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U.S. EPA & NMED Inspections Identify Widespread Emissions at Oil & Gas Facilities in the Permian Basin Area

July 9, 2024 admin Air pollution, air quality, clean air act, EPA, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, NEW MEXICO, Oil, ozone, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:24:05 +0000

DALLAS, Texas — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April. Fourteen EPA inspectors and five NMED inspectors took part in these joint inspections … [continued]

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Supreme Court Halts EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor Plan’

June 28, 2024 admin Air pollution, Coal, Environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, full coverage, Gas, good neighbor plan, Legal & Regulatory, NAAQS, news, NOx, ozone, power, Supreme Court

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:34:04 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5–4 vote blocked enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) final “Good Neighbor Plan,” a rule intended to significantly cut smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) […]

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EPA Projects Final ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ Will Result in 14 GW of Coal Retirements

March 16, 2023 admin air quality, Business, Coal, coal closures, csapr, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Gas, good neighbor plan, Legal & Regulatory, low-nox burners, Markets, NAAQS, news, NOx, over-fire air, ozone, power plants, regulations, scr, smog, sncr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:23:48 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15 issued the final “Good Neighbor Plan,” its latest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) that could require coal, oil, or gas steam power plants in 22 states to reduce their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels by 50% by 2027 compared to the 2021 ozone season. […]

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UN Report Says Ozone Layer Is Getting Thicker

January 13, 2023 admin ozone, ozone layer, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:30:14 +0000

A UN report says the ozone layer is getting thicker, thanks to cooperation by the world’s nations. What lessons can we learn from that?

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New Study Finds Electrification Reduces Emissions and Improves Air Quality

November 10, 2022 admin CO2, electric power research institute, Electric vehicles, electrification, emissions, EPRI, full coverage, news, NOx, ozone, power, Research and Development

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:59:32 +0000

A group of researchers found that “Adopting electric end-use technologies instead of fossil-fueled alternatives, known as electrification, is an important economy-wide decarbonization strategy that also reduces criteria pollutant emissions and improves air quality.” Findings from the study conducted by nine researchers—four from EPRI, four from Ramboll, and one from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory—were published […]

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EPA Proposes Tighter Controls on NOx Emissions from Power Plants, Industrial Sources

April 14, 2022 admin Coal, csapr, Environmental, EPA, fossil fuel plants, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, NOx, ozone

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:57:32 +0000

A sweeping new proposed rule published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 6 establishes new nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions budgets that will require fossil fuel–fired power plants in 25 states to participate in an allowance-based ozone season trading program starting in 2023. The proposal, which builds on the agency’s […]

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The Ozone Hole Is the Smallest It’s Been Since 1982

October 22, 2019 admin antarctica, montreal protocol, nasa, ozone, ozone hole, ozone layer, tech-science

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:25:36 +0000

While this is great news, scientists say it’s not a sign that the ozone layer is “on a fast track to recovery.”

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Nope, It’s Not Too Late: We Saved The Ozone Layer, Didn’t We?

September 17, 2019 admin cfcs, climate change, HFCS, ozone, ozone layer, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:45:28 +0000

The saving of the ozone layer is a global success story that is repeating itself in the field of climate action, regardless of what the pessimists say

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Study Shows Burning Fossil Fuels Is Killing Us — Are You OK With That?

August 21, 2019 admin air quality, climate change, fine particulates, Fossil Fuels, jama, ozone, university of washington

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 23:45:26 +0000

A study of 6 urban areas in the US conducted over 18 years finds pollutants from burning fossil fuels lead to higher levels of lung disease and early death. Does that mean we should do something about the problem?

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EPA Will Not Revisit Obama-Era NAAQS for Ozone

August 2, 2018 admin Business, casc, Coal, courts, D.C. Circuit, Environmental, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, NAAQS, news, Obama, ozone, Trump

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not intend to revisit national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone that the Obama administration issued in 2015, a court filing shows. The agency said in its final status report submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on August 1 that it has reviewed […]

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