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(Mis)Estimating Regulatory Costs

Legal Planet

In 2011, EPA had estimated that the compliance cost would work out to $9.6 For example, natural gas production went up by around 50% from 2011-2015, displacing a lot of coal-fired generation. EPA confronted some of these issues recently in its reevaluation of a regulation limiting mercury emissions from coal power plants. (You

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

During her career, she supported students who were frequently affected by asthma, which was worsened by air pollution. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt. In 2015, he continued to push for a fossil fuel-free lifestyle by adding geothermal energy to his home as well.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 2011), and the World Health Organization has recommended evaluating a separate health standard for black carbon exposure independent of other particle concentration measurements (World Health Organization 2012). million deaths globally (Cohen et al. link] Brook Robert D.,

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Third District Affirms Judgment Denying CEQA Writ Petition Challenging Sacramento County’s Approval of Mather South Community Master Plan, Issues Narrow Holding Rejecting Challenges to County’s GHG Thresholds Methodology In Partially Published Opinion

CEQA Developments

The issues on appeal were limited to the adequacy of certain aspects of the project EIR’s analyses of GHGs and criteria air pollutants. Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015) 62 Cal. Tsakopoulos Investments, LLC v. County of Sacramento, et al. Mather South, LLC, et al, Real Parties ) (2023) Cal.App.5

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. 16 of 22 counties) of the 2015 Base Case nonattainment counties are projected to be reduced by 1 ppb or more as a result of CAIR. Exceedances of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS are predicted to decline in nonattainment areas by 14 percent with CAIR controls in place in 2015.

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EVs Are at a Turning Point, It May Not Be What You Think

Union of Concerned Scientists

That is A LOT of EVs and A LOT less oil use, air pollution and climate emissions. Billions of dollars have been invested as a result of the VW settlement in 2015 which established Electrify America. For the first time ever, annual sales surpassed one million vehicles , accounting for more than seven percent of new vehicles sold.

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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

Law Columbia

4th 204 (2015) (invalidating EIR because agency determination that project’s emissions were consistent with statewide emission reduction goals and therefore insignificant was not supported by a reasoned explanation based on substantial evidence); Friends of Oroville v. Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 62 Cal.4th 4th 455 (2d.