Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That law created the state’s Community Air Protection Program focused on reducing exposure in communities most impacted by air pollution. She said in 2021, “What was done functionally was exactly what everybody was worried about.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report. Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

A new poll from Embold Research found that solar energy has strong support across political, racial, gender, and regional lines. 65 percent of respondents would like to see Pennsylvania produce more solar, citing reasons ranging from reduced air pollution to energy bill savings.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2021

2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. polluters Stuart McLaughlin | Reuters | June 1, 2021 Exxon Mobil's U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Parts of EPA that historically had been run by career experts would instead be run by political appointees making decisions based on ideology , rather than science. Alarmingly, the notion of scientific integrity itself, which people from all political affiliations should support, is also under fire.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. polluters Stuart McLaughlin | Reuters | June 1, 2021 Exxon Mobil's U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The two industry-funded studies ( NERA 2008 and ACT Research 2022 ) claim much higher impact on sales than either the academic (RZW 2018) or government ( EPA 2021 ) studies. Industry has spent years pushing for weaker regulations and continues to advocate for the worst possible outcome for the communities inundated by freight pollution.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We have reviewed the DCNR 2021 ATV Regional Trail Connector Pilot (2021 ATV Regional Pilot) and the associated State Forest Environmental Review (SFER) conditionally approved by the State Forester on July 15, 2021. Additional impacts included noise and air pollution.” Click Here for a copy of the expert report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Further, the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (national legislation providing the general framework concerning the adoption and implementation of measures to combat global warming) was revised in May 2021. The revised Act explicitly included the pledge for net zero by 2050. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2022

CBS reported, and not all its foundries had installed air pollution control equipment. But Pomeroy told reporter Hughes Rudd that he had arranged meetings with the local polluters to promote dialogue. “We Many followed and are now part of the accepted political landscape in Lansing and throughout Michigan.” [End

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zhengzhou, a city of 13 million, saw almost as much rainfall over three days in July 2021 as it does in an average year. In 2021, a survey of over 10,000 young people in ten countries was conducted by universities and research institutes, including Bath and Stanford universities. Photo credit: Aly Song / Alamy.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2022

TOC has been billed as a double-win : it encourages new housing to be located near public transit—a boon for climate, local air pollution, and traffic—and it creates more “affordable housing.”. While this is politically difficult, or maybe impossible, it is important to understand how far short our current affordability programs fall.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

The Climate Superfund bills have already attracted vicious opposition from the fossil fuel industry and its political allies and, if passed, will inevitably face vigorous legal challenges. In a 2021 appellate decision, City of New York v. No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Recently, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report that will likely have major effects on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protects people from dangerous air pollutants. At issue is the EPA’s process of compiling what the agency calls an “integrated science assessment.”

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- House Bill Would Expand Safety Zones Around Oil/Gas Wells, (..)

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Washington Nature

APRIL 24, 2021

In the waning hours of the 2021 session and the day after Earth Day, the Washington House of Representatives passed the Climate Commitment Act in a floor vote of 54-43. Once signed into law, Washington will have a firm statewide cap on climate pollution, covering 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions for the state.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In Germany, after the successful decision from 2021 in Neubauer et al. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A progress report on scientific integrity policies During his first week in office in January 2021, President Biden issued a presidential memorandum requiring all agencies to set scientific integrity policies into place, and establishing an infrastructure to support scientific integrity across the executive branch.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2021

Accordingly, $1,000 of utility in not bearing a compliance cost—a cost bore by corporate persons—is equivalent to $1,000 of utility in not bearing higher health risks associated with air pollution—a cost bore disproportionately by low-income and people of color. Candidate, Vermont Law School, expected May 2021. & LL.M.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2020 52

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2020 52

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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