Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1966, vehicles were responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 146 million tons of pollutants discharged into the air across the United States. Before joining UCS in 2021, Shen worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Work of the Future Task Force while earning a master’s degree in policy and transportation at the school.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

She contends the federal Natural Gas Act mandates the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has “exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal which challenges any state agency’s action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law.” See brief filed by residents.) Read more here.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

8, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ ANPRM Notice ”) addressing possible future regulation of pyrolysis and gasification units under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). 8, 2021, as the deadline to submit public comments.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As detailed in this Latham Client Alert , plaintiff, the California Trucking Association (CTA), filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Central District of California on August 5, 2021, alleging that Rule 2305 is preempted by federal law, is not authorized by state law, and is an unlawful tax.

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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2021

Clean Air Council v. 20-2215, 2021 U.S. 2021); 42 U.S.C. § Thus, air emissions that violate relevant Clean Air Act permits are nevertheless “subject to” that permit and therefore exempt from CERCLA’s reporting requirement. Steel Corp. , LEXIS 18377, at *15 (W.D.

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MGKF Law

JUNE 24, 2021

Earlier this month, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania concluded that the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) erred in its dismissal of the petitioners’ appeal of the approval of a compressor station plan by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

On September 3, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will receive public comments and host a virtual public hearing regarding a Title V/State Operating Permit renewal request for Covanta Delaware Valley, LP, a waste to energy facility in the City of Chester, Delaware County.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

However, the SCAQMD lacks the authority to directly regulate mobile sources; instead, that authority lies with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB). According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012.

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Environment Next

AUGUST 4, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended requirements for state agencies to perform on-site compliance inspections in favor of off-site monitoring alternatives. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The November 30 meeting was made necessary by a letter sent by Republicans on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to the IRRC on November 14 disapproving the regulation. Environmental Protection Agency deadline to finalize the regulation, so DEP had to move to the emergency rulemaking procedure. Williams, Esq.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 6 PA Bulletin it is suspending the enforcement of the California Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program in Pennsylvania through July 31, 2023. Posted: November 5, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On December 1, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47) introduced new legislation, the Protecting Communities from Plastic Act (S.

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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 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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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 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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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 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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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 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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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 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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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 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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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 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) jointly issued the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Rule (SAFE Vehicle Rule). By Romany Webb. On Thursday, August 2, the U.S. Other proposals have also been put forward, but this is the agencies’ preferred approach).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Even with a much-needed gathering lines rule finalized by PHMSA in 2021, only about 90,000 miles of these pipelines are subject to basic safety requirements like emergency planning — and only 20,000 miles of gathering lines are required to conduct regular leak surveys.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

After the dumping incidents on dirt and paved roads around her home and throughout the region, Lawson provided photos and reports on the dumping to the Department of Environmental Protection to document the problems. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2024

The Energy Policy & Conservation Act (EPCA) preempts state and local laws and regulations “ relating to fuel economy standards or average fuel economy standards for automobiles.” Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); USEPA has not yet ruled on the request, and CARB has paused enforcement of ACF while the request is pending.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. billion complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency announced a national Strategic Roadmap to protect public health and the environment from PFAS pollution. On October 18, the U.S. EPA’s Strategic Roadmap is a critical step forward in addressing PFAS pollution.

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Acoel

JANUARY 11, 2022

9, 2022) at SR-7. In my January 2021 column for the Legal Intelligencer ’s Pennsylvania Law Weekly I suggested the opposite, or maybe an inside-out version of the same thing: “[t]he governmental response to the viral pandemic is. Acting Sec’y Pa. 83 MAP 2021 (Pa. 29, 2021), is: In 42 U.S.C. 59,298 (Jan. Health , No.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As of November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection issued owners of conventional oil and gas wells 6,907 violations for violating state laws and regulations, exceeding the 6,860 violations issued in all of 2023. The violations so far in 2024 are 153% above the total in 2021-- just three years ago. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

On April 18, a coalition of 23 clean energy, environmental justice, and climate action organizations working in Pennsylvania sent a letter to the U.S. Moreover, in 2020, Pennsylvania recorded the highest amount of premature deaths per capita caused by air pollution in the entire country.

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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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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.

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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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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency announced it is strengthening its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution. If finalized, these critical, commonsense standards will protect workers and communities, maintain and create high-quality, union-friendly jobs, and promote U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel Reuters PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:27 Thursday, July 8, 2021 Read more Marine Strauss & Alexander Hübner [1/6] A Volkswagen logo is seen as it launches its ID.6 6 CROZZ SUV at a world premiere ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2021.

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