HumanNature
MARCH 31, 2021
µm in diameter, which include our black carbon particles of interest, have been shown to be particularly problematic because they can penetrate deep into the lungs and blood stream and cause cardiovascular and respiratory disease (Pope and Dockery, 2006; Brook et al., AMAP Assessment 2015: Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic Climate Forcers.”
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
I am focusing on what are called the primary standards, which are health-based, and on two key pollutants, particulates and ozone, which have the greatest current importance. Ozone Pollution (Smog) Ozone standards are measured in parts per million (ppm) in the air. Also, the measures themselves have shifted. ppm in 2015.
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Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature.
Environmental Progress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
For example, the IPCC notes that France had 4,000 fewer deaths than anticipated from a heat wave in 2006 thanks to improved health care, an early-warning system and greater public consciousness in response to a deadly heat wave three years earlier. Better preparedness for heat waves, which could increase in a hotter world, will save lives.
ESA
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. This rule reverses the policy of previous administrations – in 2012, USFWS determined that listing the distinct population segment was “warranted but precluded” by higher priority actions. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board (Nov.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The backstory: The question of which streams and wetlands are federally regulated under the Clean Water Act has been in limbo for the past decade and a half, since the Supreme Court issued a muddled decision in the 2006 case Rapanos v. United States. This position oversees the Department of Energy Office of Science. 14, 2021.
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