PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

DEP should create criteria specifying that it will only allocate this funding to companies that receive minimal violations, for example those that did not result in environmental degradation, and have operated in accordance with state and federal regulations. Allegheny County Forces People Out Of Their Homes -- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

9 Household Chemical Collection Event Sponsored By PPG & Pittsburgh Penguins; Last Of The Season [PaEN] -- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov. 12 [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Nov. 26 to Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2021

Read more here. Million For PFAS Cancer Study WHYY: What’s In The Water? 27-28; Moraine State Park Regatta Aug. 27-28; Moraine State Park Regatta Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Million Penalty On PA Company For Selling Auto Parts That Avoid Vehicle Pollution Controls Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events Grants & Awards PA Bulletin - Public Notices Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest Supporting Member PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers; PA Outdoor Writers Assn.;

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. The town has two wells, one of which began exceeding the federal nitrate standard in 2020. Tarr worked in other small towns in Nebraska before taking the Plainview job in August 2020.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S. million in 2013. *in

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S. million in 2013. *in

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S. million in 2013. *in

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S. million in 2013. *in

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S. million in 2013. *in

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S. million in 2013. *in

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S. million in 2013. *in

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels. He died in 2020. The rest of us, the body politic, if you will, must give permission and can impose conditions.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. As such, the bill retroactively allows qualified conservation that was completed in a forest mitigation bank on or before December 31, 2020, to be used, under both State and local forest conservation programs.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2020, sources in both the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) NOX annual program and the A(cid) R(ain) P(rogram) together emitted 0.78 The 2028 deadline proposed in the less stringent alternative is more realistic, and is consistent with timelines under other federal regulations. million tons, a reduction of 5.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A study of the causes of the explosion suggested the need for stronger safety regulations. one of most dangerous air pollutants Particulate matter is in the air we breathe pretty much everywhere and is invisible and deadly. It is one of the so-called criteria air pollutants , along with NOx, SOx, carbon monoxide (CO), and lead 5.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

But, behind the scenes, they have a long history of lobbying to delay and derail regulations that would prevent pollution, keeping us addicted to disposable plastic. If the company fails to reply, the communities threatened "judicial and commercial measures". sales in the past year, according to market research firm IRI.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The FEIR reviewed other methods suggested by Newhall Ranch for determining the significance of GHG impacts, and modified and deleted portions of the DEIR’s GHG analysis, but ultimately did not change the DEIR’s significant-and-unavoidable impact conclusion, and the County therefore determined recirculation was not required.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Army Corps of Engineers demanding the project’s federal permit be revoked due to environmental justice, wetlands destruction and pollution concerns. Wesley Muller | Louisiana Illuminator | July 20, 2020 Formosa plans to build on former sugarcane plantations near the Mississippi River, and Rise St. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

They involve reduced protection for endangered species, eliminating energy efficiency rules, blocking new transmission lines, changing electricity regulation to favor fossil fuels, weakening air pollution rules, and encouraging sale of gas guzzlers. #1. Crippling air pollution control. 402-404] #5. Embracing gas guzzlers.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

However, most of the world’s recycling is exported to lower-income countries, where recycling is cheaper to process due to weak law enforcement and informal sector recycling with no pollution controls. for urban household waste by 2020. For example, the cost of recycling a computer monitor is ten times cheaper in China.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Josh Shapiro and CNX Resources Corporation President and CEO Nick Deiuliis announced a first-of-its-kind statement of mutual interests that will further heighten the company’s operational disclosures in collaboration with state environmental regulators and the public. 2020 Grand Jury Report Gov. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The state and the county, with farmer endorsement, approved new regulations that require nutrient management plans for farms that produce more than 100,000 gallons of liquid manure, or 350 tons of solid manure annually. Farmers who don’t agree to adopt the new pollution-control measures would lose the insurance subsidy. .

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Ohio Environmental Law

MAY 8, 2020

On January 23, 2020, the Trump Administration released the final version of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), which defines which waters and wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act. 22,250, 22,251-22,252 (April 21, 2020). What action was taken to define the scope of federal jurisdiction? underground waters (i.e.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Just a year later, however, the industry encountered a potentially major obstacle: A study conducted by the government’s National Air Pollution Control Administration found a link between outdoor NO2 exposure and childhood respiratory problems. Where did the gas industry pick up the finer points of PR disinformation?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2022

What it will really do is deregulate the oil and gas industry, attempt to prevent federal regulation of the coal industry and power plants, deny critical funding to DEP to regulate oil and gas drilling, withdraw Pennsylvania from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and reopen state forest land for oil and gas leasing.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Republican Senators Doug Mastriano (R-Adams) [also a candidate for Governor] and Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) announced Friday they plan to introduce legislation to “stabilize energy costs” for Pennsylvanians and do away with “cumbersome taxes, regulations and restrictions” handicapping the state’s energy sector. Right now DEP has a $10.5

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. CDV-2020-307 (Mont. Missouri v. Biden , No. 4:21-cv-00287 (E.D.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Denied Petitions Seeking TSCA Regulation of Chemicals in Cigarettes and Cosmetics.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. This blog post summarizes the history of federal vehicle emissions regulations, the arguments made by Petitioners in Texas v. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

On June 16, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a joint motion to dismiss appeals of a November 2020 order vacating U.S. Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. After Developers Terminated Methanol Terminal Project, Ninth Circuit Granted Motions to Dismiss Appeals. June 25, 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs [PaEN] -- WHYY: ‘No Seat At The Table:’ Why Environmental Justice Activists Like Zulene Mayfield Fear Republican Presidential Win -- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The policy should remain in place, the resolution says, until the Forest Service drafts and completes new regulations that would establish a revised wildfire strategy. Congress has not passed appropriations bills since December 2020. USFWS – Migratory Bird Hunting; 2022-23 Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. World leaders have made several major commitments at the meeting to date: Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

However, diplomats failed to agree about how to fulfill a decade-old pledge that was set to begin in 2020 to provide $100 billion in climate finance to help developing counties with climate adaptation and mitigation each year. Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Occasional opposition to local pollution problems and the casual animal cruelty that characterize conventional US dairy, hog, and poultry production did little to alter practices that are embedded in the rural landscape. EPA is weak on regulations on CAFOs,” said Emily Miller, a Food & Water Watch attorney. That may be changing.

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