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Will We Ever Stop Overestimating the Cost of Complying with Environmental Regulations?

Law and Environment

Earlier this week, Greenwire (subscription required) had an interesting story about the role that EPA’s estimate of the cost to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule played in the politics and judicial review of the rule. Unfortunately, the $9.6 There have been efforts to figure out why this happens so regularly.

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Blurring the Lines Between Art and Activism ????

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One piece of the fruit was golden, and the other was made to look like the western hemisphere with a white price tag hanging off of it. “Nadine had just gone to some yard sale and she had a bunch of these little tags,” he recalled. At the time, he said he was just hoping to surprise his audience.

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HotSpots H2O: As Floods Subside, Pakistan’s Economy Is on a Knife-Edge

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A year of financial and political crises have left Pakistan’s economy on a knife-edge. Pakistan, which is already facing political and economic turmoil, has been thrown into the front line of the human-induced climate crisis,” a U.N. statement read earlier this week. .

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US Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Establish Emission Guidelines for the Power Sector

MGKF Law

The major questions doctrine requires that a federal agency have “clear congressional authorization” when acting on issues of great “economic and political significance.” ” Id. citing Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA , 573 U.

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Will We Ever Stop Overestimating the Cost of Complying with Environmental Regulations?

Acoel

Earlier this week, Greenwire (subscription required) had an interesting story about the role that EPA’s estimate of the cost to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule played in the politics and judicial review of the rule. Unfortunately, the $9.6 There have been efforts to figure out why this happens so regularly.

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Book review: Movement, by Thalia Verkade and Marco te Brommelströet

A Greener Life

Movement investigates public space and the politics of urban geography. People get in touch with questions or solutions, one conversation leads to another, and as readers, we tag along for the ride as the authors meet various activists, traffic engineers, legislators, accident victims, etc. I really like Movement.

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Arizona and California Farmers, Targets for Colorado River Cuts, Draft Their Conservation Strategy

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Glennon asked about a nearly $2 billion annual price tag. “I The political reality, however, is altogether different, according to Michael Pearce, an attorney with Gammage and Burnham who has more than three decades of experience in Arizona water law and policy. Why should that be a deal breaker?” Secured by a U.S.