Legal Planet
MARCH 28, 2022
Nevertheless, there’s every reason to think this climate change “co=benefit” of tougher pollutions standards would be substantial. The post Pollution Control as Climate Policy appeared first on Legal Planet. I couldn’t find even rough estimates of how much tightening these standard would impact climate change. Download as PDF.
Legal Planet
APRIL 25, 2024
Some new arguments made by EPA convince me that it’s pursuing a time-tested approach to pollution control. Opponents are sure to legally challenge EPA’s new rule to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. It’s not that EPA is trying to grind down the industry. energy mix.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. What would they accomplish? Not even close.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
A multi-decade legal history, including four Supreme Court decisions, has led to unimpeachable clarity on this one point: EPA has a statutory obligation to regulate carbon emissions from power plants under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.
MGKF Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The holding halts former Governor Tom Wolf’s efforts to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil-fuel producing state to implement a price on carbon emissions. Bowfin KeyCon Holdings, LLC vs. Pa. Dep’t of Env’t Prot. Env’t Quality Bd. 2023 WL 7171547, at *1 (Pa.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 17, 2022
In a Friday post, I sketched some thoughts about how the Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate rulings might impact EPA’s power to control carbon emissions. Obama’s Clean Power Plan required states to plan reductions to carbon emissions from power plants. That brings us to the West Virginia case.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
If carbon emissions continue to rise until the middle of the century, this figure climbs to $2.2 Wisconsin faces difficulty enforcing pollution control from small farms. Over the next few years, the greater incidence of extreme rainfall, extreme heat, and rapid temperature shifts are projected to add $1.5 Other News.
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