PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

In October 2022, Sen. The IFO projects another $100 million drop in revenue in calendar year 2024 fee revenue from 2022 to $170 million. million-- a nearly $100 million decrease from $178.9 Read more here. 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Joe fought tirelessly to raise awareness on urban air pollution in the1980’s by establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report that is still used today. And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Such infill development reduces urban sprawl, long homeowner commutes (known in planning circles as “vehicle miles traveled”), and welcome reductions in both conventional air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions that those commutes generate. Both new laws take effect on January 1, 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 Note: this is adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars and is based on the amount those plants emitted in 2021, the EIA’s most recent year of finalized data. micrometers or less. million deaths globally.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 15 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water/Wastewater Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Greene County [PaEN] -- 2nd Annual (..)

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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. Source: ERM 2022 ). Source: ERM 2022 ). At least four separate studies took a look at whether or not there was an observable pre-buy.

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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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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2022, fossil fuels accounted for about 95% of electricity generation, and about 48% of the fossil fuels used were imported, putting the country at high risk of price shocks and supply shortages. The report also explores how a bilateral dialogue between the U.S. Cuba’s power system is currently heavily reliant on fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The Supreme Court clipped the agency’s wings in its 2022 West Virginia v. In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v.

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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. 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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

Early May 2022 drought conditions in the US. Early May 2022 Drought conditions in the US Source: US Drought Monitor. Along with rising temperatures, drought makes vegetation and forests drier and increases the risk of fires that generate air pollution. Source: US Drought Monitor. Green infrastructure.

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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. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. However, one of the coal-fired power plants started operating on February 1, 2022.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

AUGUST 2, 2024

I joined Drexel in the fall of 2022, feeling very strongly about all that needs to be done in my country and overwhelmingly confused about how to proceed with my goals. All the research and innovation in Pakistan functions in silos with minimal effect on policy, politics and regulations.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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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. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

On June 13, 2022, Chile published its Climate Change Framework Law (“the Climate Act”). The country meets seven of the nine criteria, including an extensive low-lying coastline, areas prone to natural disasters, areas susceptible to drought and desertification, and urban areas with high air pollution. Paradigm Shift.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 in 2022 References: Gigantic sleaze scandal winds up as former Elf oil chiefs are jailed - Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Six Texas Oil Refineries Are Among the Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters, Data Shows Total to pay $2.9 million in 2013.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2022

Walt Pomeroy, 74, of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County passed away peacefully and painlessly on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at UPMC Shadyside in Pittsburgh, PA. CBS reported, and not all its foundries had installed air pollution control equipment. Albion called itself “Manufacturing City U.S.A.,” End of excerpt.] Thank you Walt!”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

The EPA previously released their updated scientific integrity policy for public comment, and many groups, including the Union of Concerned Scientists , weighed in to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a policy designed to protect scientists and their work from political interference. I need a moment to scream.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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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.”. The median income among renters alone was about $52,900 in 2019; adjusting for inflation, this would be about $58,800 in 2022 dollars.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Multiple reproductive concerns about climate change In January 2023, the China Meteorological Administration said that the climate in China during 2022 was clearly anomalous, with numerous extreme weather events. The exposed bed of the Yangtze River in Wuhan during the record-breaking summer heatwave in 2022.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

2022 was no different, with courts further delineating the procedural dimensions of climate cases and expanding on the responsibilities of stakeholders for climate mitigation and adaption. In June 2022, the Prague Municipal Court ruled in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. See a detailed analysis of the decision here.).

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Law Columbia

MAY 9, 2024

The OHCHR found that more older women are likely to live alone, experience higher levels of poverty, and face disproportionate health risks, including from air pollution harms and extreme heat events. The ECtHR seems to have followed a similar approach in analyzing victimhood of the individual applicants.

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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.

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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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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2023

That’s quite different from the standards for industrial pollution sources, which Congress has always delegated to EPA. The reason may have been the high political stakes in the car industry or the relatively easier task of setting standards for new products in a single industry using a single energy process. trillion miles in 2022. (If

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Deluzio Calls For Congressional Action After Ohio/PA Train Derailment -- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations [PaEN] -- TribLive: DEP Hit Shell Petrochemical Plant With Another Air Violation Feb.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties, or COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022, ESA seeks ecological experts to include in a media advisory highlighting our members’ expertise in climate change and biodiversity. NSF will release a report about the data in early December 2022.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Climate Activists in Germany Glued Themselves to the Volkswagen Showroom Floor John Lopez | Tech Times | October 20, 2022 On Wednesday, Oct.19, Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. One topless woman interrupted CEO Oliver Blume's speech with the words "Dirty Money" painted on her back.

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