Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 17, 2023

As a result of the Pandemic, ADEQ developed and launched a new telecommute emissions reduction calculator that allows employers to estimate how telecommuting programs reduce pollutants that contribute to regional air quality problems. The post Spotlight on 2022’s Product Winner: ADEQ appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

District Court on Monday a proposed consent decree in settlement of their federal Clean Air Act lawsuit against United States Steel Corporation. Clean air is a right, not a privilege, for all Pittsburghers,” said David Masur, executive director of PennEnvironment , the citizen-based non-profit and state group for Environment America.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On February 17, the Clean Air Council and the Environmental Integrity Project sent a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection urging the state to temporarily halt operations at a Shell plastics chemical plant in Beaver County that has repeatedly violated air pollution limits and recently released plumes of black smoke for several hours.

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Capaccio

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On December 22, 2021, EPA issued a final rule to add 1-Bromopropane, also known as n-propyl bromide (nPB), to the list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). This is the first air pollutant to be added since the list was established in 1990. Additional Information can be found on EPA’s Website Here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On an Air Quality Action Day, young children, the elderly, and those with respiratory problems, such as asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis, are especially vulnerable to the effects of air pollution and should limit outdoor activities.

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Corp Watch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Israel Bans Boeing 747s Because of Air Pollution. Barron's PaulaR Thu, 09/21/2023 - 20:26 Monday, September 5, 2022 Read more Callum Keown Israel will ban four-engine aircraft, including Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, from March next year to reduce noise an What It Means.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Other studies have shown that Black Americans are more likely to have lower quality drinking water and higher exposure to air pollutants. The post What’s Up With Water — March 1, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. These social and environmental factors for health are widespread.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it approved funding for two Oil City recreation projects from penalties collected for Air Pollution Act violations at the Webco Oil City Plant in Venango County.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

One issue in the Seven Counties case is whether the impact statement should discuss air pollution caused by refining the oil shipped over the proposed rail line. The argument is that the Board shouldn’t have to consider that because EPA has authority to regulate air pollution, not the Board.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

On February 2, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a notice of intent to sue Shell Chemical Appalachia for repeated violations of air pollution permit limits at its petrochemical plant in Beaver County. We can’t allow these pollution events to become the cost of doing business.

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Capaccio

APRIL 19, 2022

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) recently updated the Administrative Rule Env-A 1400: Regulated Toxic Air Pollutants (RTAPs). The rule sets ambient air limits (AALs) on listed RTAPs that are emitted into the atmosphere. The most recent changes were adopted on February 3, 2022. link] . .

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 1, 2023

In the City of Chicago and its outlying areas, Cicero has some of the highest levels of particulate matter pollution, which can seriously affect human health. In August 2022, Microsoft installed one of its air sensors in Cicero and its pollution readings can be found here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Incremental (step-by-step) approaches In 2022, the EPA published an Environmental Justice Legal Tools document and a Cumulative Impacts Addendum. This process requires the facilities’ reports to include a section for each health impact associated with the air pollutants they will emit.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

While the Governor signed a number of significant environmental laws, he also vetoed several, including laws intended to address impacts to low-income communities of color from air pollution, water pollution, and sea level rise. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

On August 17, PA Interfaith Power & Light and Jewish Earth Alliance will host an online program on the dangers of particulate air pollution. Senate Climate Legislation [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh To Host National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference Aug. 22-25 [PaEN] [Posted: August 10, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

Since its inception, the report has effectively heightened the awareness of some hazardous air pollutants, and engaged the public, media, advocates, and policymakers in the ongoing fight against air pollution. The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

California’s air pollution regulator, the Air Resources Board, is poised to adopt one of the most important steps that the state has ever taken to reduce exposure to air pollution and limit climate changing emissions. Source: California Air Resources Board GHG Emissions Inventory Data.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2022

On August 16, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District released a study linking contamination in Pittsburgh’s urban soils to historical air pollution emissions and atmospheric inversions. Urban soils are known to contain various harmful contaminants that pose health risks.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

