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.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These pollutants contribute to ground-level ozone, or smog, which EPA has shown has negative health impacts, including asthma attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Zero- and low-emission vehicles also lower carbon dioxide emissions, helping to lessen climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

Transportation generates 47 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions in Pennsylvania, contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone. It also supports the installation of fueling stations for these vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

NOx and VOCs mix in the presence of sunlight to form ground level ozone (smog). Exposure to shale gas air pollution and resulting ground level ozone may impair lung function and trigger asthma attacks. -- In a case-control study conducted by Rasmussen et al.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

DEP hopes to get the proposed regulation to the Environmental Quality Board for action during the first quarter of 2022. There is no ban on traditional internal combustion engine vehicles. Click Here for a copy of DEP’s presentation. Click Here a copy of draft regulation changes.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The cracker plant will be one of the state’s largest emitters of volatile organic compounds, a main component of ground-level ozone, which can cause respiratory health issues. Billion To Subsidize Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County [Posted: October 19, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2022

This work has resulted in lower proposed emissions limits and decreased chances of ground level ozone pollution that can harm people’s health. Read more here. ] [Posted: May 20, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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