Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency et al. Atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping emissions are on a relentless upward trajectory , as is the increase in global average temperatures. The Supreme Court’s decision in the case known as West Virginia et al. There is no time to waste.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. What are the health impacts associated with breathing it? Have I been exposed to ethylene oxide?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 31, 2025

CDR refers to deliberate human activities that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and durably store it in geologic, terrestrial, or ocean reservoirs or in long-lived products. OAE attempts to artificially increase the oceans carbon sink, i.e., its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were developed to replace a type of chemical that impacted the ozone layer in our upper atmosphere, but these replacements are potent greenhouse gases. Phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons There are several rules that inform and facilitate the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Stockholm Declaration of 1972 laid the foundation by recognizing the importance of environmental protection. The legal right to a healthy environment The legal framework supporting the right to a healthy environment is rooted in a series of international agreements.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane doesn’t linger for long in the atmosphere after being emitted. Methane gas has devastating effects on the climate system and its extraction and combustion generate numerous harms to human health. But during the decade it does linger, its heat-trapping potential is 80x stronger than CO2.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2024

It is, after all, a necessary component of point-source carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) systems that seek to prevent carbon dioxide produced by power plants and other industrial facilities entering the atmosphere (i.e., by capturing it before release and storing it underground). Or at least that’s the theory. groundwater contamination).

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Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Steep reductions in emissions of methane—which traps 81 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the first 20 years in the atmosphere—are among the most important steps for slowing climate change in the short term. By Phil McKenna The U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

Ozone plays a dual role in our atmosphere. High up, it forms a protective layer that shields the Earth from ultraviolet rays. Climatically and meteorologically, California has temperature inversions, where a layer of warm air traps cooler air near the ground, preventing pollutants from dispersing into the atmosphere.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To contextualize that, the Environmental Protection Agency describes PM 2.5 According to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 2023 alone there have been 25 confirmed climate disaster events affecting the United States with costs exceeding $1 billion each. Fine particulate matter–or PM 2.5 micrometers.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 7, 2022

Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We know that over 135 years, 88 fossil fuel producers contributed approximately: 61% of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide 52% of the rise in global average temperature 34% of global sea level rise 55% of the increase in ocean acidification Fisheries, including lobsters, are responding to the warming by moving elsewhere.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (2007) forced the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. China’s emissions are about 30%) and that CO 2 , the most important greenhouse gas, accumulates in the atmosphere, the defendant’s emissions are not determinative. In the US, for instance, Massachusetts v.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $402,021 to support 10 local projects to protect and restore the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone. A portion of this award is used to fund eligible projects that address CRMP priorities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Gas plants release heat trapping emissions that go into the atmosphere and contribute to the climate crisis, and this affects us all. The Environmental Protection Agency is currently updating multiple pollution standards for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with the Herculean and crucial task of assessing which chemicals are innocuous and which ones need to be banned or restricted because they pose a threat to our health or the environment. Graphite (pencil lead) and diamonds are a classic example.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

REGULATORY: EPA, FWS, FAS, FS, NOAA, USDA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Notice announcing the availability of EPA’s draft human health and ecological. The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: February 3, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 1, 2024

Atmospheric rivers Similarly, atmospheric rivers are carrying more moisture due to climate change. Imagine the Mississippi River except in the sky and even more massive— atmospheric rivers can stretch more than 300 miles wide and transport 15 times the amount of water flowing out of the Mississippi. Fund nature-based solutions.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Whereas CDR aims to mitigate climate change by removing and durably store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, solar radiation management techniques seek to lessen the impacts of climate change by reflecting solar radiation into outer space.) Solar radiation management is distinct from CDR.

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National Law Center

JUNE 7, 2021

REGULATORY: EPA, FWS, NOAA, USFS Environmental Protection Agency Final rule establishing tolerances for residues of difenoconazole in or on olive; olive, with. The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 7, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 21, 2023, the Biden administration outlined plans to expand federal agencies’ consideration of the social cost of carbon—a metric for the economic cost of each additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere. The directive is, nonetheless, significant.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2023

Rodell said that a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, so that storms can release more rain. Environmental Protection Agency took an initial step to control toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. At the same time, higher temperatures increase evaporation, which dries out soils and contributes to drought.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

The Treasury Department, in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, is responsible for protecting against such outcomes by developing guidance for tax credit implementation to ensure qualifying “clean” hydrogen is truly clean.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Dr. Kandis Boyd as the new Director of EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program. Dr. Boyd has nearly 30 years of experience leading, teaching, advising and mentoring students and early career enthusiasts in environmental and atmospheric science. On June 2, the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

As human activities continue to spew heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, temperatures rise and cause the air to become “thirstier.” The price of water should reflect not only the costs of administration, purification, and transportation but also the costs of the environmental impacts generated by the extraction of the resource.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

think that climate change will harm the poor or people in developing countries, less than half think it will affect themselves or people in their community.  These perceptions contradict findings from the Environmental Protection Agency , that while there will be differential effects across regions and populations in the U.S.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

That’s why, since the price spike, the industry has doubled down on lobbying for weaker environmental protections to clear the way for more oil and gas production and the further lock-in of gas pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. The impact of methane is over 25 times greater than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

100M for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Pollution Prevention Program —These grants are designed to help businesses adopt and improve pollution prevention and reduction practices. government in confronting the ocean plastic waste problem, both at home and abroad. 275M for Save Our Seas 2.0 275M for Save Our Seas 2.0

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Program recognized 12 food retail companies and one manufacturer of advanced refrigeration systems for their exceptional achievements to reduce the use of ozone-depleting substances and/or climate-damaging refrigerants.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

What was once a display of the peaceful time of day as the sun spills over the horizon is now synonymous with the atmospheric symptoms of wildfires. Data is from the Environmental Protection Agency AirNow database: view an interactive map of this data here. The question “ why is the sky orange? But why is the sky orange?

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Nanotech

JULY 28, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will co-host a webinar on August 25, 2022 , on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding opportunities for water nanotechnologies. The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2023

The comments were made at a July 25 hearing held by the Department of Environmental Protection to gather comments on the injection well application. In addition to being abandoned DEP files reflect that these wells leaked and vented natural gas into the atmosphere for many years.” “DEP Barr’s comments say, in part -- "James W.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Venting Natural Gas During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad. 2- Venango County).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Well Program. Read more here.

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