The Shell Petrochemical Plant has received a total of 11 Air Quality violations and two Water Quality violations since July, 2022. Shell's repeated pollution releases due to malfunctions demonstrates that self-regulation does not protect people living in surrounding communities like mine. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

. -- DEP published notice in the November 2 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a new State Only Minor Air Quality Operating Permit for the continued operation of the ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC [Energy Transfer] Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant in Salem Township, Washington County. ( Read more here.] Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2022

million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement covering longstanding air pollution violations. Steel is required to make numerous improvements in training, monitoring and work practices to increase compliance and timely response to air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2022

Last week, Senators Schumer and Manchin announced a compromise on a reconciliation bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 , that includes significant climate and air quality progress and a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions nationwide by 40 percent by 2030. A key step towards addressing climate change and air quality.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Children in communities of color and low-income communities were more highly exposed to air pollution. Interactions: Babies living in economically disinvested neighborhoods in their first year of life and exposed to air pollution were more likely to be diagnosed with autism.

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

After a considerable amount of time relying on video calls to connect with our users and partners, we are super excited to share that BreezoMeter will be attending CES 2022 in person! Showcasing Our Most Exciting Environmental Integrations at CES 2022. Where to Find Us. We’re sending professionals from all corners of the company!

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Breezometer

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In our latest guide, we reflect on the state of play of the residential indoor air quality market in 2022: We explore key consumer buying trends, new technologies and regulations, and expected areas of focus for digital transformation in the domestic air cleaning product market. Why 2022 is the Year of the Healthy Home.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

In public health terms, what makes air pollution distinctive is the millions of people exposes to common pollutants such as particulates and smog. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Other substances are more dangerous but the number of people exposed is much smaller.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Much of this air pollution comes from diesel trucks rumbling along the state’s many highway corridors, in particular I-95 which connects many major cities along the East Coast. This all makes Maryland one of the deadliest states for diesel particulate pollution. A @LightningeMtrs transit cargo van (electrified Ford transit van).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

They accounted for most of the failed generating capacity in a number of recent extreme weather events, including Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and Winter Storm Elliott in 2022, according to Gas Malfunction , a new Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) issue brief. percent higher than the number of wealthier residents, according to a 2022 UCS study.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2023

A USPS fleet that maximizes electrification potential would not only help to reduce climate warming and air pollution but would help to make electric vehicles more commonplace in every community across the nation. Why then are so many costly chargers necessary?

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

Related Article: -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants [PaEN] [Posted: July 1, 2022] PA Environment Digest New grant rounds are expected this Fall.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

June 14, 2022. Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. A Wisconsin judge delays enforcing an April decision that would limit the state’s power to clean up pollution.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Washington’s clean car rule shows how even where air quality has markedly improved, some states are still continuing to adopt forward-thinking regulations. Additionally, Ohio adopted a rule in 2022 limiting the emissions of NOx from stationary industrial sources. The Supreme Court in Union Electric Company v.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Where, at the beginning, there was really only one input parameter (the CO 2 concentration) that needed to be coordinated, the inputs have now broadened to include myriad forcings related to other greenhouse gases, air pollution, land surface change, ozone, the sun, volcanoes, irrigation, meltwater etc. DeRepentigny, A. Jahn, and C.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

I had a small glimpse into this work in early 2022 when his office reached out to me after reading a report I co-authored on the risk of chemical spills from storage tanks in Virginia. A myriad of studies since have validated these findings across a number of exposures, such as soot air pollution (PM2.5

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

[Note: DEP inspections have identified other violations, including failure to comply with EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant Standards related to asbestos, benzene, beryllium, radon and other radionuclides, arsenic, mercury, and vinyl chloride. tons and for the 12-month period ending in October 2022, VOC emissions reached 662.9

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

A policy brief published by the Emmett Institute in March 2022 outlines California air districts’ legal authority to adopt these kinds of regulations and suggests policy mechanisms to help ensure the transition to electric appliances is equitable and affordable. It should thus be replicated throughout the state and nation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) These trucks regularly operate along industrial corridors – areas that often flank communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution.

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