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Ask a Scientist: EPA Failing to Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to review—and update—its ethylene oxide emissions standards every eight years, but the last time it did so was in 2006. In 2016, it concluded that the gas is 60 times more toxic than its previous estimate. However, the EPA does caution that children may be more susceptible.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Figure 1: Size reference for atmospheric particles (US EPA 2016) and a general structure of freshly created black carbon. Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease.” link] Climate & Clean Air Coalition. link] Brook Robert D.,

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What Do Pig Pens Have To Do With Environmental Law?

Legal Planet

For example, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations limiting conventional air pollution from tanker ships sailing far offshore but whose emissions pollute within California’s borders do not violate dormant Commerce Clause principles. In North Dakota v.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

These potential intervenors alleged that the additional emissions during the stay period would harm their interest in protecting their residents from the effects of air pollution and climate change. 451962/2016 (N.Y. The California Supreme Court denied three petitions for review. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No.

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

Local air pollution (and global climate change) ; 4. I have been advocating this since the writing of my Master’s thesis at Audencia all the way back to 2006. Renewable energy sources have been booming in the US (+262 % and over 4,600% from 2008 to 2016 for wind and solar, respectively. per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

Corp Watch

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.

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