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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

Vermont Law

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 11) Global warming, in part, is a result of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so. Since 2010, when he first ran for AG, Wilson has received more than $143,000 from electric utilities and fossil fuel companies combined, according to OpenSecrets data.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

In 2010, 11,319 people earned a doctorate in the life sciences. The number of earned doctorates awarded is increased in the geosciences, atmospheric sciences and ocean sciences from 862 degrees in 2010 to 1,243 degrees in 2020. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

ESA

The US Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior and the heads of the US Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Agency for International Development would serve as ex-oficio members of the foundation’s board. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

Trump, the fact that each month is warmer than the same month the previous year has nothing to do with the adverse consequences associated with spewing obscene amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. into the atmosphere each year, with no end in sight. However, the Clean Power Plan is currently tied up in the D.C.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed for lack of standing a lawsuit against the EPA in which an individual pro se plaintiff asserted that EPA restrictions since 1990 on aerosols in the atmosphere had caused global warming. The case was filed in the Hague Court of Appeals.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. degrees Celsius.

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