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Stricter rules on emissions coming from EPA this year
- Allentown Morning Call
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2010-01-08 |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will issue the tighter regulations on ground-level ozone emissions later this year. | |
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Business as usual, even without permit
- Allentown Morning Call
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2009-10-18 |
| Each night, Elizabeth Miller steps outside her Upper Nazareth Township home to feed her three horses. But instead of a clear, refreshing country evening, Miller says, she occasionally sees a mist rising in the air and smells a stifling odor. | |
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$800 million to clear the air around Brunner Island
- York Dispatch
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2009-05-28 |
| PPL Corp. is spending about $800 million to shrink the coal-fired power plant's environmental footprint in time to meet new air-quality standards effective in 2010. | |
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EPA smog plan criticized as not tough enough
- Bucks County Courier Times
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2008-03-14 |
| New federal standards on smog do not go nearly far enough to clean up the Philadelphia region's air, environmental officials throughout Pennsylvania said Thursday. | |
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EPA hears ozone testimony
- Bucks County Courier Times
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2007-08-31 |
| Summers are hard on Natalie McCloskey's family. Three of the Delran, Burlington County, family's six children are severely asthmatic and the hottest summer days occasionally bring visits to a hospital emergency room. | |
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Talks focus on proposed pollution standards
- Philadelphia Metro
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2007-08-30 |
| Like last year’s federal public hearings held in Philadelphia on new soot pollution controls, clean air advocates will be at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick hotel to demand even stronger standards than the Environmental Protection Agency is recommending. | |
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EPA must get tough on ozone
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2007-08-28 |
| On Thursday, representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are coming to Philadelphia to ask our opinion on a seemingly simple question: Do we want less ozone "smog" pollution in our air? | |
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Urge EPA to strengthen standards
- West Chester Daily Local
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2007-08-16 |
| On Aug. 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public hearing in Philadelphia on ozone "smog" pollution. Ozone triggers asthma attacks and can harm even the healthiest lungs, and the American Lung Association recently gave Chester County an "F" grade for its high levels of ozone. | |
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When words get in way of deeds
- The Carlisle Sentinel
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2007-04-19 |
| We keep hearing that Carlisle’s air quality is declining, and yet a story in Wednesday’s Sentinel says the state Department of Environmental Protection is going to ask the federal Environmental Protection Agency to upgrade the local area’s pollution profile. | |
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Clean Air Act ruling bolsters state car regulations
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
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2007-04-04 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court's groundbreaking decision that regulation of so-called greenhouse gases appears to fall under the Clean Air Act is expected to have far-reaching consequences. | |
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County ranked 21st worst for asthmatics
- Lancaster New Era
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2007-01-22 |
| LANCASTER - If you suffer from asthma, Lancaster County is a challenging place to live, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. | |
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States deserve the chance to cut air pollution
- Allentown Morning Cal
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2006-12-19 |
| This summer's heat wave drove global warming home for many Pennsylvanians and melted away the stubborn skepticism of others. The National Academy of Sciences reported in September that the planet's temperature has climbed to levels not seen in thousands of years. Even conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson admitted that the heat wave made him a believer in global warming. | |
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DEP sues EPA over air-quality regs
- Intelligencer Journal
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2006-12-19 |
| LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Pennsylvania joined 12 other states and the District of Columbia Monday in a lawsuit to force the federal government to enact stricter air-quality standards. | |
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Clean air victory for Pennsylvania
- The Patriot-News
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2006-12-13 |
| In a huge victory for Pennsylvania's environment and public health, the state Legislature concluded its lame duck session without voting on measures that would have blocked the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program and the Rendell administration's mercury reduction plan. | |
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Pennsylvania wisely plans to reduce auto emissions
- Citizensvoice.com
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2006-11-22 |
| Earlier this month, Pennsylvania took an important step forward in the fight against air pollution, when the Clean Vehicles Program cleared its last regulatory hurdle. This much-needed program will cut smog-forming pollution from cars and light trucks by 10 percent annually by 2025. The program will also cut annual global warming pollution from cars and light trucks by almost 25 percent. | |
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Clean car rule holds for now
