with the western United States wildfires that, up until this year, set the precedent for wildfire smoke with the greatest impact to US population. Closer to home, skies in Fort Collins rained ash during the 2020 Cameron peak fire. The question “ why is the sky orange?

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Public Comment Period Opens as Ohio EPA Issues Draft Revisions to Reasonably Available Control Technology (“RACT”) Requirements for Control of VOC and NOx Emissions

Vorys Law

Ohio EPA has proposed rules that will require additional Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission controls for certain manufacturing and industrial operations located in the Cincinnati and Cleveland 2015 ozone nonattainment areas. Like VOCs, NOx is a precursor compound which can form ozone.

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Environmental Health Project: Asthma And Air Pollution From Natural Gas Drilling/Facilities

PA Environment Daily

While the link between air pollution and asthma exacerbations is well understood, some research suggests that exposure to air pollution, especially early in life, may play a role in actually developing the disease (American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, 2020). In Pennsylvania, for example, approximately 1.5

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Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs

PA Environment Daily

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.

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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report measures three of the major types of pollutants in the San Joaquin Valley: long-term particle matter, short-term particle matter, and ozone.

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Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Union of Concerned Scientists

and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state. California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule passed in 2020, which required manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emissions MHD vehicles, was an excellent start.