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Illinois Pollution Control Board proposes universal waste rules for hazardous waste paints

Environmental News Bits

On March 20, 2025, the Board proposed first-notice rules concerning paint and paint-related waste (PPRW) that are hazardous waste. The rules would regulate hazardous waste PPRW as a universal waste.

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Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties

PA Environment Daily

and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state Air Pollution Control Act and the plant's permit. On October 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) Read more here.

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Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

PA Environment Daily

The [state] Oil and Gas Act, Clean Streams Law and Air Pollution Control Act give EQB the authority and mandate to promulgate regulations to protect health and the environment. Industries claim that this Board lacks the authority to act on this petition is not supported by these laws.

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108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

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Environmental Council Of The States, Other State Organizations Write Congress About The Importance Of Federal Funding To State Agencies Implementing Federal Programs

PA Environment Daily

Click Here for a copy of the letter. On February 28, ECOS also issued this statement on the reported 65% cut to the US Environmental Protection Agencys budget-- States carry out more than 90% of the nations federal environmental laws in communities around the U.S.,

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The East Palestine Chemical Disaster Shows the Need for a Cumulative Impacts Approach

Union of Concerned Scientists

It is also crucial to avoid cross media impacts such as when water pollution is remediated by pumping chemicals into the air without pollution control to prevent nearby exposures. We need to tell the administration and Congress that protecting our health and safety isnt a waste, its a necessity.

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Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2022 Leak Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Its Rager Mountain Gas Storage Field In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

Equitrans was charged Thursday with 14 counts of unlawful conduct, prohibition against discharge of industrial wastes, and prohibition against other pollutions from its Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area in Jackson Township, Cambria County. Bloomberg News called the Rager Mountain gas leak the worst US climate disaster in 2022.