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Lawsuit Filed to Reduce Air Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries in Pennsylvania

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the Environmental Protection Agency for delays in deciding whether to approve or reject Pennsylvania’s outdated plan to clean up smog from the methane gas industry. The methane gas is mainly extracted using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Pennsylvania’s plan to control the smog caused by fracking is based on technology and guidance from 1983. In recent decades vastly improved methods have been developed for capturing and limiting the emissions that lead to dangerous smog pollution. But the EPA has failed to consistently require that smog-reduction plans incorporate those technologies, so fossil fuel industries have failed to use them.

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Lawsuit Challenges EPA s Approval of Pennsylvania s Flawed Plan for Reducing Asthma-Causing Smog From 8 Large Polluters

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Pennsylvania’s plan to clean up smog from eight industrial polluters, including a fracked gas facility. Portions of Pennsylvania currently violate standards for ozone pollution, also known as smog, at levels that can trigger ecological harm and human health problems like asthma attacks and even death. The EPA-approved plan to reduce that pollution at these facilities is flawed because it relies on outdated technology, such as the practice of flaring off fossil fuels, a technique that creates more air pollution.

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Lawsuit Launched to Reduce Air Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries in Pennsylvania

Lawsuit Launched to Reduce Air Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries in Pennsylvania
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Lawsuit Launched to Reduce Air Pollution From Oil, Methane Gas Industries in Pennsylvania

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice today of its intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for approving Pennsylvania’s inadequate plan to clean up smog from the methane gas industry. The methane gas is mainly extracted using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Pennsylvania’s plan to control the smog caused by fracking is based on outdated technology and guidance from 1983. In recent decades vastly improved methods have been developed for capturing and limiting the dangerous fossil fuel emissions that play a large role in smog pollution. But the EPA has failed to consistently require that smog-reduction plans incorporate those technologies, so fossil fuel industries have failed to make use of them.

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