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An Effective Strategy on Climate Change Requires State Action

Acoel

By 2012, 20 to 25 states had developed state climate plans. In states with public utility commissions, rulemaking and order authority might be applied to mandate renewable portfolio standards and waste reduction and efficiency targets for utilities. the Departments of Interior and Energy).

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. EPA, Pay $117,000 in Fines (Oct. 6, 2021).]]

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012.

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Deregulation, Normal Accidents, and the Airborne Toxic Event

Legal Planet

According to the EPA, it is “ commonly found ” at hazardous waste sites across the country. In 2012, more than twenty years later, EPA released its final draft non-cancer risk assessment. EPA started investigating dioxin risks in the mid 1980s and initiated a formal re-assessment of dioxin in 1991.