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EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@epa.gov

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 24, the US Environmental Protection Agency posted information on how industries regulated under a variety of federal Clean Air Act programs could obtain Presidential Exemptions from those requirements. Please: Use Presidential Exemption: [Name of Regulation]: [Facility(ies) Name] as the subject of the request.

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These Are the Critical Issues to Track with the New “Tech-Neutral” Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

While the changes are slated to go into effect for facilities placed in service on or after January 1, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) still have some complex—and deeply consequential—issues left to resolve. Most notably, this reference covers direct and significant indirect emissions.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.28.25

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Of Health & Human Services Will Cut 10,000 Jobs As Part Of Major Restructuring Plan [10,000 Already Took Early Retirements] Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: March 28, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1

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88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Workshop March 23 In Delaware County [PaEN] -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: PA Regulators Struggle To Implement Federal Clean Air Act Requirements For Regional Power Plants -- Scranton Times: Tunkhannock Area Schools Going All Out For Solar Energy Generation; Will Have Largest Solar Facility (..)

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PJM Interconnection Supports Presidential Exemptions From Clean Air Act Standards Requested By 13,900 MW Of Electric Generation In PJM Region, Including Keystone And Conemaugh Power Plants In PA

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

On April 4, the PJM Interconnection sent a letter to the President supporting Presidential exemptions from the federal Clean Air Act requested by 13,900 MW of electric generation in the PJM region. Photos: Keystone and Conemaugh power plants.)

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EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At Petrochemical Plants

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Methane Emissions EPA announced it would reconsider regulations for the oil and gas industry under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. EPA also announced it would reconsider risk management rules that cover oil and natural gas refineries and chemical facilities.

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PA Senate Republicans Reintroduce Bills To Eliminate State Appeals Of Pipeline Permits; Limit Grounds For Appeal Of Any DEP Permits; Punish Communities For Protecting Their Constituents Against Shale Gas Drilling Impacts

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

Bartolotta 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 agencys action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Feb.

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Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not A ‘Minor’ Source

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

We want to make sure that both workers and the community residents are protected under the guidelines of the Clean Air Act. The pollution amounts that will be associated with the increased operations and increased emissions of pollutants goes into the air we breathe.

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President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

Executive Order - Sunset Dates The President signed an executive order requiring 10 federal agencies and subagencies with regulations covering energy and energy production to adopt a regulation by September 2025 inserting a one year expiration dates on existing regulations and a five year expiration date on all new regulations.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

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. James Parish, Louisiana. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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New York’s Climate Superfund Act Forces Polluters to Fund State Climate Adaptation Projects

Acoel

JANUARY 17, 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Basil Seggos , Seth D. Unlike CERCLAs chemical tax, which was neither backward-looking nor tied to any measure of damages, the Acts cost recovery demands are entirely retroactive. However, the thresholds for applicability under the Act could lead to unintended impacts on oil and gas markets.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.13.25

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Lancaster Tree Tender Training; Much More -- Game Commission Finds Deer Testing Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease In Carbon County -- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Sees $221 Million Drop In Natural Gas Royalties From Previous Year -- Post-Gazette: Illinois Governor Delays $1.2

Natural Gas

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Biogas’ Toxic Relationship with CAFOs: How Reliance on this Fuel Source Engenders Harmful Animal Farming Practices

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

There are also legal issues associated with CAFOs, such as the EPA failing to require Clean Water Act (CWA) and Clean Air Act (CAA) permits. Europe currently produces the most biogas, and the European Union (EU) plans to further increase its biogas use in the hopes of reducing fossil fuel reliance.

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Six Sleeper Proposals in Project 2025

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Project 2025 report is 920 pages long, but only a few portions have gotten much public attention. But does Project 2025 even matter, you might ask? With all that in mind, here are six Project 2025 proposals that you probably haven’t heard much about. Project 2025 is opposed to those consumer savings, apparently. #3.

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EPA’s Power Plant Rule is Not Bold. It’s What’s Required.

Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossil fuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

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Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

laws, including: the Clean Air Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) also known as Superfund; the Clean Water Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); and the Safe Water Drinking Act.

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Its no surprise that this anti-science, pro-fossil fuel administration wants to go after the Endangerment Finding. Those harms will worsen rapidly as global warming emissions, primarily from burning fossil fuels, increase. This blatant attempt to do an end-run around scientific evidence deserves to fail.

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Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is Wrong on Purpose. Here are the Facts.

