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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites

PA Environment Daily

David Allard, Director of DEP’s Bureau of Radiation Protection, will lead the presentation providing an overview of the decontamination and decommissioning process and how Pennsylvania and DEP are involved. Photo: Radiation contamination at oil and gas wastewater treatment site.) Click Here for a copy of his presentation.

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Therefore, controlling for NOx and SOx helps reduce PM2.5 levels Ground-level ozone increases susceptibility of lungs to infections Ground-level ozone, also referred to as smog or tropospheric ozone, is not to be confused with stratospheric ozone, a naturally occurring gas that protects the Earth from ultra-violet radiation.

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In Memoriam: Walt Pomeroy, Environmental, Wildlife & Wilderness Advocate

PA Environment Daily

CBS reported, and not all its foundries had installed air pollution control equipment. But Pomeroy told reporter Hughes Rudd that he had arranged meetings with the local polluters to promote dialogue. “We Albion called itself “Manufacturing City U.S.A.,” He also dealt with a totally blocked colon and kidney failure.

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EPA Releases White Paper For Comment On Reducing Climate Pollution From New Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation

PA Environment Daily

The information may assist states and local air pollution control agencies, Tribal authorities, and regulated entities in their consideration of technologies and measures that may be implemented to reduce GHG emissions from stationary combustion turbines.

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Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’

PA Environment Daily

The researchers never made the claim that air pollution was responsible for the observed effects, and included in the study report was the limitation of not being able to identify a specific hazard.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

Congress toyed with water pollution control since 1948, but 2 years after Earth Day it passed the first comprehensive federal law, ever, to control water pollution, the 1972 Clean Water Act. Through this law, water pollution is managed by controlling wastewater discharges. Clean Water Act.

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CNX CEO Tells DEP’s Citizens Council Their Monitoring Shows ‘No Material Impact’ To Air Or Water Quality From Natural Gas Development; Citizens Said CNX Lacks Scientific Rigor, Offers Misleading Greenwash

PA Environment Daily

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