- The Carlisle Sentinel
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2006-10-25 |
| The state House of Representatives headed for its election recess Tuesday night without voting on a bill that would kill the “clean cars†program. The state Senate approved a similar measure in February. | |
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State mercury restrictions advance
- Central Penn Business Journal
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2006-10-18 |
| A state board yesterday approved mercury regulations that are tougher than federal standards. The Environmental Quality Board, a state body that approves environmental regulations, yesterday approved the new rules by a 17-3 vote. Power-plant operators argue the regulations approved yesterday are unnecessary and will be too expensive. | |
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Despite protests EPA moving forward with new measures
- Uniontown Herald-Standard
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2006-10-08 |
| HARRISBURG - Despite strong protests from state lawmakers and industry groups, the state's environmental protection agency is moving forward with final regulatory approval on two controversial measures to curb automobile pollutants and mercury emissions from power plants. | |
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Sustainable plan for cleaner air
- The Times Tribune
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2006-09-24 |
| Global warming is a . . . well, global phenomenon. The degree to which it can be slowed by changes in human behavior is arguable, but an indisputable aspect of the issue is that remedial steps also produce general environmental benefits. | |
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Mercury Battle Is Green Vs. Green
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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2006-07-16 |
| A three-year war of wills between two of Pennsylvania's most politically powerful women could crescendo this fall in the debate over mercury pollution. | |
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Reversing course, swift as mercury
- Pittsburgh City Paper
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2006-06-29 |
| When state Sen. Wayne Fontana (D-Brookline) was named the Democratic chair of the Game and Fisheries Committee, he made a pledge. He would, a June 20 public statement vowed, “use my leadership position … to advance the interests of Pennsylvania’s sportsmen and sportswomen†— and to “see to it that their concerns are heard and acted on.†| |
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State must do a better job controlling smog
- Allentown Morning Call
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2006-06-26 |
| With the arrival of summer, we will once again be advised to limit our outdoor activity on the hottest days due to high levels of smog throughout many parts of the state. One-third of this smog comes from motor vehicles, which emit smog-forming exhaust such as nitrogen oxides that, in the presence of heat and light, form smog in our air. | |
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State looks to reduce mercury hot spots
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2006-06-01 |
| A state study revealing mercury hot spots in Cambria County is fueling debate over whether the state should adopt stricter mercury-emission standards or rely on weaker federal ones. | |
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Make burn ban permanant
- Pocono Record
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2006-04-12 |
| Monroe and Pike county commissioners have issued a 30-day ban on open burning. Make that perpetual. | |
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Report hopes to clear the air
- The York Dispatch
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2006-04-10 |
| Fewer single-occupant vehicles would help. So, too, would tougher emission standards, light rails, rail freight and other alternative transportation. | |
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500 premature deaths from air pollution in PA
- Independent Media Center of Philadelphia
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2006-04-07 |
| Philadelphia, PA—Soot pollution causes 5,000 premature deaths, smog pollution triggers 300,000 asthma attacks, and 900,000 missed school days each year are due to air pollution in Pennsylvania, according to estimates from a new report released today by PennEnvironment. The new report was released as state regulators are wrapping up a public comment period on the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program—one policy solution to air pollution that has been applauded by environmental and public health advocates. | |
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Air pollution severity revealed
- The Scranton Times
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2006-04-06 |
| Air pollution in Pennsylvania causes about 5,000 health-related premature deaths and puts thousands more in hospitals each year, according to a study released today by an environmental advocacy group. | |
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Group calls air pollution no. 3 cause in health-related early death
- The Associated Press
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2006-04-05 |
| PHILADELPHIA - Air pollution is the third-highest cause of health-related premature death in Pennsylvania, killing an estimated 5,000 people and causing thousands more hospital admissions a year, according to a report by an environmental advocacy group. | |
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Time to toughen pollution standards
- The Express Times
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2006-03-26 |
| Can news on the environmental front get much grimmer? | |
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Time to speak up for clean air
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2006-03-08 |
| The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a hearing in Philadelphia today to solicit the public's views on a new proposal governing how much particle pollution, or "soot," should be allowed in our air. Here's a sneak peek of our views: The Bush administration's policy falls well short of what is needed to protect the health of the region's citizens. | |
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