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On October 23, 2024, the Clean Air Council and the Environment Integrity Project filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for emitting particulate matter (PM 2.5) and nitrogenoxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state AirPollution Control Act and the plant's permit. "As
These penalties are in addition to a $670,000 civil penalty DEP accessed against Shell Falcon Pipeline and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLC for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Decrease To 31.2%
But while greenhouse gas emissions may be reduced, a delivery fulfilled by a diesel-burning truck may lead to increases in emissions of smog-forming nitrogenoxides and lung-damaging particulate matter. The number of available electric truck models in the US and Canada has surpassed 180.
Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and airpollution goals. These regulations (both state and federal) that UCS has advocated for have saved drivers money and reduced emissions.
First, there’s airpollution. Gas plants and infrastructure emit nitrogenoxides (NOx) during combustion, which degrade local air quality. Exposure to NOx and other gas infrastructure airpollutants has been associated with respiratory illnesses and an increase in childhood asthma rates.
California’s leadership on reducing truck pollution has been on full display the past few years, passing critical regulations requiring 90 percent reduction in smog-forming nitrogenoxide (NO X ) emissions from diesel trucks and requiring manufacturers sell an increasing share of electric trucks to move away from fossil fuels altogether.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is currently considering one of the most critical rules for air quality and climate change in many, many years. Regulating big rigs will have big impacts. By regulating just 13 percent of California tractor truck fleets, nearly 90 percent of their emissions will be covered under the ACF.
I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs?
May 11, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a federal lawsuit against the Shell Petrochemical Plant for repeatedly violating permitted airpollution limits from a massive new plastics production plant in Beaver County, which opened last year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.
Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), like the big rigs on our highways and the vans that deliver our packages, make up just over 1 in 10 of the vehicles on our roads, but are responsible for over half of ozone-forming nitrogenoxidepollution and lung-damaging fine particulate pollution from on-road vehicles.
tons of nitrogenoxides. tons of nitrogenoxides. The Shell Petrochemical Plant has received a total of 11 Air Quality violations and two Water Quality violations since July, 2022. The PADEP must do more to hold these polluters accountable.” Shell reported emissions of 370.688 tons.
In the coming years, Californians will begin to see a massive switch away from highly polluting fossil-fueled trucks to zero-emission electric trucks. ACF is anticipated to accelerate the annual adoption of zero-emission trucks in California by around 80% , which will reduce exposure-related health complications from airpollution.
Along with their contribution to larger climate change impacts, gas plants also cause local airpollution – mainly nitrogenoxides and particulate matter. Respected bodies like the International Energy Agency have been clear – there is no room for new fossil fuel infrastructure if we want to hold warming to 1.5
The amendment would cover pollution from major oil and gas infrastructure and pipelines, power plants and many other facilities that emit these airpollutants. The amendment would cover pollution from major oil and gas infrastructure and pipelines, power plants and many other facilities that emit these airpollutants.
The air monitoring study is set to begin today, May 1, marking the start of a multi-year air monitoring campaign designed to comprehensively assess the air emissions of gas well development from construction through production. Air monitoring is likely to be completed in 2029. Read more here.] Read more here. Photo: Gov.
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Steel Edgar Thomson Plant is an iron and steel making facility with a history of noncompliance with airpollutionregulations and a major source of airpollution in Allegheny County.
and numerous affiliated companies (collectively, GWRSI) for violation of Clean Air Act (CAA) locomotive regulations. The locomotives at issue in this settlement burn diesel fuel which produces significant emissions of nitrogenoxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter.
Because of this, regulators worked closely with impacted businesses, community advocates, and technical and policy experts (like UCS!) Other Frequently Asked Questions… What are the climate benefits from the ACF Regulation? The ACF is estimated to significantly reduce pollution from the statewide commercial truck and bus fleet.
Covanta Delaware Valley, LP is a permitted waste-to-energy facility that has filed an application for a Plan Approval to install equipment that would reduce the amount of the pollutantnitrogenoxides (NOx) emitted from the facilities six (6) waste combustors to meet the new federal and state standards for airpollution.
The study-- Hazardous AirPollutants In Transmission Pipeline Natural Gas: An Analytic Assessment -- was accepted for publication in Environmental Research Letters journal September 16. This includes new regulations in Pennsylvania. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.
The community is locked into a lasting and significant source of plastics production and dirty airpollution that will degrade the Commonwealth’s air quality and our environmental legacy for decades to come. Our organizations have filed a notice of intent to sue Shell for the consistent violation of airpollution limits.
“Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water, and my Administration will hold all companies – no matter how big or small – accountable when they violate the laws and regulations protecting our air and water,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro. Shell recognizes that as a company, it must do better, and this $6.2
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday morning announced finalized new rules on interstate airpollution, regulating downwind interstate pollution. The latest “Good Neighbor” rule will affect nitrogenoxidepollution that is a key ingredient in smog from facilities in 23 states.
The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days. 12,671,044.75
Shell’s air quality plan approval states that the facility’s emissions of VOCs shall not equal or exceed 516.2 This exceedance is a violation of Shell’s plan approvals ( PA-04-00740A , PA-04-00740B , and PA-04-00740C ) and the Pennsylvania AirPollution Control Act and regulations. tons of VOCs in a 12-month period.
As a general rule (Section A.9) Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN] -- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN] -- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.
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California’s airpollutionregulator, the Air Resources Board, is poised to adopt one of the most important steps that the state has ever taken to reduce exposure to airpollution and limit climate changing emissions. Source: California Air Resources Board GHG Emissions Inventory Data.
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The overall combination of reductions in particulate matter, nitrogenoxides and other airpollutants are expected to deliver $13 billion in annual health benefits. This is a common sense step that relies on affordable, proven technology already in use in millions of gasoline vehicles outside the US.
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