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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

This level of forced retirements is far in excess of any prior EPA projections of plant shutdowns resulting from implementation of a Clean Air Act rulemaking. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

There may also be requirements on what technologies must be used for mitigation such as the use of catalytic converters in cars that used older lead fuel (6). The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. Learn more about environmental law degrees.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

ESA

White House: The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced that it is creating an energy division, which will work to develop national clean energy innovation plans and ensure the United States reaches net-zero emissions by 2050. The United States needs a department of technology and science policy – Nature.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

ESA

House Science Committee: Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) sent a letter to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar requesting information about how the White House has responded to a scientific integrity scandal involving OSTP Deputy Director for Climate and Environment Jane Lubchenco.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

The bill was introduced in the House on August 6 and referred to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and on Transportation and Infrastructure ( H.R. On July 21, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2021 by a 241-183 vote. Comprehensive PFAS Bill Passed House. The House bill ( H.R.

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