Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
It then tread water for a few years and began a steep decline in 2008, going from half of U.S. electricity to about one-fifth today. The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. The decline probably wasn’t due to environmental regulation.
Law and Environment
DECEMBER 20, 2021
So it won’t come as a surprise that a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the benefits of on-road emissions reductions from 2008 to 2017 could be measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars and almost 10,000 fewer deaths.
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Law Columbia
MARCH 29, 2024
In 2008, Congress directed EPA to develop a rule to “require mandatory reporting of GHG emissions above appropriate thresholds in all sectors of the economy.” The third disclosure regime at play in the United States comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and focuses solely on GHG emissions.
Acoel
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) was enacted in 1970 and amended in 1977 and 1990. From 1970 to 1980, coal mining jobs increased rapidly due to rising electric demand and the construction of large baseload coal plants. billion tons in 2008. Source: US DOE/EIA. Total production peaked at nearly 1.2
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 4, 2024
Germany: VW Sex and Bribery Scandal: Sentences Handed Down in Corruption Affair Der Spiegel | February 22, 2008 A German court convicted two senior Volkswagen executives on Friday in a bribery and corruption case at Europe's biggest car-maker. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 4, 2024
Germany: VW Sex and Bribery Scandal: Sentences Handed Down in Corruption Affair Der Spiegel | February 22, 2008 A German court convicted two senior Volkswagen executives on Friday in a bribery and corruption case at Europe's biggest car-maker. Agrees to Pay Over $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation U.S.
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