2011 Air Pollution Fossil Fuels Pollution Control 
Legal Planet
JUNE 30, 2022
In 2011, in AEP v. CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. 410 (2011). 7411(b)(1)(B); see also §7411(a)(2). Now, in West Virginia v.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.
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Corp Watch
JANUARY 23, 2024
org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution.
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution.
Acoel
JUNE 29, 2022
EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. EPA MATS Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2011.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
“ We Refuse To Die ” is a multi-year, multi-city campaign that connects frontline communities in the Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley to communities in the Gulf South, and the Permian Basin, leveraging art, storytelling, ceremony, and action to stop the fossil fuel and petrochemical poisoning of communities, lands, and waters.
CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
City of Rocklin (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th Appendix F elaborates that relevant considerations include “decreasing reliance on fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil” and “increasing reliance on renewable energy sources.” Citing Clover Valley Foundation v. 4th 200, 243; CEQA Guidelines, § 15064.7.).
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