The settlement agreement establishes and enforces further public health protection. The agreement calls for more community engagement, including requiring that the company convene public forums twice a year to receive comments about impacts of the plant on the nearby communities. …
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a Cap-and-Invest Program to fund a sustainable and affordable future for all New Yorkers and will propose legislation to create a universal Climate Action Rebate. New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program will help people who have already suffered …
North Carolina is seeking to phase-out diesel trucks and buses, which emit more than 25% of the state’s smog and 30% of particulate matter. New regulations would vehicles weighing at least 8,500 pounds (e.g., delivery vans, box trucks, garbage trucks, …
The EPA has kickstarted a Clean School Bus Program, which provides money to help school districts change to clean energy school buses. The program has a requirement that old diesel buses must be scrapped in order to be replaced with …
EPA has requested $100 million in funding to advance environmental justice in underserved and overburdened communities across the country. The EJCPS Program provides financial assistance to eligible organizations for projects addressing local environmental or public health issues. The EJG2G program …
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EPA seeks to strengthen federal limits on industrial particulate matter (soot), one of the country’s most deadly air pollutants. EPA is also considering public comment on an annual level as low as 8 micrograms per cubic meter and as high …
By: NJ.com | January 7, 2023 Environmental justice. Electric buses. Plastic. There’s no shortage of environmental-related bills and climate change issues at the top of mind for residents and activists across New Jersey heading into 2023. Some bills are still …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners has to decide what to do with about the future of the landfill. The community near the landfill is an underserved, so there are environmental justice concerns if the landfill were to close or …
By: EJ News Today | January 3, 2023 Federal regulators spent much of 2022 focusing on addressing environmental justice issues through spending decisions, permitting processes, compliance measures and enforcement activities. To that end, in late December, the U.S. Environmental Protection …
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By: EJ News Today | December 29, 2022 Colorado’s sole petroleum refinery, which is located in Commerce City, has been under federal scrutiny since March 2022. In late March, the Region 8 office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency …
