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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Opinion of the Court in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA Displays a Curious Alignment of Justices

Vermont Law

Summary: Last week the Supreme Court handed down its second Clean Air Act case of the term, Utility Air Regulatory Group v. The case involved a challenge to EPA’s attempt to regulate greenhouse gases in the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program of the Clean Air Act. Christopher D.

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Stronger Fuel Economy Standards Are Needed to Clean Up Combustion Vehicles

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA , and Congress finalized the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 , requiring increasing fuel economy standards. As such, under the Clean Air Act EPA has a strong incentive to push the market to adopt advanced technologies like electric vehicles , which can eliminate tailpipe pollution entirely.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court reversed EPA’s denial. EPA , 549 U.S.

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Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. EN: These standards—or at least something based on the same Clean Air Act provision—have been in the works for a long time. Meanwhile, in 2021, the case against the Clean Power Plan re-emerged , resulting in the West Virginia v.

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Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

PA Environment Daily

Health First Pennsylvania is a dedicated bunch of health professionals, health advocates, parents, faith leaders, all dedicated to trying to make the use and extraction of fossil fuels, especially methane, in Pennsylvania, as safe as possible, and to limit the damage. We founded the Environmental Health Institute in 2007.