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FRESH, June 14, 2022: Research Highlights Gaps in Federal Air Pollution Data

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Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. A Wisconsin judge delays enforcing an April decision that would limit the state’s power to clean up pollution. Regional Pollution Monitoring Misses Local Variation, Study Finds. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor.

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Federal Water Tap, April 10: EPA’s Proposed Strengthening of Air Pollution Standards Comes with Water Benefit

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The package includes $83 million for a recycled water pipeline and $150 million over three years to conserve water in Lake Mead. The agreement, funded by Inflation Reduction Act money, calls for up to 125,000 acre-feet of conserved water each year. News Briefs Air Pollution Proposal The U.S. government water policy.

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Supreme Court appears skeptical of EPA interstate air pollution rule

Environmental News Bits

The Supreme Court heard arguments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interstate air pollution rule Wednesday, with members of the court’s liberal minority expressing skepticism about the appropriateness of hearing the case but the conservative majority seeming amenable to blocking the rule.

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California Wins Major Clean Air Act/Climate Change Case in D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

The case involves a constitutional challenge brought by a coalition of conservative (“red”) states to E.P.A.’s And second, California must first seek and obtain from EPA a “waiver” of the otherwise applicable federal air pollution limits for new motor vehicles.

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Recentering Environmental Law: A Thought Experiment

Legal Planet

First of all, we would have had a very different understanding of the air pollution problem. We thought that the key to reducing air pollution was to require better pollution control devices. How would environmental law look different and how might we be thinking about it differently?

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We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History

PA Environment Daily

A brief review of Pennsylvania’s conservation history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. What REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership Looks Like In PA: -- In Memoriam: Edwin K.

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University Of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Conservation District Study Links Pittsburgh Urban Soil Contamination To Historical Air Pollution, Inversions

PA Environment Daily

On August 16, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District released a study linking contamination in Pittsburgh’s urban soils to historical air pollution emissions and atmospheric inversions. Urban soils are known to contain various harmful contaminants that pose health risks.