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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. Q: Hi, Sean. For about 15 years I’ve been practicing in a very small firm.

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Ranking Presidents on Climate Change

Legal Planet

On the domestic front, the head of EPA managed to maneuver the Administration into endorsing federal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Republican victories in the 2010 off-year election ended any chance of legislation. Those expectations never bore fruit.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

ESA

In April 2022, the Biden administration announced the launch of the first-ever U.S. Nations agreed to end biodiversity loss within ten years in 2010 but have made minimal progress toward that goal. CNSF – Statement on Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Aug. Federal Register opportunities. Led by the U.S.

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Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

Union of Concerned Scientists

Since the beginning of 2022, electric vehicle sales in the United States have been downright electrifying. This has been particularly true in your home state of California, which historically has set the clean car agenda for the rest of the country because of its waiver under the Clean Air Act to set its own air pollution standards.

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ESA Policy News: December 19, 2022

ESA

During previous UN biodiversity talks, nations agreed to end biodiversity loss within ten years in 2010 but ultimately made minimal progress toward that goal. This report , released in August 2022, found that harassment is widespread at research facilities across the continent and that NSF lacks adequate reporting and response systems.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. The 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) provided smaller but significant air quality improvements following its implementation in 2010. It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so. The headline of her July 5, 2022, press release , “AG Fitch Continues to Fight Biden’s Radical Environmental Agenda,” pretty much sums up her attitude.