Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Primarily, these have focused on the 2007 EPA regulations, which were the first step in the phase-in of diesel engine standards meant to cut particulate emissions by more than 80 percent and smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emissions by 90 percent. Source: ERM 2022 ). <mic drop> So, is industry just full of it?
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. The genesis of ExxonMobil’s brazen hypocrisy can be traced back to 2007. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 14, 2023
The report, which cited numerous examples of political appointees stifling agency research, was accompanied by a statement signed by more than 60 top scientists , including 20 Nobel laureates, denouncing the Bush administration’s misuse of science. Before the surveys, the extent of the problem was not clear. Congress also has taken notice.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 29, 2023
These fees and programs were established with legislation in 2007 and then were extended until 2024 with the passage of Assembly Bill 8 in 2013 (hence the name, “AB 8 fees”). Passing fees in California requires a two-third’s vote from both houses of the legislature, and when vote margins are slim, the politics get tricky.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 4, 2023
However, with the oil crisis in the rear-view mirror, then-President Ronald Reagan acceded to requests from Ford and General Motors to reduce fuel economy standards for a few years, and the political will to strengthen the program petered out.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Taylor, a professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. It is Syria’s first outbreak of the waterborne pathogen since 2007. Social and political circumstances in Syria may have aided the outbreak. You can’t just build in high-risk areas indefinitely and expect it to be insurable at an affordable rate.” – Zac J.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
EPA US Supreme Court decision in 2007 and the EPA’s follow-on Endangerment Finding and Cause or Contribute Finding in 2009, which ultimately set the stage for the agency to not only have the authority—but also the obligation—to regulate power plant carbon emissions. But the calculus changes when it comes to compliance.
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