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  • EPA Proposes 2nd Prong of Clean Truck Rule, Will Force Electrification of Medium/Light-Duty Vehicles

    Now, the EPA has published the proposed second prong that, if finalized, will affect medium- and light-duty EPA projects that the rule will reduce the fleet average emissions of greenhouse gases from new light-duty EPA also predicts that the new standards will reduce fleet average emission of PM from both medium- and EPA claims that the present value of the health and climate change benefits that will flow from the rule “Although EPA discussed the feasibility of upgrading the nation’s electrical grid and installing charging

  • EPA & CA Air Resources Board Team Up to Reduce Locomotive Emissions - Here's What You Need to Know

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are now teaming up in an effort to curb these harmful emissions Can EPA let it? Baillie explains… Some Needed Background Info Section 213(a)(5) of the Clean Air Act gives the EPA “Under EPA’s regulations, railroad locomotives are assigned to one of five tiers, labeled Tiers 0, 1, it was assumed that state regulators were without power to regulate locomotives’ emissions, and that EPA

  • EPA Seeks to Delay Implementation of PAMS Requirement

    By way of background, the Clean Air Act Amendments required the EPA to expand rules for the enhanced PAMS measurements at the Lawrenceville (air quality monitoring site) in 2019 and will work with the EPA This is essentially the equivalent of the EPA showing up the day the assignment was due and asking for Editor’s Note: More information on PAMS can be found on the EPA website here.

  • EPA Reports Reveal Food Waste Impact on Landfill Methane Emissions & Provide Updated Recommendations

    In response to these findings, EPA is releasing an update to its Food Recovery Hierarchy, a tool to help EPA's research confirms that preventing food from being wasted in the first place, or source reduction EPA conducted an analysis to estimate annual methane emissions from landfilled food waste from 1990 to EPA reports being released today include: • "From Field to Bin: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. First, the EPA has resources where you can learn more about preventing wasted food at home.

  • Clean Air Victory! GASP, Enviros Win EPA’s Objection to Clairton Coke Works Air Pollution Permit

    Environmental Groups Win EPA’s Objection to U.S. In March, environmental groups submitted two petitions to the EPA requesting it object to the Title V EIP, PennFuture, and Clean Air Council had sent a notice of intent to sue EPA on July 11 for EPA’s failure “We are grateful to EPA for granting these petitions to minimize harmful industrial pollution.” We're glad EPA agrees that enough is enough."

  • SCOTUS tells EPA its Good Neighbor Plan is “Arbitrary and Capricious;” Stays the Plan

    Supreme Court’s decision  to stay the EPA’s “Good Neighbor” plan, which would have required certain sources Once EPA sets or revises a NAAQS, the law requires that states submit State Implementation Plans (or a SIP or submits a SIP that does not meet all applicable requirements, the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA Further, if the SIP initially submitted by a state is insufficient, EPA must give the state a chance EPA determined that those control measures were cost-effective based on the premise that they would be

  • Good News: EPA Now Accepting Applications for Rebates Program to Replace Dirty Diesel Buses

    safest transportation to and from school for more than 25 million American children every day,” the EPA rebates to assist in replacing older, dirtier diesel school buses with new school buses certified to EPA EPA anticipates awarding more than $10 million through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program #DieselEmissionsReductionsAct #schoolbusretrofit #diesel #emissions #EPA #dieselemissions

  • EPA Phasing in Cleaner Diesel Engines; PA Has Few Limits on Existing Dirty Diesel Engine Emissions

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is imposing new, more stringent standards on certain heavy-duty This rule is the first part of the EPA’s Clean Trucks Plan designed to reduce emissions from heavy-duty Besides reducing emissions, the rule for heavy-duty trucks that EPA published last December also will EPA estimates that by 2045 (when the rule’s full impact will finally be felt – heavy-duty engines have EPA said that by 2045 the value of the health benefits from the rule will be between $10- $30 billion

  • Act Now or Forever Hold Your Breath: Tell the EPA to Adopt Stronger PM2.5 Standards

    The EPA called this the “soot” standard in some of its outreach. Importantly, the EPA didn’t stop there. fully explains the actions EPA is taking and the input it is seeking. In addition, EPA’s PM2.5 NAAQS webpage as well as a separate EPA webpage addressing the NAAQS revision You can read more about EPA’s reasoning here.

  • Analysis: Trump Exempts Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units from 2024 Air Toxics Standard

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued to sources of hazardous air pollutants to apply for Presidential Notwithstanding that, it may not come as a surprise that when EPA promulgated the 2024 MATS Rule, it

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