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 14, 2025

President-elect Trump has nominated Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be US Energy Secretary, confirming the fossil fuel industrys outsized and undue influence in shaping and implementing the Trump Administrations agenda. The human-caused, fossil fuel-driven, Climate Crisis is here. Here are the facts.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.9.25

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Million People Are Impacted By General Oil & Gas Operations In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Liberty Energy, Range Resources Announce Support For Developing A Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant In Robinson Twp.,

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Its no surprise that this anti-science, pro-fossil fuel administration wants to go after the Endangerment Finding. Those harms will worsen rapidly as global warming emissions, primarily from burning fossil fuels, increase. This blatant attempt to do an end-run around scientific evidence deserves to fail.

Fossil Fuels

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court.

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EPA Proposal to Rescind Oil and Gas Methane Regulations Has Not Been Adequately Justified and Disregards Negative Climate Impacts

Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Recognizing the environmental and public health risks posed by methane, in January 2015, the Obama administration set a goal of reducing emissions from the oil and gas industry by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

1 [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Moms Clean Air Force Nov. 20 Webinar On Clean School Buses Funding For Pennsylvania, Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- PA Solar Center, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services Release New Guidebook For PA Municipalities On Development Of Large-Scale Solar Facilities; Nov. Martin -- DEP Awards $2.55

Conservation

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What does the election mean for the EV transition?

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In addition, California’s ability to set its 100% zero-emissions target (and the ability of other states to adopt that target) relies on EPA’s issuance of a Clean Air Act preemption waiver. This is terrible news for the climate and for air quality, of course. Recognize the scale (and shape) of the challenge.

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Trump 2.0, Day One: Considerations for Cities and Community Partners

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

The language is likely meant to refer to EPAs vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations (NHTSA) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards , both of which to varying extents push automakers to include more EVs in their fleets. A regulatory shift away from EVs will take time.

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President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Project 2025 , the blueprint organized by the Heritage Foundation to guide this White House, calls for an update to the endangerment finding. Many other states in recent years have decided they would follow Californias standards, as they are allowed to under the Clean Air Act.

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U.S. Energy Industry Trends To Watch In A 2025 Trump Presidency

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in January 2025, his second presidency will have widespread implications for the energy industry, especially new investments, but not necessarily in the ways his supporters might expect. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?

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Oil and Gas Industry’s Mating Call Strikes a Sour Note

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The policy details within each action roughly correspond with recommendations in Project 2025, the infamous policy agenda penned by figures from the first Trump administration and supported by several anti-climate organizations. The fourth policy proposal involves the federal permitting process, a perennial enemy of the fossil fuel industry.

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ESA Policy News: April 3, 2023

ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

11, 2022) CNSF – Statement on Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Aug. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Request for Nominations. Read the reports here. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 27, 2022) CNSF – FY 2023 Conference Committee Appropriations Letter (Oct.

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Climate Reregulation: Three Months In

Law Columbia

APRIL 20, 2021

The ultimate figures will determine the way that climate impacts are accounted for in federal decision-making, and could make it more difficult to justify approving fossil fuel infrastructure and other projects that contribute to climate change—and therefore, have an effect on climate policy throughout the federal government.

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What Happens If EPA Revokes the Endangerment Finding?

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

’s climate policy: a finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. A commitment to the fossil fuel industry is. The Clean Air Act tasks EPA with regulating “pollutants” from numerous sources. First, some background.

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Environmental Professionals Connection

EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@epa.gov

These Are the Critical Issues to Track with the New “Tech-Neutral” Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Trending Sources

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.28.25

Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PJM Interconnection Supports Presidential Exemptions From Clean Air Act Standards Requested By 13,900 MW Of Electric Generation In PJM Region, Including Keystone And Conemaugh Power Plants In PA

EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At Petrochemical Plants

PA Senate Republicans Reintroduce Bills To Eliminate State Appeals Of Pipeline Permits; Limit Grounds For Appeal Of Any DEP Permits; Punish Communities For Protecting Their Constituents Against Shale Gas Drilling Impacts

Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not A ‘Minor’ Source

President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

New York’s Climate Superfund Act Forces Polluters to Fund State Climate Adaptation Projects

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.13.25

Biogas’ Toxic Relationship with CAFOs: How Reliance on this Fuel Source Engenders Harmful Animal Farming Practices

Six Sleeper Proposals in Project 2025

EPA’s Power Plant Rule is Not Bold. It’s What’s Required.

Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is Wrong on Purpose. Here are the Facts.

February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.9.25

The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

EPA Proposal to Rescind Oil and Gas Methane Regulations Has Not Been Adequately Justified and Disregards Negative Climate Impacts

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

What does the election mean for the EV transition?

Trump 2.0, Day One: Considerations for Cities and Community Partners

President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

U.S. Energy Industry Trends To Watch In A 2025 Trump Presidency

Oil and Gas Industry’s Mating Call Strikes a Sour Note

ESA Policy News: April 3, 2023

Climate Reregulation: Three Months In

What Happens If EPA Revokes the Endangerment Finding?

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