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EPA Announces January 2011 as Likely Date for Regulation of Greenhouse Gases Under PSD Program

The Energy Law Blog

By Stephen Wiegand EPA recently announced its position regarding the timing of the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program. However, pollutants such as carbon dioxide, for which EPA regulations only require monitoring and reporting, are not subject to PSD permitting.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

Except in this case, it appears she helped tie the department’s hands: According to the Daily Montanan , Nowakowski herself drafted the original 2011 MEPA limitation for a state senator. “This is not supposed to be a town hall or a popularity contest,” he said. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Sustainable Finance 101: The Impact of Climate Change on Your Money

Enviromental Defense

The 2007-8 financial crisis was caused by a housing bubble worth an estimated $250-500 billion. If and when fossil fuel assets become stranded and lose their value due to government regulation and changes in the energy sector, pension funds are going to be some of the hardest hit financial entities. billion invested in fossil fuels.

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The Dirty Truth of Michigan v. EPA

Vermont Law

It is the first “anti-environmental” decision in the CAA realm since their 2007. regulate toxic emissions from power plants, rather than consider the cost when determining . regulate emissions. Then, in 2011 the Obama Administration confirmed the 2000 findings and EPA issued the “. Massachusetts v. whether to .

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In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

Circle of Blue

Just thirteen Zip codes represent nearly three-fourths of flood damage claims paid in Chicago between 2007 and 2016. Chicago‘s Stormwater Management Ordinance, or SMO, governs new development and redevelopment in the city and regulates how rainfall is captured, stored, or released at each site.

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“This Woeful Record”: First District Affirms Judgment Rejecting CEQA Challenges To Marin County’s Approval of 43-Home Mountaintop Subdivision Opposed For Nearly Five Decades By Neighbors And Town of Tiburon

CEQA Developments

Among other details, the 2007 judgment required prompt processing and approval of the project’s final map, and required County to defend any litigation challenges to the EIR and project approvals. But not liking the deal struck in 1976 and again in 2007 was no ground for repudiating it.”.

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UK Economic Crime Group: Enforcement Update

Arnold Porter

Considering social commentary, we look at the FCA’s proposals to regulate diversity and inclusion within the financial services sector, and consider various proposals to address ethnic and racial bias within the criminal justice system. When this came to light he evaded arrest and prosecution in Nigeria and left the country for Dubai.

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