Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

2013 356

2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 356

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court.

Clean Air Act 55

Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 55

Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990. Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal.

Ozone 40

Ozone Clean Air Act 2026 2015 40

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. So does fossil fuel combustion. This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. He was 19 when he died.

2011 340

2011 2016 Fossil Fuels 2020 340

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. degrees Celsius. California and New Zealand associate members of the pact.

2021 105

2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40