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Defending EPA’s Authority to Fight Climate Change – at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The case involves a group of challenges to EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under the 1970 Clean Air Act, a monumental piece of environmental and public health legislation.

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The Inflation Reduction Act: Investments in Environmental Justice

Law and Environment

On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act), which would provide about $369 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below their 2005 levels by 2030 as well as reduce carbon emissions and invest in renewable energy.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

PVC plants operated by Formosa in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in Point Comfort, Texas, have also been subject to numerous protests over pollution and elevated cancer rates. Several workers have also been injured and others killed in explosions at the Point Comfort plant in 2005 and at a PVC plant in Illiopolis , Illinois in 2004.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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