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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990. The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 enjoyed ozone reductions of 3 to 5 ppb or more. Ozone concentrations in over 70 percent (i.e., ppb by 2025. EPA estimated that: .

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Federal Courts Need to Allow the EPA to Clear the Air

Vermont Law

The EPA’s cap-and-trade program to control smog in the Central and Eastern United States is lawful and wise, and the Supreme Court should overturn the D.C. Every year, about 200,000 Americans die from smog, which is a mix of ozone and fine particulates (PM. Many cities in the Northeast fail ozone and PM. In 2012, in.

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The Problems with the SCOTUS ‘Good Neighbor’ Arguments

Legal Planet

Herzog (former Emmett/Frankel Fellow at UCLA School of Law 2012-2016) and Sean H. When EPA strengthened the national ozone standard in 2015 based upon updated scientific understanding of ozone’s health harms, it triggered States’ obligation to develop Good Neighbor plans.

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EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Have A Dramatic Impact on Texas and Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

Emissions reductions will take effect quickly, starting January 1, 2012 for SO2 and annual NOx reductions, and May 1, 2012 for ozone season (May-September) NOx reductions. Texas power plants must meet the January 1, 2012 deadline for SO2 and annual NOx emissions, and the May 1 deadline for ozone season NOx emissions.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

The Obama Administration set the first vehicle GHG emissions standards in 2010 for vehicles manufactured in model years 2012 through 2016, and set revised standards in 2012 for model years 2017 through 2025. The post Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards appeared first on Climate Law Blog.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

An analysis of Army Corps of Engineers data conducted by the Southern Environmental Law Center found that 91 percent of streams and wetlands adjudicated under the Trump definition fell outside of federal regulations. EPA – Request for Nominations of Candidates for the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Panel.

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