Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. Section 111 of the Clean Air Act constrains how EPA sets standards—but gives states wide latitude in implementation.
Legal Planet
MARCH 6, 2023
This is partly because hydrogen production is energy inefficient and––when derived from fossil fuels––still a significant source of carbon emissions. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future. It is also a precursor to other pollutants, including ozone (a key component of smog).
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. A 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling (Chevron v.
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.
Environmental Science
JULY 22, 2018
This radiation hits the atmosphere and is absorbed by the ozone layer which reduces the most harmful. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are now heavily regulated since it was discovered how much their release was damaging the ozone layer - the gas level protecting the planet from the sun's most harmful rays. Deforestation.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
President John F Kennedy introduced the Clean Air Act in the US as one of many introduced in developed nations with heavy industry (15). It is also believed that the spread of tree canopy has accelerated the warming already being triggered by carbon emissions (35). Energy Conservation.
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