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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

And if EPA finalized Option 2, nearly 30 percent of trucks sold 2027-2029 could be no better than today’s best-forming (but still dirty) diesel trucks! And there’s no time to waste. On top of two decades of inaction, it’s hard to understand EPA’s thought process here to further delay progress. Not waiting for industry to get their way.

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Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources Announce New Shale Gas Well Pad Air Monitoring Initiative

PA Environment Daily

Air monitoring is likely to be completed in 2029. [Note: During the lifecycle of a shale gas well pad there are other hazardous air pollutants emitted from these operations, for example, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, acrylonitrile, methylene chloride, sulfuric oxide, nitrogen oxides.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.31.23

PA Environment Daily

8 Open Enrollment Meeting In Somerset County [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: Bill In PA House Would Make It Easier To Recycle Electronics Waste -- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Why Teaching People About Invasive Plants Can Get A Little Thorny -- Fish & Wildlife Service: $36 Million For Fish Passage And River Restoration Grants Available, Deadline Dec.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.8.22

PA Environment Daily

Coal-Fired Power Capacity Retired By End Of 2029 As A Result Of Competition With Natural Gas, Renewables PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PennLive: Jury Selection Begins For Trial Of Cumberland County Woman Accused Of Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. 9 Webinar: Tackling The Next Half Century Of Water Challenges.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

7 Hearing On York County Solid Waste Authority Resource Recovery Facility Air Permit [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 4 [PaEN] -- Game Commission Proposes Black Rail As Threatened Species [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. [PaEN] -- Nov.

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Guide to the Recent EPA Actions on PFAS 

Capaccio

If their findings reveal that the water systems exceed the set MCLs for these six PFAS, water providers will have until 2029 to implement mitigation measures and notify the public of the violation. Water providers will have three years (until 2027) to complete PFAS testing and release their findings to the public.

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Should We Do Permitting Reform?

Legal Planet

Hard Rock Mining on Federal Lands: EPRA would overrule a recent court of appeals case that restricted the ability of mining companies operating on federal lands to use federal lands to store or dispose of mining waste.