Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on toxic air and water emissions for a large number of industrial facilities across the US, refineries are the 10 th most toxic industry , in a toxicity ranking list with over 200 grades. which is formed in the atmosphere from precursor gases such as NOx.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 23, the Department of Environmental Protection began plugging a conventional gas well orphaned by the well owner that contaminated a family's drinking water well in Vowinckel, Clarion County. Read more here. Visit DEP’s Orphan Well Plugging Grant Program webpage for more information.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency releases a plan to improve water infrastructure and sanitation for Native American tribes. New Yorkers have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, potentially reviving a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Although methane doesn’t linger very long in the atmosphere, increasing methane levels are particularly bad news because it packs a big punch. But its short lifetime in the atmosphere is also a reason for hope. It is 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat on short timescales. The planet has already warmed 1.1

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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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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

JULY 14, 2022

A thirsty atmosphere evaporates or sublimates its share. With increasing temperatures, “we’re seeing places that do have drought, the intensification is more rapid,” says Roger Pulwarty, a senior scientist in the physical sciences laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 3) Cutbacks Are Inevitable.

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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

MAY 11, 2023

Atmospheric conditions produced unusually strong winds in the area that day, but the wind alone couldn’t have caused the catastrophe without the combined effects of exceptional dryness and newly disturbed bare soil. Enter the Agriculture Resilience Act, or ARA.

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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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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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Environmental News Bits

JULY 7, 2022

Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2022

On August 16, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District released a study linking contamination in Pittsburgh’s urban soils to historical air pollution emissions and atmospheric inversions. Urban soils are known to contain various harmful contaminants that pose health risks.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency, recycling efforts for plastic increased significantly between 1980 and 2010. We need to consider the likely sources and sinks of plastics for a given system, such as rivers, atmosphere, estuarine sediment and marshes.” According to the U.S. in 1980 to nearly 8% in 2010. “I

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency announced the Green Power Leadership Award winners for 2024, honoring four leading organizations in EPA’s Green Power Partnership : Microsoft Corporation, MilliporeSigma, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and Signature Aviation. On September 17, the U.S.

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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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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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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A new rule by the government body, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), would allow the public to report large methane leaks to federal regulators if they have access to methane detection technology. The US public is to gain significant use of the Google initiative.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Detlev Helmig: Colorado atmospheric scientist and air pollution expert – Speaking on data his team is presently collecting at an oil refinery in Denver, Colorado which involves the first ever continual real-time monitoring of oil and gas industry radioactive emissions. Justin Nobel, science journalist, will moderate the panel discussion.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Why it matters: The recent Inflation Reduction Act expands the tax credit for capturing carbon dioxide that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Environmental Protection Agency. The company is seeking powers of eminent domain from state regulators. Evers restarted the process after new guidance from the U.S.

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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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ESA

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Samara is an atmospheric scientist and a full professor at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the co-chair of the UAE Climate Ministry Research Group. Environmental Protection Agency and her doctoral work at the University at Buffalo. She is a US citizen who did a post-doc at the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

This advisory opinion finds that UNCLOS regulates all sources of GHG emissions into the atmosphere as pollution of the marine environment; consequently, States Parties have specific obligations under UNCLOS to address their GHG emissions. 29, citing the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, article 31).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2022

Register today for the first Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum (PALEEF) of 2022 – January 25 at 1:00 p.m. The forums are free, open to the public, and offered virtually through the Department of Environmental Protection and Pennsylvania Sea Grant. Posted: January 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

approaches that use the ocean to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—but further research is needed to evaluate to fully evaluate their efficacy, risks, and benefits. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should clarify when the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) will apply to ocean CDR activities.

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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

These tributaries are designated as “High Quality-Cold Water Fisheries” by the Department of Environmental Protection. The addition contains two tributaries to Bear Creek, which flows into the Lehigh River and on to join the Delaware River.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2024

On June 17, 2024, DEP inspected the Ruhlman 7 conventional gas well in Brokenstraw Township, Warren County owned by Anderson Energy SVC LLC and found it had been drilled to its total depth and is open to the atmosphere at the wellhead [uncontrolled gas venting is a normal procedure with new wells]. Read more here. Read more here.

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