HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 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.,

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. Clean Air Council v. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). State Air Resources Board , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

At issue in this case is whether and how the EPA can set standards for carbon emissions at power plants. Writing for the majority, Justice John Paul Stevens said gases that fuel global warming “fit well within the Clean Air Act’s capacious definition of ‘air pollutant.’” Climate Change on the Docket.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

None of that means climate change isn’t, and won’t continue to be, a factor in global health, particularly if action to prevent it also reduces air pollution, or removes other health stressors. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In October 2017, RGGI, Inc. On the other hand, several studies have shown that the combination of the price signal created by RGGI and the investment of allowance auction proceeds in other environmental programs has been the dominant driver of the recent emissions decline in the region. [48]. As of 2017, some $3.4

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Biden administration laid out its timeline for rolling back major Trump environmental rules, but acknowledged that the process of enacting more protective regulations on climate and air pollution and drinking water will take years — if they can estimate the timeline at all. The court determined that the U.S.

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