2022 Carbon Monoxide Nitrogen Oxides 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. At the end of 2022, there were more than 283 million. In 1960, there were 61.6 That’s not healthy.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The action against Shell Chemical Appalachia’s plant, located in Potter Township, is for illegal emissions of volatile organic compounds (or VOCs), which contribute to smog and can cause nausea, nerve damage, and other health problems, as well as nitrogen oxides, which can trigger asthma attacks and respiratory illness.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Examples are benzene, hydrofluoric acid, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many, many other toxic pollutants. In 2022, the transportation sector was responsible for 28 percent of global warming pollution in the country. Refining uses many risky industrial processes. See the pie charts below.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 12, 2023
tons of nitrogen oxides. tons of nitrogen oxides. Shell also violated its 12-month emission limit for carbon monoxide-- 393.595-- by reporting 1,060.320 tons. The Shell Petrochemical Plant has received a total of 11 Air Quality violations and two Water Quality violations since July, 2022.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
million in 2022 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant funding to help municipalities, schools, and businesses around the state switch to clean transportation and improve air quality in their communities. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 21, 2024
The Shell Plant began operations in November 2022 and has been operating under a construction permit DEP keeps renewing. The federal Clean Air Act and US Environmental Protection Agency regulations require that a facility submit a Title V Operating Permit application within 12 months of commencing operation. 12,671,044.75
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2022
By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air. Annually, the project will remove 1.38 Annually the project will remove 3.9 tons of NOx and other pollutants from the air.
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