Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Clean Air Act Title V public notices as barriers to environmental justice.” ” Environmental Science & Policy 151, 103604. Clean Air Act Title V public notices as barriers to environmental justice . “Lessons from a plain language analysis: U.S.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 14, 2023
rule is a good step, but more is needed The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to periodically review the science for six criteria air pollutants , including particulate matter, and to use this science to set a standard known as the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. EPA’s PM 2.5
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
But it seems unlikely that they would want to start down this road by overruling a Scalia opinion and in the process declaring most of the Clean Air Act unconstitutional. Alternatively, challengers might want to argue that the Major Question Doctrine applies because national air quality standards are such a big deal.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Legal Planet
JULY 12, 2023
Like the testimony of Georgianna Fischer , a competitive cross country skier and environmental science college major. In attempting to make that case, the state officials responsible for permitting energy projects in Montana appeared less than competent at their rather important jobs.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Last week, EPA finalized its new rule imposing emission limits on new heavy trucks. The new regulation was clearly a massive undertaking. EPA’s formal announcement of the new rule is 1100 pages long. The accompanying summary of comments on the proposed rule and EPA’s responses is another 2000 pages.
Environmental Science
JULY 30, 2018
Non-scientists and imprecise scientists use a more layman concentration unit of “parts per million” which tells you nothing about the sample type and can be interpreted incorrectly for air samples. For concentration, use the metric system of mass per unit volume or mass per unit mass if you want a job from me in environmental science.
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