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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) : A set of EPA standards on air pollutant emissions of chemicals that could cause serious permanent harm to wildlife or people or kill organic matter. It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted.

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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

Legal Planet

The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? A contrary ruling would have gutted the statute, leaving water quality largely subject to state permit authorities. Train, 420 U.S. Hill, 437 U.S.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

ESA

3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Dec. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. 3, 2022.

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