Legal Planet
JANUARY 3, 2024
It seems likely that the conservative majority of the justices will erode or, perhaps, dramatically jettison longstanding principles of environmental law and policy in the coming months. An environmental law dispute to be sure, but relatively mundane stuff. Why is the J arkesy case important to environmental law and lawyers?
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 5, 2023
The transportation sector is also a substantial source of nitrogen oxides and particulates, both of which are dangerous to human health. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act.
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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The action against Shell Chemical Appalachia’s plant, located in Potter Township, is for illegal emissions of volatile organic compounds (or VOCs), which contribute to smog and can cause nausea, nerve damage, and other health problems, as well as nitrogen oxides, which can trigger asthma attacks and respiratory illness.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Will the law help transit agencies deal with their looming budget crises?
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
On February 12, environmental groups announced the US Environmental Protection Agency formally objected to an air quality permit for the US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in August 2023 saying it was not in compliance with the Clean Air Act. Steel Edgar Thomson by ACHD.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
Coupled with the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law , the standards would accelerate a transition that is already underway. EN: These standards—or at least something based on the same Clean Air Act provision—have been in the works for a long time. EPA Supreme Court decision in 2022.
Environment, Law, and History
AUGUST 27, 2023
Dan Farber at Legal Planet recently posted on "Cars, Smog, and EPA" An excerpt: For the first 20 years of federal regulation, Congress set the NOx [nitrogen oxides] standards for new cars itself. The initial standard, set in the 1970 Clean Air Act, was 3.1 EPA, 1973). grams per mile (gpm) for NOx.
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